Yona Primadesi,
Padang State University,Indonesia

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 Minangkabau society is a term for a group ofpeople who inhabit in most of the provinceof West Sumatra, Indonesia
 Minangkabau society is very well knownwith their oral tradition kaba barito thatconveys the message by word of mouth Oral tradition of Minangkabau society isvery strong in many aspects of life, forexample the tradition Maota di lapau

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Oral tradition of minangkabau could begrouped in four of the most common type.
All forms of oral tradition in Minangkabau
society contains many values such as thereligious, historical and customs andvalues ​of society, values ​that incorporating
local wisdom
Most of the existing oral tradition in
Minangkabau society is still a tacitknowledge that is stored in the memory of
the older generation

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the oral tradition in traditionalceremonies, such as batagak pangulu
ceremony, and ceremonies are closely
related to daily life, such as upacara
turun mandi (baby blessingceremony), wedding, and funeral
ceremony

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the oral tradition in context ofdendang-dendang perintang hati
which singing a song in rhyme,example batintin and bajoden. Thisoral tradition is performed in various
daily activities and more informal

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shamanism in the form of spells which haveits own characteristics and language
structures. Spell contains mysticalelements and certain rituals. At first,
mantra is a form of oral traditions
containing certain rituals which used todeal with mystical interests, such as
witchcraft or pellets. But there is also aspell in the form of verses for healing
various diseases.

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performances such as barandai,barabab, and bakaba. Oral
performances is incorporating
between the oral tradition ofrhymes or tales with performing
arts, such as dance, music, andmartial arts.

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 Knowledge capturing, is activity in capturing
and identifying all existing oral tradition in
Minangkabau society and making the list of
the people who mastered the oral tradition
 Codification is a activities in conversing tacitknowledge which is possessed by the elders
of about oral tradition into the knowledge
which allows for the transfer into explicit
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 In oral tradition, it allows lost or reduced themessage over time in processes. To maintain theretention of the meaning of the message, there
should be documentation of oral traditions thatexist in Minangkabau society. This documentation
can include printed documents and electronic
documents and audio-visual.
 Oral tradition in Minangkabau society should bepacked into an attractive shape, so it’s easy tolearn and understandThis image cannot currently be displayed.

This personalization of activities can beperformed among others by entering into
the oral tradition of competence in formal
education, mentoring of persons or groupswho are interested in oral tradition, as wellas establish a consistent community
conservation and development of the oraltradition
 Preserving knowledge in Library andApplication of information andcommunication technologies in thepreservation of oral traditions Minangkabau

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Search and Retrieval by providing as
much as access to society about theoral tradition of the Minangkabau
Actuating in the form of activities tointroduce the oral tradition of
Minangkabau into worldwide

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Lack of awareness of the elder’s about
the merits of knowledge transfer inpreserving oral tradition
Lack of public awareness about theimportance of oral tradition, so theoral tradition is considered as
something archaic and unnecessary
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The concern of government is still
considered as half-hearted in orderpreserving Minangkabau tradition,
especially the oral tradition
The absence of further evaluation ofimplementation tradition about
Minangkabau in curriculum of higheducation.

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Thank You