BURUH TANI WANITA PANGGILAN DAN EKSISTENSINYA MENURUT ADAT MINANGKABAU

Women farm workers in groups are not common in Minangkabau, especially those who earn wages once a year. The wages are used as an alternative income by allocating them as a capital for other ‘business’ in solving economic household problems. Minangkabau implement matrilineal system which respect women called as b undo kanduang. A local proverb for the system is “limpapeh rumah nan gadang, amban puruak pagangan kunci, sumarak dalam nagari”. Discussions about women have not been finished yet.  The highest reward toward women in Minangkabau custom is not well-implemented in the real life. The Minang ‘queens’ are allowed to compete in economic sector without any gender consideration.