Editing Minangkabau people (section)

===Architecture===
[[Image:Rumah Gadang.jpg|thumb|right|[[Rumah gadang]] in the Pandai Sikek village of West Sumatra, with two rice barns ({{Transliteration|min|rangkiang}}) in front]]
{{Transliteration|min|[[Rumah gadang]]}} ([[Minangkabau language|Minangkabau]]: 'big house') or {{Transliteration|min|rumah bagonjong}} ([[Minangkabau language|Minangkabau]]: 'spired roof house') are the traditional homes of the Minangkabau. The architecture, construction, internal and external decoration, and the functions of the house reflect the culture and values of the Minangkabau. A {{Transliteration|min|rumah gadang}} serves as a residence, a hall for family meetings, and for ceremonial activities. The ''rumah gadang'' is owned by the women of the family who live there – ownership is passed from mother to daughter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.sas.upenn.edu/psanday/reports/matriarchy-and-islam-post-911-a-report-from-indonesia/|title=Matriarchy and Islam Post 9/11: A Report from Indonesia |last=Sanday|first=Peggy Reeves|date=9 Dec 2002|website=Peggy Reeves Sanday - UPenn|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514105910/http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~psanday/report_02.html|archive-date=14 May 2011|url-status=live|access-date=2019-07-21}}</ref>

The houses have dramatic curved roof structures with multi-tiered, upswept gables. They are also well distinguished by their rooflines which curve upward from the middle and end in points, in imitation of the upward-curving horns of the water buffalo that supposedly eked the people their name (i.e. "[[Minangkabau (legend)|victors of the buffalo]]"). Shuttered windows are built into walls incised with profuse painted floral carvings. The term {{Transliteration|min|rumah gadang}} usually refers to the larger communal homes, however, smaller single residences share many of its architectural elements.