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durian). Anything against the cucumber will be crushed by the

thorny skin of the durian.
5. Punishment

Punishment is suffering intentionally inflicted by one

person as a compensation for an offense committed by another
person. The purpose of pedagogies in giving punishment is to

improve the character and behavior of students in order to
educate children towards goodness. This kind of punishment

is done intentionally and purposefully. And need to be
distinguished from natural punishment according to the theory

of naturalism. It is believed that with punishment alone

children cannot know the ethical norms to distinguish good
and bad. This method has been carried out in Minang customs

as follows:
Ma Hukum Adie Talento Bana,

in mato nan unsquandered,
in dado nan not thrown out,

in the lung that is not discarded. 128

128 Idrus Hakimy, Mustika Series, p. 29, which means: To judge justly,
speak the truth, do not narrow the eyes, do not inflate the chest, do not inflate
the stomach.