Culture Padang

Padang City is the largest city on the west coast of Sumatra island and is the capital of West Sumatra province, Indonesia. Since the Dutch East Indies colonial period, the city of Padang has been a major port in the trade of gold, tea, coffee and spices rempah.memasuki the 20th century, coal and cement export through the Port of Bay began Bayur.
Name of the city was referred to another term for ethnic Minangkabau, and is used to refer to their cuisine, which is generally known as' Padang cuisine ". One of his cooking is "Rendang". Rendang addition, the city is also famous for its masakannya.selain to taste most of the people of Indonesia, this dish is also popular to foreign countries. Popular food such as goulash, chicken Pop, Balado Eggplant, Green Chili Stew Ducks, Rice Kapau, Sate Padang and Crackers Sanjai. Padang restaurants are common in all major cities in Indonesia.
The city has a museum located in the city center called "Museum Adityawarman". This museum specializes in the history and culture of Minangkabau tribe, tribes Mentawai and Nias tribe. The museum has a collection of 6000, with the architectural style of the building is shaped traditional Minangkabau house (Tower House).
One of the traditional Minangkabau tradition of offering the funeral that was held on one of the districts in Sumatra Barat.di some districts there is mention of this tradition with the name of tradition Silat Pauh (Silek Pauah). Also in the city of Padang there are also several beaches, one of which was Sweet Water Beach. There is a story that revolves around Malin Kundang a disobedient child to his mother and is therefore doomed to stone. A kind of rock in Sweet Water Beach, Padang, said to be the remains of the ship Malin Kundang.