Masyarakat, Kebudayaan dan Politik
ISSN Lama 0216-2407, Baru 2086-7050
Vol. 22 / No. 3 / Published : 2009-07
Order : 2, and page :195 - 205
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Original Article :
Peran politik perempuan dalam sistem matriilineal di minangkabau, sumatera barat
Author :
- Nurwani Idris*1
- Fakultas Sosial dan Politik, Universitas Jayabaya, Jakarta
Abstract :
In the tradition, Minangkabau women are viewed as the source of wisdom as disclosed by local custom: the women symbolized (a) amban puro, pemegang kunci harta pusaka; (b) Unduang-unduang ke Madinah, payung panji ke dalam surga; and (c) Kapai tampek batanyo, ka-pulang tampek babarito. Amban puro is a bag made of the cloth for saving money. Almost all old women in Minangkabau have puro; “the women become a dominant keeper of the household’s welfare, embedded deeply in daily social life”. “The women are protector for the men to Madinah”, suggesting that they accompany the men to Mecca for performing pilgrimage, the fifth pillar of Islam religion, while “payung panji ke dalam surga” means “when the men will go, they must ask for women’s permission and when they go home, they must inform this to the them”. This fact shows that the relative power exists in the old women’s hand (mother and grandmother). For Minangkabau women strictly clinging to a philosophy of alam takambang jadi guru, there is the concept of partnership and balancing factor inherently in the community. Thus, they don’t question who will be leader as long as he/she can maintain harmonious and peaceful life in the community in accordance with the priceless principle: “adat bersendi syarak, syarak bersendi kitabullah” where people should behave in a manner as required by social and moral values. Thus, participating and self-actualizing in the political sphere must be subject to the moral and religious values, and if this happened, forever, it’s difficult for Minangkabau women to change the position in political leadership.
Keyword :
Minangkabau women, political culture, political leadership,
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