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Adat the legacy of Minangkabau

The exodus towards common law has been overwhelming since the 1874 Treaty of Pangkor and the following British rule in the Malay States and thenceforth from merdeka till now. The duality and alternative legal parameter provided by the Syariah system gives Muslims their own laws in the various states...

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Main Author: Rais Yatim Tan Sri Dato' Seri Utama 1942- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:Malay
Published: Kuala Lumpur Yayasan Warisanegara 2015
Subjects:
Minangkabau > Social life and customs
Ethnology > Malaysia > Negeri Sembilan
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Table of Contents:
  • The Minangkabau kaleidoscope
  • A gist of history and antiquity
  • Adato Minangkabau and early development
  • Ancient beginnings
  • Adat institutional legacies
  • Precepts of adat
  • Between myth and culture
  • Pre-Islamic scenario
  • Adat maxims
  • The source and origins
  • Budi: substratum of adat
  • Minangkabau oral traditional: kaba cindue mato
  • Rumah gadang & kabau symbol of a bygone age
  • The Negeri Sembilan adat evolution
  • Adat in Negeri Sembilan
  • Minangkabau and Negeri Sembilan
  • Adat and the NS State Constitution
  • Adat and English legal precepts
  • From adato to modernity
  • The future of adat

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