Bukittinggi by wysiwig
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Bukittinggi (High Hill) is a small, pleasant city of 100,000 people located in the highlands of Western Sumatra. While it is only a few miles from the equator, Bukittinggi enjoys a mild climate with temperatures between 16.1°-24.9° Celsius (61°-77° Fahrenheit) due to its elevation at 930 meters (3051 feet) above sea level. The area is also the home of the Minankebau, a people with a reputation as fierce fighters. Their culture is matrilineal, with property and land passing down from mother to daughter, while religious and political affairs are the responsibility of men.
The name Minangkabau is thought to be a combination of two words, minang (victorious) and kabau (buffalo). There is a legend that the name comes from a territorial dispute between the Minangkabau and a neighbouring prince. To avoid a battle, the local people proposed a fight to the death between two water buffalo to settle the dispute. The prince agreed and produced the largest, meanest, most aggressive buffalo. The Minangkabau produced a hungry baby buffalo with its small horns ground to be as sharp as knives. Seeing the adult buffalo across the field, the baby ran forward, hoping for milk. The big buffalo saw no threat in the baby buffalo and paid no attention to it, looking around for a worthy opponent. But when the baby thrust his head under the big bull's belly, looking for an udder, the sharpened horns punctured and killed the bull, and the Minangkabau won the contest and the dispute.
Comments (16)
This is a beautiful legend. I am now, after such a long time, nor with the wise man of minankabau. Thanks for the story. Amazing that it still horsepower for passenger transport are. Here in Berlin there are too many horse coaches .... for the tourist Have a nice day, Mark
What a great tale! and this looks a very peaceful place in your pic!
what an interesting story. nice purple documentary picture ;-) in many programs the color correction button is only a few clicks away ...why not ?
Excellent image , very characteristic !Interesting info !
Great image, Mark and wonderful legend
Your shots alays have a vintage feeling... and I love it.. Great PW!
Wonderful landscape and very interesting narrative!!!
SUPERLATIVE SHOT GREAT CAPTURE
very nice shot my friend
Ha! Wonderful story and very clever. If that is the city below it's very pretty with interesting architecture and great looking trees. Nice shot and great story.
so cool I saw one riding the other day similar to this I watched until gone a feeling it smiles warm hugs, Linda
Loved the story as well. Nice work!
Moral: Never trust a baby with a knife, because you could lose something valuable. Beautiful shot!!
interessant!
Sehr schön.
Beautiful view and story! A logical arrangement. Men take care of unimportant things like religion, and the women hold on to the purse strings. ;) Wonderful tale!