Proto Malay Wedding Ceremony Community Mamak Gutters

Marriage is not only a most dignified way to guarantee the existence of man upon the earth, but also as the embodiment and the inheritance of the values ​​shared by a community (society). In other words, through the marriage community to ensure its continuity, and while preserving, bequeath and form civilization. That's what we can see the wedding Talang Mamak communities that live in the inland province of Riau and Jambi Province.
Community Talang Mamak is a proto Melayu (Malay parents). After the advent of Islam, Talang Mamak community withdrew into the interior. If the Malays are generally synonymous with Islam, then to the community Talang Mamak, synonymous with Malay customs (tradition). Therefore, her wedding ceremony a little more in common with Malay wedding ceremony in general.
In conjunction with the introduction of Islam, there are two distinct identification of a growing community of Talang Mamak, namely: "The new measures" and "long step". "New Step" means someone who has embraced Talang Mamak Islam. While the "old measures" means someone who adheres to Talang Mamak animism and dynamism. But even though a person has done "a new step," local trust values ​​are not necessarily lost. This is due to Talang Mamak using these old beliefs as a point of view to understand the religion of immigrants. As a result, although it has been doing "a new step," but the belief of animism and dynamism are still pretty coloring everyday life of that community.
Talang Mamak marriage as a form of manifestation of the values ​​espoused not only contain the values ​​of worldly (profane) but also the sanctity of (sacred). Therefore, in the wedding ceremony Talang Mamak community in both the phases before, during or after marriage, will be presented nicely newcomers how religion, particularly Islam, and local culture acculturated. In other words, it treats religious communities and local cultures in a complementary position.

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Houses Lancang (Traditional House Kampar regency, Riau Province)

Home or Pencalang Lancang is the name of one of the traditional public house Kampar regency, Riau Province, Indonesia. In addition to the name or Pencalang Lancang House, The house is also known as House Lontik. Called Lancang or Pencalang because the shape of the foot front wall hangings like a boat, a house wall is tilted out like crooked walls their sailboat, and when seen from a distance form the house like a boat Homes (Magon) used to make the population. While the name is used because it forms perabung Lontik (ridge) melentik roof upwards.
The house is a house Lancang stage. Stage of construction type is selected to avoid the danger of attack beast and flood. In addition, there is a social custom to use as a cattle shed below the house, boat storage container, the building, where children play, and the woodshed, as preparation for the month of fasting. In addition, house-shaped stage of development so as to enter it must use a ladder rung having an odd number, five, is a form of expression of public confidence.
The outside walls are entirely skewed Houses Lancang out, in contrast to the perpendicular wall. Beam pedestal outside the front wall curved upward, and, sometimes, spliced ​​with carvings on the corners of the wall, it looks like a boat. Beam cap over the wall as well, although not semelengkung beam curved pedestal. Curve follows the underside of the roof arch. Both ends of ornate perabung called sulo Bayung. While sayok lalangan an ornament on the four corners of the eaves. Form of decoration varied, there's that resemble a crescent moon, buffalo horns, spurs, and so on.
The existence of Lancang House, it seems, is the result of the acculturation process of the original architecture and the Minangkabau society Kampar. Basic and wall house shaped like a boat is a hallmark of Kampar society, while the tapering shape of the roof (Lontik) are characteristic of Minangkabau architecture. The process of acculturation occurs because the architecture is a groove voyage Kampar, Sungai Mahat, from Lima to the area of ​​Tanah Datar Koto in Payakumbuh, Minangkabau. Five area includes the village of Koto Rumbio, Kampar, Water, Tiris, Bangkinang, Salo, and Kuok. Therefore Kampar is part of the groove mobility of society, the process of acculturation is very likely to occur. The results of the acculturation process is visible from the uniqueness of Lancang House more or less different from the architecture of buildings in the area of ​​mainland Riau and Riau Islands.

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