Mount Marapi
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The Marapi, or Mount Marapi, is a complex volcano in West Sumatra, Indonesia, and is the most active volcano in Sumatra. Like that of its quasi-homonym on Java, its name means "Mountain of Fire". Its
Marapi in 2017
Mount Marapi and Bukittinggi
Minangkabau people
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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.
Mount Marapi
…Bukittinggi, Padang Panjang, and Batusangkar. The volcano is also popular among hikers. According to legend, the mountain is the site first settled by the Minangkabau people after their ship landed on the mountain when it was the size of an egg and surrounded by water. There are large numbers of upright burial stones in the…
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