Ceremonies and Festivals


Minangkabau ceremonies and festivals include:

* Turun mandi - baby blessing ceremony
* Sunat rasul - circumcision ceremony
* Baralek - wedding ceremony
* Batagak pangulu - clan leader inauguration ceremony. Other clan leaders, all relatives in the same clan and all villagers in the region are invited. The ceremony will last for 7 days or more.
* Turun ka sawah - community work ceremony
* Manyabik - harvesting ceremony
* Hari Rayo - Islamic festivals
* Adoption ceremony
* Adat ceremony
* Funeral ceremony
* Wild boar hunt ceremony
* Maanta pabukoan - sending food to mother-in-law for Ramadhan
* Tabuik - Muslim celebration in the coastal village of Pariaman
* Tanah Ta Sirah, inaugurate a new clan leader (Datuk) when the old one died in the few hours (no need to proceed batagak pangulu, but the clan must invite all clan leader in the region).
* Mambangkik Batang Tarandam, inaugurate a new leader (Datuk) when the old one died in the pass 10 or 50 years and even more, must do the Batagak Pangulu.

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