MAK KATIK: INI KACAU

Musra Dahrizal Katik Rajo Mangkuto, familiarly known as Mak Katik, is a cultural figure, artist, and educator. He is known as an observer of Minangkabau culture and customs, having served as a visiting lecturer at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, United States, and the Malaysian National Heritage Arts Academy. He is born in Batipuh, Tanah Datar, West Sumatra, and is the second of eight children. In 1963, Mak Katik was unable to complete her elementary education due to financial difficulties. However, she had been studying Minangkabau customs comprehensively since 1959 from three teachers from the same village: Rangkai Tuah Kabun, Mak Etek Jaka, and Datuak Tongga. Every night, he copied the lessons, paragraph by paragraph, onto cigarette paper. Mak Katik learned all aspects of Minangkabau customs and culture from these three teachers, such as composing pantun (pantun), writing randai (a combination of drama and dance movements derived from pencak silat), playing the saluang (a wind instrument), mastering Minangkabau silat, and playing the talempong (a percussion instrument). Of the hundreds of students of these three teachers, only Mak Katik successfully acquired all the knowledge and skills regarding Minangkabau customs and culture, except for playing the rabab (a string instrument), as she was never taught. Mak Katik continued to study until her three teachers passed away in the 1980s. Domestically, she taught courses in Minangkabau Ethnology and Minangkabau Traditional Philosophy at Padang State University and Andalas University, Padang, West Sumatra. Source: Wikipedia @kopipahit_hidayat