TRACK of MINANGKABAU HISTORY

IntroductionTo search for ancestors on earth when it comes to the Minangkabau Minangkabau, it needs to be talked about long heritage as megaliths found in the regency and other places in Minangkabau who has thousands of years old.
In the regency heritage of this megalith found in Nagari High Durian, Guguk, Tiakar, Suliki Mountain Gold, Harau, Kapur IX, Base, Koto Baru, Mahat, Koto Gadan, domains, Polite Tower, High Koto, Ampang Tower.
Like most other megalith culture originated from the old stone age and grow up to the Bronze Age. Megalith culture is a subculture Dongsong. Megalith like contained therein also spread to the east, was also present in Nagari Aur Duri in Riau. Malay Peninsula, Burma and Yunan. Street culture adopted by cultural Dongsong. In other words we can say that the megalith culture in the regency Dongsong contemporary culture and supported by the same tribe.
According to the experts that advocates Dongsong culture is the first Austronesian peoples living in the area of ​​Yunan, South China. They came to the archipelago in two waves. The first wave of the New Stone Age (Neolithic), which is expected in 2000 BC. The second wave came at about the year 500 BC, and these are expected to become the ancestors of the Indonesian nation now.


Austronesian people who came in the first wave of the archipelago is called by experts with the Proto-Malays (Melayu Tua), which is now developed into tribes Barak, Toraja, Dayak, Nias, Mentawai and others. Those who came in second wave is called Deutero Malays (Melayu Muda), which evolved into the tribes of Minangkabau, Java, Makassar, Bugis and others.
From the foregoing it can be concluded that the ancestors of the Minangkabau are a nation of young Malay with megalith culture that began to spread in Minangkabau approximately 500 BC until the first century BC who is said by Dr. Bernet Bronson. If this opinion we connect with what is told by Tambo on the origin of the story Tambo Minangkabau possibility that there is also truth.
According to the history of Iskandar Zulkarnain the Great became king of Macedonia between 336-323 years old sm He was a king who was very large in the history of the world. Its history is full of history with the conquest of eastern and western regions are not unrivaled. He intends to combine culture with the culture of eastern west.
Figure Iskandar Zulkarnai in Tambo Minangkabau historically unacceptable truth, because he was never up to the Minangkabau. In addition in the history of Malay, Acehnese and Bustanul Hikayat Iskandar Zulkarnain Salatin figure is also mentioned, but nonetheless historically was a legendary figure.
Conversely figures Dirajo Maharajo Tambo as stated by one of the children Iskandar Zulkarnain, chances are one of the Commander of Iskandar Zulkarnain who commissioned master gold islands (Sumatra), including the Minangkabau area. It was he who then lose the rulers of the Minangkabau, if we interpret what is said next Tambo. Unfortunately Tambo was never mention of when it happened other than during the former that has a lot of interpretation.
Tambo also said that the ancestors of the Minangkabau of mountain top trim. This can not be interpreted as saying that, but like the Minangkabau own habit to look for interpretation, because the Minangkabau people always say something through words metaphorically, not shoot straight. Interpretation roughly as follows: When Maharajo Dirajo was sailing towards the island of gold in the task given by Iskandar Zulkarnain, at one point he saw the mainland which is very small because it is still very far away. After landfall it was a volcano, Mount Merapi which is very large. But by the heir to the Tambo and then mount Merapi very small at first look that is said to be the homeland of the Minangkabau. Furthermore, such a story Tambo, also still exist today in our time.
There's good we quote what was said Tambo as stated by the Guno Dirajo: ... Dek Lamo bakalamoan, nampaklah charred from lauik, which sagadang talua itiak, Sadang dilamun wave-seagrass ... (after the old sail finally be seen a very small island about the size of duck eggs that look just conformed to arise sinking tide waves).
Furthermore, it says: ... Dek Lamo - bakalamoan AIA lauik basentak down, burnt nan was basentak naiak, really dareklah sarupo Paco, but increasingly kaba nan bak, alley kapado niniak Kito, it was mendarek Maso, Iyo dipuncak gunuang marapi ... (because for a long voyage and the tide has begun to subside, burnt a little earlier increase, the land which it did not look like a patchwork obahnya, then dinamakanlah mainland with the island patchwork that finally landed by our ancestors who landed in the mountains about trim .)
