Mosque - Minangkabau Highlands of West Sumatra, Indonesia
Mosque - Minangkabau Highlands of West Sumatra, Indonesia. The Minangkabau are strongly Islamic, but also follow their ethnic traditions, or adat. The Minangkabau adat was derived from animist and Hindu-Buddhist beliefs before the arrival of Islam, and remnants of animist beliefs still exist even among some practicing Muslims
Picture No
10956955
Media ID
46716309
Size
5333px x 3292px
(2.8MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
1935
