Marawa Minangkabau

Marawa Minangkabau

Basa Alam Minangkabau
Use	Luak Nan Tigo and rantau
Adopted	1347 (by Pagaruyung Darul Qarar); 675 years ago
Design	A vertical tricolour of black, red, and gold
Minangkabau Customs Flag
Use	Customary Institutions
Adopted	Unknown
Design	A four-color vertical chart composed of black-gold-white-red
Negeri Sembilan
Use	State flag of Negeri Sembilan
Adopted	1895
Design	Basa Alam with gold as the base color, diagonal canton with red on the top and black on the bottom.

Marawa is a tricolour flag that consists of three vertical charts that feature the colours of the Minangkabau culture: black, red, and gold. It is not known for sure when this flag was first used, but it was officially adopted as the flag of the Pagaruyung Kingdom since its founding in 1347. This flag was also adopted by other kingdoms of the Minangkabau rantau such as the Inderapura Kingdom.^[1] A derivative of the flag is also currently used by Negeri Sembilan, a state in Malaysia with historical and cultural connections with the kingdom.

Black represents pangulu, gold represents manti, white represents malin, and red represents dubalang.