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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minangkabau_people Minangkabau people ] in Indonesia have a unique system of deliberation. It is called Adat. The cultural heritageof the Minangkabau is based on maternal linage and heredity of property from the mother. Adat is a normative rules and usage of the deliberation and decision making system. Adat institutes active in the villages, and some time is cities. most villages have adat.
Buah gadang is the smallest social unit recognized under the adat. Its members share a common property. It is leaded by panghulu. There are about 20 to 100 buah gadangs under the village council. The council has members which are called panghulu. Each panghulu represents his linage. Every linage has sub-linages which are represented by mamks. The memks represent their people.