The Bingkudu Mosque (sometimes spelled or written as Bengkudu Mosque and also called Jamik Bingkudu Mosque) is one of the oldest mosques in Indonesia, which was founded by the Padri in the wake of the

Padri War The Padri War (also called the Minangkabau War) was fought from 1803 until 1837 in West Sumatra, Indonesia between the Padri and the Adat. The Padri were Muslim clerics from Sumatra who wanted to impose Sharia in Minangkabau country in West Sum ...

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in 1823. This mosque with the typical

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style architecture is located in Jorong Bingkudu, Nagari Canduang Koto Laweh, Canduang District,

Agam Regency Agam Regency ( id, Kabupaten Agam) is a regency of West Sumatra, Indonesia. It has an area of 2,264.89 km2 and had a population of 454,853 at the 2010 census and 529,138 at the 2020 census.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. The regency sea ...

, West Sumatra.Bingkudu, Masjid Tua di Sumatera Barat

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. Retrieved March 26, 2012. When it was first built, the building of the mosque was made of wood, on its floor, pole, and its wall.Mengenang Masjid Bingkudu
Padang Ekspres. Retrieved March 26, 2012. Currently, in addition to being used as an

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worship activity and a means of religious education for students, Bingkudu Mosque is also used as the headquarters of the Jorong Bingkudu Poverty Eradication Coordinating Team.

Harian Haluan ''Haluan'' (''Guide'' or ''The Guide'', full nameplate ''Harian Umum Haluan'' 'The Guide General Daily'' is a daily newspaper in Indonesia published in Padang, West Sumatra. Published since 1948, the paper is one of the oldest continuously pub ...

Edisi 28 Mei 2011. It was also designated by the government of Agam Regency as a cultural heritage in 1989. Thus in 1991, the mosque began to experience an overall restoration. www.wisatamelayu.co
Masjid Jamik Bingkudu, Kabupaten Agam, Sumatera Barat, Indonesia
Retrieved March 26, 2012.

Architecture

Original structures are well preserved until today. The architectural characteristics of the mosque is easy to recognize, especially in the form of a roof that consists of three layers with a little basin. The mosque is located at the foot of

Mount Marapi The Marapi (), or Mount Marapi ( min, ڬونوواڠ ماراڤي, Gunuang Marapi) is a complex volcano in West Sumatra, Indonesia. Its name means ''Mountain of Fire'', and it is the most active volcano in Sumatra. Its elevation is . A number of ...

at an altitude of 1,050 m above sea level, and was built on a plot of 60 x 60 square meters, with a building area of 21 x 21 meters. Height of the building from the ground up to the top (roof) is around 19 meters. The building is constructed of

wood Wood is a porous and fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants. It is an organic materiala natural composite of cellulose fibers that are strong in tension and embedded in a matrix of lignin th ...

, and three-story roof frame was made from fibers. www.west-sumatra.co
Masjid Tua Bingkudu
Retrieved March 26, 2012. Just like Rumah Gadang, a traditional Minangkabau residential building, the building of the mosque has a cage 1.5 meters below the ground.Masjid Jamik Bingkudu Dibangun Tanpa Gunakan Paku

. Retrieved March 26, 2012.

Restoration

Previously, the roof of the mosque was replaced with

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in 1957. This work was done by the local community considering the condition of the fiber-made roof which had weathered by age. Two years later the mosque was designated as a cultural heritage and handed over to Agam Regency in 1989, thus the mosque underwent a complete restoration. So that the material of the roof which had been replaced into a zinc was returned to the fibers, and the weathered parts were replaced and re-painted as the original.Masjid Bingkudu Ampek Angkek Canduang
Lembaga Kantor Berita Nasional Antara Biro

Sumatera Barat West Sumatra ( id, Sumatra Barat) is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia. It is located on the west coast of the island of Sumatra and includes the Mentawai Islands off that coast. The province has an area of , with a population of 5, ...

. Retrieved March 26, 2012. The restoration of the mosque itself in 1989 was carried out by the Conservation and Utilization of Historical and Archeological Projects of West Sumatra with focus on the roofing, ceiling, window, and the

minaret A minaret (; ar, منارة, translit=manāra, or ar, مِئْذَنة, translit=miʾḏana, links=no; tr, minare; fa, گل‌دسته, translit=goldaste) is a type of tower typically built into or adjacent to mosques. Minarets are generall ...

. It was followed by the restoration of a

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, place of

wudu Wuḍūʾ ( ar, الوضوء ' ) is the Islamic procedure for cleansing parts of the body, a type of ritual purification, or ablution. The 4 Fardh (Mandatory) acts of ''Wudu'' consists of washing the face, arms, then wiping the head and the feet ...

minbar A minbar (; sometimes romanized as ''mimber'') is a pulpit in a mosque where the imam (leader of prayers) stands to deliver sermons (, ''khutbah''). It is also used in other similar contexts, such as in a Hussainiya where the speaker sits and le ...

mihrab Mihrab ( ar, محراب, ', pl. ') is a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the ''qibla'', the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca towards which Muslims should face when praying. The wall in which a ''mihrab'' appears is thus the "qibla w ...

pond A pond is an area filled with water, either natural or artificial, that is smaller than a lake. Defining them to be less than in area, less than deep, and with less than 30% emergent vegetation helps in distinguishing their ecology from th ...

, and installation of

lightning arrestor A lightning arrester (alternative spelling lightning arrestor) (also called lightning isolator) is a device, essentially an air gap between an electric wire and ground, used on electric power transmission and telecommunication systems to protect ...

on the minaret, environmental arrangement, and construction of gate.Pusat Peradaban di Kaki Gunung Merapi
. Lembaga Kantor Berita Nasional Antara Biro

. Retrieved March 26, Maret 2012.

Gallery

File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Een moskee bij Fort de Kock TMnr 10016669.jpg, Bingkudu Mosque with surrounding pond and buildings during 1890–1916 File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM De heilige visvijver met moskee te Fort de Kock Sumatra`s Westkust TMnr 60003545.jpg, Bingkudu Mosque with surrounding pond and buildings during 1890–1916

References

External links

Wisata Masjid bingkudu
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Architecture

Restoration

Gallery

See also

References

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