Tour de Singkarak 2017 to feature 'Saribu Rumah Gadang' Festival - News - The Jakarta Post. Tour de Singkarak 2017 will be held on Nov. 18-26 and joined by participants from 30 countries.

The shapes of the tapering roofs of rumah gadang (communal house) and buffalo horns were generally chosen as themes in the pieces presented, with Minang embroidery, palm fiber, rubber, paper and ...

They live with Yulida’s mother in her home, a traditional rumah gadang painted the color of cantaloupe. Over tea and sweet bananas, they agreed that in their community Minangkabau customs are ...

The rumah gadang, which translates to “big house,” is the center of Minangkabau life. But after all these years, the majestic homes too are facing a threat – old age and deterioration.

The Lubuk Bauk Surau, which has 3 levels of roofs with 2 roofs in the shape of a pyramid and one roof resembling the roof of the Rumah Gadang as the characteristic of Minangkabau traditional houses. 6 ...

A traditional Minangkabau home, or rumah gadang. ... Susan Schulman . Rismal, 61, works in the garden of his 58-year-old wife Zamiarni’s family's ancestral rumah gadang.

An intricate palace replica from the Pagaruyung dynasty, which once ruled the Minangkabau people. Its architecture style is that of the Rumah Gadang (Big House), topped with Bagonjong (buffalo ...