Matriliny and Migration: Evolving Minangkabau Traditions in Indonesia

by Tsuyoshi Kato

Book Overview

The Minangkabau, who are from the mountainous region of western Sumatra, have long been a tangle of paradoxes to the outsider. Ardent believers in Islam - a partially orientated religion - the Minangkabau are one of the few remaining matrilineal groups in the world. A well-educated and enterprising people, they continue to uphold a seemingly archaic kinship system. They have always been highly mobile, yet their strong sense of ethnic identity is rooted...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9793780533
• ISBN13: 9789793780535
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Equinox Publishing
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"