Beliefs in Minangkabau

Beliefs in Minangkabau

There are a number of beliefs in Minangkabau, namely that there should be no photos hanging inside the house, it will cause ghosts to enter the photo. Then Balimau is a self-cleaning bath activity before the month of Ramadhan, which has other meanings that is purifying the heart by forgiving each others before welcoming the holy month of Ramadhan. The Bathing Ceremony is one of the traditional ceremonies of the Minangkabau community which is carried out as a form of gratitude for the birth of a child to the world, while also putting the baby in the community. This Bathing Ceremony is held in a river (water stem), with a procession procession. The ceremony itself can only be carried out in Batang Air or the River. Another belief is that taking food in a cauldron may not be like a pot of our face being seen by people

The function of the phrase is to educate because taking food in a cauldron is not very good for people to see, especially if a bride does it, it is best to take it with a spoon and put it on a plate and then eat it. by ghost

The function of this expression is the emotionlessness of the faith or belief which is to believe that the inner panties are very easy to be understood by the supernatural creature if they are tired at random places. Inner pants according to public trust are very easy for people who intend evil to prospective brides for witchcraft material.

This finding serves for the people in Kanagarian Barung-barung Balantai, especially young people to better maintain the behavior and customs of manners because in the expression of public trust it has been explained that every human action will cause consequences. This is based on the expression of the beliefs of the Barung-barung Balantai community, proof of the existence of public trust that the existence of the community has suffered if it violates these expressions of belief.