Abstract
<p>The culture of Minangkabau is different from the ones generally existing in Indonesia, particularly compared to the Javanese culture. Therefore, the culture of Minangkabau is often considered as a contradictory or antithesis of the Javanese culture, frequently represented as the overall culture of Indonesia. The peculiarity of Minangkabau culture lays in its matrilineality which influences lineage and inheritance. The contradictory matter refers to the society of Minangkabau that is the largest Islamic followers in Indonesia, yet their ancestral traditions are not completely in line with the Islamic teachings, some even are contradictory. It is a common knowledge that a literary work is not born from an ‘empty culture’ meaning that a literary work must be influenced by its author. Even some of literary experts believe that a society described in a novel is the real society where the author lives. It is similar to the novel of <em>Sengsara Membawa Nikmat </em>of Sutan Sati, which is the object of this paper. The novel describes the society of Minangkabau in the early 20<sup>th </sup>century, at the end of 1920s to be exact.This research shows how the efforts of Minangkabau people in adopting the Islamic teachings completely and how Islam adapts to the Minangkabau hereditary traditions. Some of the traditions may exist in accordance with the Islamic teachings, but some do not. Even there is a need to gather all headman of the ethnic group to decide a case which is not in line with Islam, whether following pure traditions or Islam as it should be. </p>
Highlights
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The novel of Sengsara Membawa Nikmat shows the description of Minangkabau society in the late of 1920s. In the novel it is described clearly the unity of people’s local traditions, Islamic teachings practice, and the in between discrepancy, for example how come the relationship between a nephew and his uncle who is a head of village affects his position in society
The Minangkabau traditions are not easy to preserve. It is about the traditions which are contradictory to the Islamic teachings, the religion followed by the majority of population
Summary
The Minangkabau society has a peculiar and different culture from other societies’ cultures in Indonesia. In the novel it is described clearly the unity of people’s local traditions, Islamic teachings practice, and the in between discrepancy, for example how come the relationship between a nephew and his uncle who is a head of village affects his position in society It is quite possible because in Minangkabau custom, the uncle from the mother’s side must be responsible for all his nephews surpassing his responsibility to his own children. The novel Sengsara Membawa Nikmat describes several traditions of Minangkabau society which have been practiced since ancient time, and have developed with the existence of Islam in this region. The Minangkabau society has a tradition of helping each others especially in heavy works such as harvesting rice field, building a house, building a mosque and other activities involving many people This novel tells a situation when a family wants to harvest their field. Even I myself was much less understood, for less searchingly.” (p. 161-162)
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