These events are depicted by the sounds of Minangkabau adat mamangan titiak palito mano, from telong barapi nan, from mano origin niniak Kito, from puncah gunuang marapi (from which point of telong a flaming lamp, from which comes our grandmothers, from the mountain top trim). Mamangan this custom is still trusted by most of the Minangkabau society ..
For those of us who draw from Tambo story is not about the meaning of his words but is a story that gives an indication to us of the Minangkabau ancestors originally came from the sea, (the sail), whose time is very long. The arrival of these ancestors that can be equated with the entry of the ancestors of the Minangkabau. Thus the entry of the ancestors of the Minangkabau to estimated time of arrival: ie between the fifth century BC to first century BC, according to the age of megalith culture itself.
Back to the main problems in this section, then according Soekomo, megalith tradition was originally a stone used as a symbol to commemorate a chief. After the tribal chief died, the warning was eventually turned into a homage which gradually became a sign of worship of ancestral spirits.
What about the megalith found in Minangkabau? Perhaps the function of the worship of ancestral spirits persists, like other Menhir in Indonesia. But if we associate it with the lives of people Menhir Minangkabau relating to Medan Nan Bapaneh, ie seating deliberation in Minangkabau society has begun to develop in the prehistoric era, especially in the era of the development of menhir tradition in Minangkabau and this situation has been going on since before century BC.
From the relics of menhir and descriptions given by local leaders today in places like the menhirs were found in the River of Orion, Andieng, Kubang Tungkek, Tiakat, Padang Japang, Limbanang, Talang Anau, Padang Kandih, Balubus, Koto Tangah, Simalanggang, Taeh lowland, Talago, Ampang Tower as claimed by Yuwono Sudibyo, as follows:That when a group of ancestors had found shelter, the first set or looking for a location called the arena. In this arena performed the ceremony, a kind of salvation ceremony to honor the head of a tribe or group leader who has brought them to a shelter. As a token ceremony Tagak who later founded the Stone we know as menhirs. Tagak stone is then transformed function, sebahagian be a sign of homage to ancestral spirits and sebahagian where deliberation is then we know by the name of Medan nan Bapaneh.
Because I had no life deliberation, of course, well settled community have been living by hunting and farming as the main livelihood. This is consistent also with the lives of its supporters who have settled Dongsong culture. If in case of prehistoric human remains have been examined by Minangkabau explored further, perhaps you will find relics of that supports life is hunting and farming.
Whether it is predictable that the Indigenous Peoples Sabana Nan has lived in the middle of the Minangkabau, Minangkabau traditional teachings given will itself, which made the teacher Takambang Nature. While Indigenous Peoples Nan Sabana contains about the laws of nature that has not changed from earlier today as saying: Indigenous fire mambaka, AIA mamabasahi customary, traditional sharp malukoi, customs runciang mancucuak and so forth (Traditional fire burns, water over the traditional, customary sharp wounding , custom taper mencucuk).
Likewise, existing Indigenous Nan Diadatkan that time, that is as applicable law in society. Perhaps in this time of enactment of what is known as customary law which is unjust and should not be denied that customary law is named Simumbang Jatuah (simumbang fall), mumbang if you fall can not be returned to its place again. Furthermore, there is also a law called the gamak-gamak, namely a rule that is not thought through. Besides, there are laws called The Lamo-Lamo ie anyone who is strong on top just like the law of the jungle.
Perhaps the law called the Law Tariak Baleh also applies in this era. Legal Tariak Baleh almost the same as legal retribution in Islam, for example, people who commit murder should be punished too.
The four kinds of customary law that is consistent with the era in which not too much consideration to a face in life. Until when the enactment of this law may last until the first entrance of Islam into Minangkabau approximately the seventh century.
Minangkabau Ancient Age ended with the entry of Islam to the Minangkabau, which is roughly the seventh century, where for the first time in West Sumatra has been found to Arab communities 674 years. Group of Arab society has embraced Islam, after all that time low education, literacy would have been clever, because the teachings of Islam must be obtained from the Koran and the Traditions of the Prophet that everything is written in Arabic. Thus at the end of the third portion of the seventh century it was anciently Minangkabau berakhi