The Role of Mamak as Adult Educator in Family Strengthening in Modernization Era

Abstract

Education in Minangkabau matrilineal family is based on the responsibility of the Mamak (Uncle) to the nephew, who cooperated with the mother and other relatives. In Minangkabau society, Mamak has a big role and responsibility to their nephews. Mamak is a protector and should foster a nephew so that in the future he can replace him as the person in charge and the successor of the family's survival. However, in the modern era, there has been a shift in the role of the Mamak which has been taken over by the nuclear family. The purpose of this study is to describe the role of Mamak as an educator in strengthening the nuclear family in the modernized era. This research includes a quantitative approach with descriptive analysis. In this study, the analysis of 40 people was done by purposive sampling technique. The data was collected in the form questionnaire and processed with a percentage formula. Based on the results obtained from data analysis, it is concluded that the role of educators in strengthening the nuclear family in the modernization era, the role of Mamak is in the enough category with a proportion of 50%.

The Power of Local Wisdom: Its Ability to Avoid and Resolve Social Conflicts and Local Government Regulations in Minangkabau

“…In the Customary Organization Structure variable, the discussion of the tops of customary organizations is in the Tiga Tungku Sajarangan; the correlation coefficient value is 0.827625 indicating very strong. This concept is based on blood relations because the Minangkabau people have to look back at the origins of the existence of Tambo (ethnic history books) [51]. Therefore, it must be stopped immediately and resolved in the event of a conflict.…”

“…Custom apparatus (Nagari Leadership Meetings at the customs office). As additional information, the working procedure is that before a case is resolved at the Tiga Tungku Sejarangan level, it must first be resolved by the Clan Leaders (Ninik mamak) [51]. The table below result in form of word cloud mapping, which produces the number of word references in a hierarchy based on N-Vivo 12.…”