The people
of west Sumatra who resettled here brought with them customs that favour the
women and unique architectural and cuisine styles.
The
sweeping, peaked-roofed “buffalo horn” architecture is the most distinguishing
feature of the Minangkabau or People of the Victorious Buffalo of Negeri
Sembilan, Melaka’s northern neighbour. It appears everywhere; in the National
Museum in Kuala Lumpur, at luxury hotels fringed by swaying palms, even at a
highway petrol station. The roofs have come to signify not just Minangkabau,
but Malaysia.
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