Basa Alam Minangkabau Flag ,
Padang. . Since the establishment of the
Minangkabau Confederation, the
Minangkabau people had two basic configurations of
basa (big) colours, black-red-gold and black-gold-white-red and black-gold-white-red. Black-red-gold are the colours of Basa Alam Minangkabau, the Minangkabau Confederation, the
Kingdom of Pagaruyung, and the predecessor kingdoms derived from the
Tambo Alam Minangkabau. Certain chiefdoms, or
luhaks/luaks, in
West Sumatra have their own different Marawa designs. The colour arrangement varies according to the region or region of origin that uses the flag. The different arrangement of black, red, and gold on the three
luhaks are called the
Luhak Nan Tigo flags. Each corresponding
luhaks has its own.
Luhak Tanah Data, mostly located on
Tanah Datar Regency, uses the oldest combination of black-red-gold. The
Luhak Agam region, whose territory includes
Nagari Padang,
Pariaman,
Bukittinggi, uses the black-gold-red. The second oldest out of the three. Then lastly, the yellow-red-black colour arrangement is used in the
Luhak Limo Puluh region or those who use it come from
Limo Puluh and
Payakumbuh city. These flag colours are also the traditional colours in Minangkabau, the basic colours of
traditional house decorations or motifs, the dominant colours on the aisle and the traditional banner, which is used in every official state ceremony in Minangkabau. File:Flag of Minang.svg|Marawa
Tanah Data File:Marawa Agam.svg|Marawa
Agam File:Marawa 50 koto.svg|Marawa
Limo Puluah Koto Minangkabau Customs Flag The Minangkabau folk flag (Marawa Basa Adat Minangkabau) is a four-colour vertical chart composed of black-gold-white-red, which symbolizes the four leaders of the Minangkabau clan (
Urang Nan Ampek Jinih). Black represents the chieftain (
pangulu), gold represents the law enforcement elders (
manti) who arbitrate tribal customary law, white represents the priests in charge of religious affairs (
malin) and red represents the warrior chief (
dubalang) who guards the village. This flag is only used at official ceremonies of the
Ninik Mamak Pemangku Adat bases, such as at the ceremony of taking their oath of office. Apart from
Urang Nan Ampek Jinih, in Minangkabau custom, there is another important position,
bundo kanduang, which is the mother who is the teacher in the rumah gadang and has the title
Limpapeh Rumah Nan Gadang.
Flag of Negeri Sembilan , the official residence of the
Yang di-Pertuan Besar of
Negeri Sembilan in
Seri Menanti. The flag of
Negeri Sembilan's connection with the Marawa is far from coincidence. The flag's colours took inspiration from the original
Minangkabau settlers in the Negeri Sembilan area after migrating from the
Alam Minangkabau (Minangkabau homeland) in Sumatra to the Malay peninsula. However, the flag colours' symbolism differ from the Marawa. The flag ofNegeri Sembilan is composed of gold as the flag's base colour, and a diagonally bisected
canton of red across the top, and black at the bottom. The flag was inaugurated in 1895 during the reign of
Tuanku Muhammad, following the union of several
luaks into a single political entity, with help from the
British. This is the second and current iteration of Negeri Sembilan, since its
early formation in 1773 and subsequent breakup several years later. The flag is in use to this day, since the state's inception into the
Federated Malay States the same year, until the
formation of Malaysia in 1963. ==See also==