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DR. ARBAIYAH BT. AB. AZIZ

FACULTY OF ART AND DESIGN

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY (CTH408)

PEPATEH CUSTOMS

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1. INTRODUCTION2. SCOPE3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.

INTRODUCTION

Generally were common custom practiced by a community and those who come out of the norm will be considered a violation of custom. Most aspects of this peradatan is inherited from generation to generation. In Malaya, it is not much different. What are clearly seen only two systems of custom which is customs of Pepateh and Temenggong. In addition, there are also other specific customs such as marriage customs, customs crowning the king, custom maternity and so on.

Perpatih custom practiced in Negeri Sembilan and Nanings by the Minangkabau. Perpatih custom brought by the Minangkabau Highlands of Padang, Sumatra to Negeri Sembilan in the 17th century. Perpatih custom founded by Datuk Perpatih Nan One single from Sumatra by singing "Origin of adat". All adat law except Seremban laws inherited from generation to generation.

History coming to Negeri Sembilan pepateh custom is closely related to the arrival of settlers because of the Minangkabau people's absorption into society custom here is consistent with N.Sembilan mereka.Penduduk coming mainly from Soil Minangkabau in West Sumatra. When they migrated to this country, they bring together cultural heritage and way of life practiced in their original state.

Negeri Sembilan is the only state in Malaysia to adopt pepateh custom system or also known as matrilineal system, where the descendants of a person is rooted in accordance with the maternal (mother nisab). Adat can be regarded as a social control and is a very liberal system of kinship and comprehensive. Therefore, there are several concepts in this custom that shows the relationship kekrabatan like sequence, stomach, etc. quarter.

STRUCTURE SOCIETY CUSTOM PEPATEH

Indigenous Perpatih divided into three main groups, Stomach Quarter and subtractive. The stomach is a socio-political unit in which the smallest member of a stomach that is derived from the common ancestor (female lineages) the same. They are very close and often live in rural or something similar. Each stomach has a leader who called this Buapak.Buapak selected by his nephew in the stomach of a question. The second group is the tribe. Quarterly formed by some stomach that makes the family bigger. Quarter led by a chief called Dato 'Board. The third group is subtractive. Badger is a unit of area in customs administration in which there are four main badgers Rembau, River Edge, Johol and Jelebu. Each shed is headed by a Law. Apart from this there are four main badger badger another called subtractive Estate fifth pregnancy. Badger Land Pregnancy is composed of five small badger look up the subtractive Inas, Ulu Muar subtractive, subtractive Sand Mountain, and subtractive subtractive Terachi Jempol. Each small shed were administered by a chief who was called subtractive Chieftain.

Perpatih this custom passed from generation to generation by word plural. It covers many aspects of community life, including the question of inheritance, the appointment of leaders, law marriage, and community practices, punish those who violate systems or customs offense and various other aspects. Each rule or custom that there perbilangannya and every rule there is rational or specific cause of the laws or customs.

Appointment of leaders, for example, many have likened to the adat system of democracy. An example is the appointment of General DiPertuan Negeri Sembilan rather than through descent from father to son but is through election by the four subtractive Law of Rembau Law, Legal River Edge, Law and Legal Johol Jelebu. Four law shall meet to elect one of the king's descent into the fence Ruyung for DiPertuan. Law was appointed by Dato' subtractive-Dato 'Board badger (district) respectively. Dato 'Board in turn is appointed leaders in consensus by the leaders of the so-called Buapak family. Thus the whole power to appoint leaders are actually in people's hands Perpatih biasa.Inilah a custom system that is in common with democracy.

CUSTOMARY PRINCIPLES PEPATEH

Pepateh custom has five key principles.

1. Calculated descent through the mother lineage : Pepateh custom give special privileges to women who considered the biological mother of the mother who gave birth to the members of the community. The individual is not tribesman tribesman mother and father.

2. Place of residence is in the wife's mother : When the sidelines of a marriage, the man will leave his home and his wife settled in the capital as people related by marriage. In the olden days the men would seek his wife's family land.

3. Female inheritance, the man held a perennial : Only men alone has the right to hold a perennial (in custom positions) while the woman is his mother's family inheritance.

4. Seperut wedding or a quarter is prohibited : In a stomach and a quarter, the relationship is close and the man considers woman in the stomach or tribe was his sister. Vice versa. By that marriage among this tribe is prohibited. Women who marry each quarter will lose the right to inherit her mother's and men will lose the right to hold any office in the customs.

5. Outsiders can become a member of a tribe: For the purpose of marriage or heirs inherit, allowed outsiders to become members of a tribe with ceremonies berkedim way through. In this ritual one would swear allegiance and brotherhood with members of the tribe who will participate.

DIALECTS

The Minangkabau language has several dialects, sometimes differing between nearby villages (e.g. separated by a river). The dialects are Rao Mapat Tunggul, Muaro Sungai Lolo, Payakumbuh, Pangkalan-Lubuk Alai, Agam-Tanah Datar, Pancungsoal, Kotobaru, Sungai Bendung Air, and Karanganyar .In everyday communication between Minangkabau people of different regions, the Agam-Tanah Datar dialect (Baso Padang or Baso Urang Awak "our (people's) language") is often used and has become a kind of standard.

Example sentences

Baso Minangkabau: Ba'a kaba?Indonesian/Malay: Apa kabar? or Bagaimana kabar anda?English: How are you?.Baso Minangkabau: Lai elok-elok se nyo. Sanak ba'a?Indonesian/Malay: Saya baik-baik saja. Bagaimana dengan anda?English: I'm very well. How about you?Baso Minangkabau: Sia namo sanak?Indonesian/Malay: Siapa nama anda?English: What is your name?.Baso Minangkabau: Namo ambo JohnIndonesian/Malay: Nama saya JohnEnglish: My name is John.Baso Minangkabau: Tarimo KasihIndonesian/Malay: Terima KasihEnglish: Thank you.

Baso Minangkabau:Sadang kayu di rimbo ndak samo tinggi, kok kunun manusia (expression)

Indonesian/Malay: Sedangkan pohon di hutan tidak sama tinggi, apalagi manusia

English:Even the trees in the jungle are not all of the same height, let alone the people.

Baso Minangkabau: Co a koncek baranang co itu inyo (expression)Indonesian/Malay: Bagaimana katak berenang seperti itulah dia.

REFERENCES

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