Rumah Gadang in the Pandai Sikek village of West Sumatra

The rumah gadang (Minangkabau, "big house") is the traditional house of the Minangkabau. A rumah gadang is a long house, and the roof of the building curves upwards at each end to form horn like shapes. With the Minangkabau society being matrilineal, the rumah gadang is owned by the women of the family who live there - ownership is passed from mother to daughter. Minangkabau language is the spoken language of Minangkabau people from West Sumatra. ... Pagaruyung Palace The Minangkabau ethnic group is indigenous to the highlands of West Sumatra, in Indonesia. ... Matrilineality is a system in which one belongs to ones mothers lineage; it may also involve the inheritance of property or titles through the female line. ...