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important institution to pass on the values of traditional (cultural)

traditions. Therefore, researchers want to take the theme of
education in this study. The customs studied in this thesis are

Minang customs after the Padri war.

Between Minangkabau and West Sumatra are not very
identical, although Minangkabau is currently geographically

concentrated in West Sumatra. West Sumatra with its
population4,000,000 people or 4.5% of the total population of

Indonesia (1990 census), administratively is one of the provinces

of the unitary state of the Republic of Indonesia. Meanwhile,
Minangkabau is a territory based on Minang culture, namely the

culture adopted by the Minangkabau tribe whose territory is wider
than the present province of West Sumatra. This Minangkabau

cultural area includes the core area of West Sumatra plus some of

the surrounding areas such as Jambi, Riau, Tapanuli, Bengkulu and
Negeri Sembilan in Malaysia.

History records that Islam entered the archipelago in the
eighth century, while the first Islamic king was recorded in

Minangkabau in 1510. Since then how many sons from this area
have become pioneers and thinkers of the nation who took part in

upholding the Republic of Indonesia. At the beginning of the 19th

century to be precise in 1802, three Hajis namely Haji Poor, Haji
Piobang and Haji Sumanik returned from the holy land of Mecca.