Upaya Penerapan Nilai-nilai Adat dan Syarak dalam Penyelenggaraan Pemerintahan Nagari

Abstract

Minangkabau nagari (local state resembling village) serve as the lowest level of administration in the Indonesian government as well as the basis for the implementationand preservation of traditional values based on Islamic sharia. Nagari is not only led byWali Nagari as the formal leader but also balanced by Tungku Tigo Sajarangan—a termfor three leaders in the society; Niniak Mamak, Alim Ulama, and Cadiak Pandai—andBundo Kanduang as the social leader. Each element has to cooperate and contributeaccording to their tasks to achieve the goal of wealthy, prosperous, secure, and peacefulNagari community. Those functions will work well if each leader understands,comprehends, and implements the cultural and religious values as mentioned inMinangkabau catchphrase “Adat Basandi Syarak, Syarak Basandi Kitabullah.