A Study on Changing of Minangkabau Houses from Sumatra to Malay Peninsula

Abstract:

Minangkabau house is one of the most particular houses in Southeast Asia. The uplifted rooftop as the shape of buffalo horns, and large-scale single pile house are its main features. From the 17th to 18th century, Minangkabau people in Indonesia migrated massively from the Pagarruyung area of Sumatra to the state of Sembilan on Malay Peninsula. They brought with them the system of a matrilineal society (Adat pepatih), but there was not a complete transplantation of their particular house. This research conducts field investigations on Minangkabau houses in there two areas and analyzes the reasons of the change and major influential factors. The results show how Minangkabau houses transfer from large single pile house into extended small grouped pile houses, which has become another kind of vernacular houses in Malay Peninsula.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 461)
• Pages: 565-570
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.461.565
• Online since: February 2012
• Authors: Teow Ngak Ng, Hsien Te Lin
• Keywords: Large Single Pile House, Matrilineal Society, Minangkabau House, Small Grouped Pile House

References

[1] Abaul Halim Nasir: The Traditional Malay house (Penerbit Fajar Bakti Sdn. Bhd, 1997).

[2] Kato, T: Matriliny and Migration：Evolving Minangkabau Traditions in Indonesia, Ithaca Cornell University Press, 1982.

[3] Nellie S. L Tan Wong: Adat Perpatih-A Matrilineal System in Negeii Sembilan (Malaysia, Wintrac (WWB/Malaysia) SDN. BHD, 1992).

[4] Naim, M.: Merantau: Causes and Effects Minangkabau Voluntary Migration (Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asia Studies, Occasional Paper No.5, 1971).

DOI: 10.1355/9789814380164-002

[5] Lin Jee Yuan: The Malay House (Institut Masyarakat, 1987).

[6] Roxana Waterson: The Architecture of South-Eost Asia through Travelers' Eyes, Oxford University Press, New York 1998.

[7] Raja Nafida Binti Raja Shahminan: "Evolusi Senibina Balai Adat di Negeri Sembilan" (Institut Pengajian Siswazah dan Penyelidikan University Malaysia, 1999).

[8] Ng, Teow Ngak: Research on Hot and Humid Environment and Interior Space: With Special Reference to Traditional Malay Pile-dwelling Residence, The Fourth International Academic Conference Proceedings, sponsored by the Dept. of Interior Design, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan (2005)