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historical literary work can also be called traditional

historiography, the writing of the history of a country based on
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the beliefs of the local community for generations."
It was explained above that what is meant by tambo is a

work related to the writing of history; The work tells the origin
of ethnic groups, countries, customs of a country and their

nature is based on the beliefs of the local community from
generation to generation. The tambo that is meant in this thesis

is the Minang tambo which tells about customs, sourced from
folklore in this country.

According to adat experts, at first there were three sons

of the king who were sailing, the older one was named
Maharajo Alif, the middle one was named Maharajo Dipang

and the youngest was named Maharajo Dirajo. On a voyage to
the golden island (Sumatra), the king's crown accidentally fell

into the sea. A companion of the king's youngest son named
Cati Bilang Pandai managed to make a duplicate (copy) of the

crown that fell into the sea. Because the imitation was very

similar to the original, the three sons of the king agreed that the
one who had the right to descend on this golden island was the

youngest son named Maharajo Dirajo, while the second son of

41 Edward Djamaris, Tambo Minangkabau and Minangkabau Culture,
(Jakarta: Balai Pustaka, 1991), p. 1