Category: Heritage
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Pariangan Old Tourist Village
The Tambo of Minangkabau mentions that the ancestors of the Minangkabau people came from the descendants of King Alexander The Great (Iskandar Zulkarnain) from Macedonia. He had three children and they sailed to mainland China due to the great flood that hit the earth. The three children have different characters and then fight for the…
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Pagaruyung Palace
Pagaruyung Palace (Minangkabau: Istana Basa Pagaruyuang) is the Istana (royal palace) of the former Pagaruyung Kingdom, located in Tanjung Emas subdistrict near Batusangkar town, Tanah Datar Regency, West Sumatra, Indonesia. It was built in the traditional Minangkabau Rumah Gadang vernacular architectural style but had several atypical elements including a three-story structure and a larger dimension in comparison to common Rumah Gadang. Since the Pagaruyung Kingdom was disbanded in 1833,…
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Dharmasraya Kingdom Historical Temples
The Dharmasraya district area was once the center of government and the capital of the Dharmasraya kingdom from 1286 to 1347. The Dharmasraya kingdom was the successor of the Malay kingdom after the collapse of the Sriwijaya kingdom. In its heyday, this Buddhist-style kingdom became the largest kingdom in Sumatra. His territory stretches from the…
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The Thousand Houses Gadang Area
The epic film “Di bawah Lindungan Ka’bah” which was released in 2011 describes the natural beauty of Minangkabau and won the prestigious E-Guardian Award (2012) for the category of Best Leading Actress and Praised Artistic Stylist at the Bandung Film Festival in 2012. The Gadang House building in the film scene, which is based on…
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Ampiang Dadiah: the curd of West Sumatra
West Sumatra is famous for its culinary rendang and others on a national and international scale. Wherever regions in Indonesia generally meet the name Padang restaurant. The restaurant serves a typical menu of West Sumatra which is famous for its delicacy.In West Sumatra, it turns out that they also have traditional curd. Dadiah (in Minangkabau…
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