The Land of Minangkabau being the Capital of Indonesia’s West Sumatera region, Padang is the home of the gentle and refined Minangkabau people. Their ancients matriarchal culture is the largest of its kind in the world. Here, women are head of the family and the community. West sumatra’s main attraction is Bukittinggi Situated at 3,000 feet above sea level, this delightful town surrounded by volcanoes and green valleys has a pleasant climate and is the culture seat of the Minangkabau people. Other places of interest include Batusangkar, the home of minangkabau Kings, Ngarai Sianok, a spectacular geogolical wonder, lake Singkarak, the largest in west sumatra and a well developed recreation and water sports center and the Rimba Panti Nature Reserve.The name Minangkabau is thought to be a conjunction of two words, minang ("victorious") and kabau ("buffalo"). There is a legend that the name is derived 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.
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