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nan bapucuak savanna bulek,

nan baurek every ride,
lush leaves tampek

balinduang,

Batang gadang tampek
basanda,

urek cake looks baselo,
the branches look bagantuang,

tall and far away,
dakek jolong basuo,

look balinduang anytime,

bakeh bataduah rain. 137
Missing bacari, hanyuik bapinteh,

tabanam basilam, which describe mamak's duties
and responsibilities. A Minang man functions as

a community educator, he has the right to
reprimand and educate members of his

community if they deviate from traditional and

religious teachings. A good father is also a wise

137 Idrus Hakimy, Mustika Series, p. 169, which means: Banyan wood
in the middle of the field, which shoots really round, whose roots are really
riding, lush leaves a shelter, big trunks to lean on, strong roots to crouch, the
branches to hang on, the tall ones seem far away, near the beginning meet,
shelter when it's hot, to shelter when it rains.