Adat
Videos
Adat is a generic term derived from Arabic to describe a variety of local customary practices and traditions deemed compatible with Islam as observed by Muslim communities in the Balkans, North Caucas
A bride and groom wearing traditional Malay Deli wedding attire in front of the King's Throne at Maimun Palace
Muslim men in the Caucasus
The combination of traditional sari with Islamic veiling is a widespread practice observed among Bengali Muslim women.
Group of Minangkabau people in adat dress, 1895
Minangkabau people
Videos
The Minangkabau, Minangkabos, or simply Minang, are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the Minangkabau Highlands of Western Sumatra region on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
Adat
…and it can be found in the majority of Malay states. Adat perpatih, confined almost exclusively to Negeri Sembilan, where dwell the descendants of the Minangkabau immigrants from West Sumatra, is associated with a matrilineal rule of descent and a political structure based upon the kinship system. Though both…
A Minangkabau bride and groom. The bride is wearing a Suntiang crown.
A statue believed to be Adityawarman, founder of Pagaruyung kingdom, a royal Minangkabau dynasty
Tuanku Imam Bonjol, a leader in the Padri War
Minangkabau chiefs, picture taken between 1910 and 1930