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Muslims and Matriarchsis a history of an unusual, probably heretical, and ultimately resilient cultural system. The Minangkabau culture of West Sumatra, Indonesia, is well known as the world's largest matrilineal culture; Minangkabau people are also Muslim and famous for their piety. In this book, Jeffrey Hadler examines the changing ideas of home and family in Minangkabau from the late eighteenth century to the 1930s. Minangkabau has experienced a sustained and sometimes violent debate between Muslim reformists and preservers of indigenous culture. During a protracted and bloody civil war of the early nineteenth century, neo-Wahhabi reformists sought to replace the matriarchate with a society modeled on that of the Prophet Muhammad. In capitulating, the reformists formulated an uneasy truce that sought to find a balance between Islamic law and local custom. With the incorporation of highland West Sumatra into the Dutch empire in the aftermath of this war, the colonial state entered an ongoing conversation. These existing tensions between colonial ideas of progress, Islamic reformism, and local custom ultimately strengthened the matriarchate. The ferment generated by the trinity of oppositions created social conditions that account for the disproportionately large number of Minangkabau leaders in Indonesian politics across the twentieth century. The endurance of the matriarchate is testimony to the fortitude of local tradition, the unexpected flexibility of reformist Islam, and the ultimate weakness of colonialism.Muslims and Matriarchsis particularly timely in that it describes a society that experienced a neo-Wahhabi jihad and an extended period of Western occupation but remained intellectually and theologically flexible and diverse.

Political and Legal Transformations of an Indonesian Polity is a long-term study of the historical transformations of the Minangkabau polity of nagari, property relations and the ever-changing dynamic relationships between Minangkabau matrilineal adat law, Islamic law and state law. While the focus is on the period since the fall of President Suharto in 1998, the book charts a long history of political and legal transformations before and after Indonesia's independence, in which the continuities are as notable as the changes. It also throws light on the transnational processes through which legal and political ideas spread and acquire new meanings. The multi-temporal historical approach adopted is also relevant to the more general discussions of the relationship between anthropology and history, the creation of customary law, identity construction, and the anthropology of colonialism.

\"Describing the second stage of Karl G. Heider's exploration of emotion as understood by the Minangkabau - a matrilineal, Moslem society of West Sumatra, Indonesia - this book uses semi-structured interviews with focus groups and individuals to allow emotions to lead us into the broader realm of Minangkabau folk psychology. Minangkabau have long been considered the intellectuals of Indonesia, and not surprisingly turn out to be deeply concerned with intelligences, with controlling one's own emotions, and with discerning the emotions of others. This fascinating work solidifies the situation of emotions at the center of investigation as a powerful ethnographic strategy\"-- Provided by publisher.

Upon previous research, the matrilineal system seems to oppose Islamic teaching. However, the matrilineal system practiced by the Minangkabau society in West Sumatra, Indonesia has its uniqueness. Thus, this study aims to examine the correlation between the Qur’an and gender roles within the context of Minangkabau customs, specifically focusing on the matrilineal aspect. The present study employs qualitative methods for conducting library research through critical analysis. This study discovered that the matrilineal system practiced by the Minangkabau society aligns with Qur’anic teachings that respect the position of women in Islam. In the matrilineal system of Minangkabau, women hold significant strength and play an influential role in cultural and traditional practices. The Minangkabau tribe’s matrilineal system encompasses three key elements: marriage, inheritance and offspring. The marriage system is exogamous. Additionally, the practice of marriage is localised, with the husband typically residing in the wife’s household. Their inheritance is divided into pusako tinggi [from ancestors from generation to generation] and pusako randah (from the efforts of married couple). Women get pusako tinggi as they serve as protectors and a symbol of their community. In comparison, men take the responsibility of overseeing its preservation to prevent any form of misuse. Pusako randah is distributed as Islamic teaching. Lineage determination is primarily based on paternal lineage, aligning with Islamic teaching. Upon comprehensive analysis, it becomes evident that there is no conflict between the matrilineal system and Islamic teachings, particularly concerning principles of gender equality. Both women and men have significant roles, as the Qur’an provides extensive explanations regarding gender equality.ContributionThis research holds significant findings in establishing a great relation between Islamic teachings based on the Qur’an and the matrilineal principles practiced by the Minangkabau tribe.

This study aims to discover the materialism mediator that predicts the presence of academic motivation, the religiosity mediator predicts the presence of academic motivation and the religiosity mediator predicts the presence of materialism among Minangkabau university students in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia. This study identified dimensions of materialism that relate to religiosity and academic motivation dimensions of religiosity that relate to materialism and academic motivation and dimensions of academic motivation relate to religiosity and materialism. The researcher administered the Materialistic Value Scale (MVS) to measure materialism, the Religious Commitment Inventory-10 (RCI-10) measures the religiosity, and the Academic Motivation Scale (AMS) measures motivation. It was administered to 382 students of Minangkabau university students in a public university in West Sumatra. Pearson correlation, multi-variable regression analysis, and independent t-test were conducted. The multiple linear regression is employed to predict the presence of academic motivation and materialism. The results displayed that the dimension of the religiosity which is more related to academic motivation is the interpersonal religiosity; the dimension of the religiosity which is more related to materialism is the intrapersonal religiosity; while the dimension of materialism which is more related to academic motivation is the pursuit of happiness.

