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doctrine, inner meaning or essence is the basis of a traditional

thought.
Kulik Maia is stabbed in the heart,

the mind is swayed by gallos,

in lahia ado babatin,
in the inner soul of the island,

bari brick house,
want to drag you in,

jikok wrapped in saleba nails,
if you are surrounded by natural saleba,

bago sagadang pumpkin seeds,

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earth jo langik ado inside.
As the petitih proverb above illustrates, it is a universal and

great idea that has been discovered by the Minang ancestors
(customers) based on the experiences and explorations they have

experienced and done. According to him, even though there is an
outward appearance of a word, the word contains an inner meaning

and essence, so that understanding is only understood after we

carry out an in-depth study of both the outer and the essence (inner

52 Idrus Hakimy, Mustika Series, p. xvi, which means: The inner skin
is crushed by the dead skin, the spider is afflicted with the mind, in the outer
there is a mind, and in the inner soul there is also joy. A big house with a door
with a door, so that light may penetrate within, if the fist is as wide as a
fingernail, if it is expanded as wide as nature, even though it is as big as a
pumpkin seed, the earth and the sky are inside.