Wacana Etnodiplomatika Minangkabau

Diplomacy is one part of the unique culture represented by the Minangkabau ethnic community. This factually historically ethnicity gave a dominant pattern in construction and diplomacy between countries in the process of establishing the Unitary Republic of Indonesia (NKRI). That was shown by Muhammad Hatta, Haji Agus Salim, Muhammad Yamin, Soetan Sjahrir, Tan Malaka, Hamka, and others. Minangkabau diplomatic power is at the "art of negotiation". However, the problem since the independence of the Republic of Indonesia, especially in the era of the 1950s, the diplomatic capacity of the Minangkabau people has declined further. This paper reveals the construction of the typical Minangkabau ethnodiplomacy model? The construction of the model is elaborated on several main manuscripts, namely Tambo Alam Minangkabau and Kaba Cindue Mato. This study uses the perspective of Critical Discourse Analysis through text, intertext, and context studies. The results of the study show that Minangkabau Diplomacy is ideally constructed in a rational, tactical, confrontational, and accommodating scheme. However, in the practice of Paderi's diplomacy and Pasca PRRI, these bad faced challenges that caused traumatic socio-cultural effects, which had a profound impact on the joint lives of the Minangkabau people that have been felt to date