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I. Literature in Custom

To reveal and socialize customary doctrines, Minang
people who have the concept of an ideal human have special

considerations such as subtlety, empathy and egalitarianism, so

that in expressing doctrine they must have high wisdom and beauty
of language. So that most of Minang culture is incarnated in

literature. Therefore, there is a very close relationship between
tradition and literature, which is difficult to separate and relate to

one another. Generally, ideas or customary doctrines are poured
into literary forms such as gurindam, seloka, pantun, mamangan,

petitih proverbs etc. As the proverb describes the use of figurative

words and similes expressed in traditional proverbs:
Poor at the end of the field,

basilek in Pangka karih,
kato salalu baumpamo,

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rundiang is always a treat.
It was explained above that "kato salalu baumpamo" or

"rundiang salalu bakiasan" is a thought that is transformed into

words or negotiations resulting from an agreement, taking the form
of figurative language or parables. To express thoughts, the words

50 Idrus Hakimy, Mustika Series, p. xv, which means: Stepping on the
tip of the sword, doing martial arts at the base of the keris, the word always
uses a metaphor, negotiation always makes sense.