Rumah basandi Batu house is foundationed with stone
Adat basandi alua patuik cutom based on logic
Mamakai anggo jo tanggo the use of rule of law
Sarato raso jo pareso and mutual understanding
Adat basandi alua patuik cutom based on logic
Mamakai anggo jo tanggo the use of rule of law
Sarato raso jo pareso and mutual understanding
From the above principe it could be seen that
- "Basandi Batu" (Dialectic),
- "Musyawarah Mufakat", "Alua Patuik" (logic),
- "Anggo Tanggo" (rule of law)
- "raso jo pareso" (observation).
- "Basandi Batu" (Dialectic),
- "Musyawarah Mufakat", "Alua Patuik" (logic),
- "Anggo Tanggo" (rule of law)
- "raso jo pareso" (observation).
With the interpretation as follows;
- Basandi batu (musyawarah) (discussion)
Bulek aia dek pambuluah (round water couse of pipe)
Bulek kato dek mufakat (clear word couse of discussion) - Alua Patuik (logic)
mabagi samo banyak (to devide the same portion)
manimbang samo barek (to weight the same weight)
To place one thing in the proper position
The right thing in the right place - Anggo Tanggo (rule of law)
The word of "Anggo Tanggo" here states
Anggo - Budgetting
Tanggo - The Familly
What means here is
To do something basically based on the main rule and familly rule, custom and based on principal law of Minangkabau that is said " Limbago nan Sapuluah"
Limbago nan Sapuluah (ten commandement), consist of Cupak nan Duo (the two measurement) the four rules and the four words. Cupak nan duo is ; 1)Cupak Usali (original measurement);2)Cupak Buatan (made man measurement). So that Cupak Usali means original law and Cupak Buatan means suplement law. - Raso jo Pareso
The meaning of Raso jo Pareso here is
Raso - rasa (taste)
Pareso - periksa (Introspektion)
With another word Raso jo Pareso means Mutual Understanding.
Raso Tumbuah di Dado (taste grows in heart)
Pareso Tumbuah di Kapalo (introspection grows in brain)
Adat Bajanjang Naiak Batanggo Turun (custom in applied structurally)
Babilang dari aso counted from one
Mangaji dari alif to learn from the basic
Naiak dari janjang nan dibawah step on to from the first stair
Turun dari tanggo nan diateh down from the top stair
Babilang dari aso counted from one
Mangaji dari alif to learn from the basic
Naiak dari janjang nan dibawah step on to from the first stair
Turun dari tanggo nan diateh down from the top stair
Kamanakan barajo kamamak = nephew obeyed the uncle
Mamaka barajo ka pangulu = uncle obeyed the chief of the familly
Pangulu barajo ka mufakat = chief of the familly obeyed the discussion
Mufakat barajo ka nanbana = discussion obeyed the truth
Bana badiri sandirinyo = the truth stand alone
Mamaka barajo ka pangulu = uncle obeyed the chief of the familly
Pangulu barajo ka mufakat = chief of the familly obeyed the discussion
Mufakat barajo ka nanbana = discussion obeyed the truth
Bana badiri sandirinyo = the truth stand alone
From the above statement, it could be seen how democratic is the law of custom "Bajanjang Naiak Batanggo Turun", created by the two Datuk, Dt. Perpatiah nan Sabatang and Dt. Ketumanggungan.
