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32. What was Raden Banterang’s biggest fault? 36. What is the main idea of paragraph three?
A. He did not trust her wife. A. Tabuik ceremony is radition from West
B. He never loves her wife. Sumatra.
C. He trusted his wife very much. B. The Tabuik will bring bad luck if thrown to the
D. He fell in love with a wicked woman. sea.
C. People wear traditional dress during the
33. What is the main idea of the second paragraph? ceremony.
A. Raden Banterang fell in love and married the D. The Tabuik ceremony is ended when the sun
princess. set.
B. Two kingdoms were fighting against each
other. 37. Where was Tabuik come from?
C. Prabu Merak killed the king of Klungkung. A. Minangkabau C. Bengkulu
D. Raden Banterang met a beautiful woman. B. Pariaman D. West coast

34. What can we learn from the story? 38. Why must Tabuik be thrown into the sea?
A. We should trust our spouse. A. to symbolize the end of the ceremony
B. Don’t keep a secret too long. B. to show that the ceremony is over
C. Anger led to fatality. C. to mark the disposal of bad luck
D. Don’t fall in love with your enemy. D. to complete the procession
39. What is the purpose of the text?
The following text is for question 35 to 39. A. to describe Tabuik ceremony
Tabuik ceremony is a tradition on the west B. to understand Minangkabau culture
coast of West Sumatra, Indonesia, especially C. to explain the procession of throwing Tabuik
in Pariaman. It is held at Asura day which D. to give information about the local tradition
th
falls on the 10 of Muharram of the Islamic in West Sumatra
calendar. In Bengkulu it was known as Tabot.
Tabuik is made of bamboo, rattan, and paper. For question 40 to 42, complete the
During the week of Tabuik, many activities are passage with the words provided.
held including kite race and other traditional
activities. Tabuik is also a term used to refer A Trip to Malino
to the high funeral biers carried around On Sunday, Iwan and Anni got up at six in
during the remembrance procession. On the morning. They were going to go to Malino.
the appointed day, all the participants of the They (40) … home at half past six. They got to
ceremony gather in the centre of the city. All Malino at ten; it took three and a half hours to
government officials als attended this closal get there. They stopped at pine forest to have
ceremony in West Sumatra. a rest and ate roasted corns. After that they
One Tabuik was carried by 40 people. continued their (41) … to Takapala waterfall.
Behind Tabuik, a group of people wearing At 12 o’clock they arrived there and had lunch
traditional clothes carry various of percussion. in one of the restaurants around the location.
Occasionally when the line of people in the After that they took a bath under the waterfall.
procession stop, dozens of people perform The water was very cold, but they enjoyed the
martial arts accompanied by Minang moment (42) ….
tetabuhan.
The sunset marks the end of the procession.
The Tabuik was then brought to a ahore and 40. A. left C. went
than floated out to sea. This is conducted as B. saw D. built
they believe that throwing Tabuik into the sea
will dispose of bad luck. 41. A. way C. activity
B. street D. journey
35. What is the text about?
A. West Sumatra martial arts 42. A. busily C. happily
B. Tabuik ceremony in West Sumatra B. angrily D. patiently
C. Islamic ceremony in West Sumatra
D. a traditional ceremonies during Asura

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