This article discusses the structure and argumentative style of the Indisch Tijdschrift van het Recht (hereafter ITR or Tijdschrift) (1915–1947), one of the primary sources for scholarly investigations of late colonial law in the Dutch East Indies. I argue that a ‘reading along the grain’ and problematization of its peculiar types of knowledge-making can help give texture to academic analyses of colonial law. This article zooms in on the structure of the Tijdschrift’s case-reporting and legal commentaries to contextualize it within historical debates of law and investigate the role it played in reorganizing the colonial economy. I argue that the Tijdschrift allowed colonial scholars, judges, and administrators to portray law as an objective, neutral framework for the containment of everyday life and local adat. However, detailed analysis also highlights the epistemic anxieties of Dutch colonial legalists about the efficiency of legal methods. Both these issues should be considered when referencing the Tijdschrift as a scholarly source.

Husband involvement during pregnancy plays a crucial role in improving maternal and fetal health outcomes. However, in the Minangkabau culture, which follows a matrilineal system, such involvement is often limited by prevailing cultural norms. This study aimed to bridge cultural norms and maternal health by implementing a culturally adapted comprehensive caring training model to increase male involvement during pregnancy. This quantitative study employed a pre-experimental one-group pretest–posttest design involving 92 husbands of pregnant women in Lubuk Alung, Batang Anai, and Empat Koto Aur Melintang, West Sumatra, Indonesia. Data on husband involvement were collected before and after the intervention, covering five domains: emotional, informational, physical, participation, and social-spiritual support. Before the intervention, husband involvement was highest in the emotional domain (mean score = 10.07) and lowest in the physical domain (mean score = 7.87). After the training, significant improvements were observed across all domains: emotional (11.93), informational (11.59), physical (11.24), participation (10.93), and social-spiritual (10.67) (all p < 0.05). The comprehensive caring training model effectively enhanced husband involvement in various aspects of pregnancy care, including emotional, financial, informational, social-spiritual, and physical support. This culturally tailored intervention shows promise for improving maternal health outcomes and is recommended as a model for culture-based health strategies to reduce maternal and infant mortality in Indonesia. L'implication du conjoint pendant la grossesse joue un rôle crucial dans l'amélioration de la santé maternelle et fœtale. Cependant, dans la culture Minangkabau, qui repose sur un système matrilinéaire, cette implication est souvent limitée par les normes culturelles en vigueur. Cette étude visait à concilier normes culturelles et santé maternelle en mettant en œuvre un modèle de formation aux soins complets, adapté à la culture, afin d'accroître l'implication masculine pendant la grossesse. Cette étude quantitative a utilisé un plan pré-expérimental avec groupe unique et mesures avant-après, impliquant 92 conjoints de femmes enceintes à Lubuk Alung, Batang Anai et Empat Koto Aur Melintang, dans l'ouest de Sumatra, en Indonésie. Les données relatives à l'implication du conjoint ont été recueillies avant et après l'intervention, couvrant cinq domaines : émotionnel, informationnel, physique, participation et soutien socio-spirituel. Avant l'intervention, l'implication du conjoint était la plus élevée dans le domaine émotionnel (score moyen = 10,07) et la plus faible dans le domaine physique (score moyen = 7,87). Après la formation, des améliorations significatives ont été observées dans tous les domaines : émotionnel (11,93), informationnel (11,59), physique (11,24) et participation (10,93) et socio-spirituel (10,67) (tous p < 0,05). Le modèle de formation aux soins complets a permis d'améliorer significativement l'implication du conjoint dans divers aspects du suivi de grossesse, notamment le soutien émotionnel, financier, informationnel, socio-spirituel et physique. Cette intervention adaptée au contexte culturel est prometteuse pour l'amélioration de la santé maternelle et est recommandée comme modèle de stratégies de santé culturelles visant à réduire la mortalité maternelle et infantile en Indonésie.

Background/purpose. This study investigates manjujai, a traditional Minangkabau parenting practice, as a culturally embedded method of early childhood care and education. The research aims to uncover the meaning and function of manjujai—specifically its role in transmitting cultural values, historical narratives, and emotional bonding between mothers and children. It responds to the need for culturally relevant parenting approaches within the Minangkabau society in Padang, West Sumatra. Materials/methods. The research employed a qualitative case in the working area of Puskesmas Belimbing, Kuranji District, Padang. Data collection techniques included participant observation, in-depth interviews with six mothers practicing manjujai, two supporting informants, and two key informants, as well as documentation and literature analysis. The researcher acted as a participant-as-observer, observing manjujai before, during, and after sessions. Results. Findings show that manjujai functions not only to strengthen mother-child bonding but also to transmit knowledge, cultural identity, and historical awareness. Mothers prepare for manjujai by revisiting ancestral narratives and engaging with elders, integrating tambo into the caregiving process. Children aged 4–6 are introduced to their identity as urang Minang through playful storytelling and singing (badendang), enhancing both emotional connection and cognitive development. Conclusion. Manjujai serves as an effective and culturally rich form of early childhood parenting within Minangkabau society. It not only strengthens the emotional bond between mother and child but also acts as a medium for transmitting local knowledge, oral traditions, and cultural identity. The findings suggest that manjujai contributes significantly to the cognitive and emotional development of children through familiar and meaningful storytelling practices, making it a valuable tradition to preserve and integrate into modern parenting approaches.