Minangkabau people
Minangkabau people File:Notable Minang 2.jpg" class="image">Notable Minangkabau people ; from top to bottom:Top row: Adityawarman, Rohana Kudus, Imam Bonjol, Rasuna Said, Haji Agus Salim. The Minangkabau ethnic group, also known as Minang, is indigenous to the Minangkabau Highlands of West Sumatra, in Indonesia. Their culture is matrilineal, with property and land passing down from mother to daughter, while religious and political affairs are the responsibility of men (although some women also play important roles in these areas). Today 4 million Minangs live in West Sumatra, while about 3 million more are scattered throughout many Indonesian and Malay peninsular cities and towns. The Minangkabau are strongly Islamic, but also follow their ethnic traditions, or adat. The Minangkabau adat was derived from animist beliefs before the arrival of Islam, and remnants of animist beliefs still exist even among some practicing Muslims. The present relationship between Islam ...