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A Rumah Gadang serves as a residence, a hall for family meetings, and for ceremonial activities. In the matrilineal Minangkabau society, the Rumah Gadang is owned by the women of the family who live there; ownership is passed from mother to daughter. The houses have a dramatic curved roof structure with multi-tiered, upswept gables.
Rumah means "house" or "home" both in the Indonesian language and Bahasa Melayu. It may also refer to: Rumah Gadang, the traditional house of Minangkabau people, Indonesia; Rumah Lanting, the traditional house of Kalimantan, Indonesia; Rumah, Riyadh, a governorate and city in Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia; Rumah, a weekly Indonesian house tabloid