Adat Perpatih (also known as Lareh Bodi Caniago in Indonesia) are customary laws which originated in the Minangkabau Highlands in Sumatra, Indonesia....

one following Adat temenggung and the other, Adat perpatih. Adat temenggung (customs or rules of Temenggung) is the most common form of adat, which is patrilineal...

systems of tradition, Bodi-Caniago system based on Adat Perpatih and Koto-Piliang system based on Adat Temenggung, the latter having overt allegiances to...

Sultanate of Johor. They also brought their matrilineal custom, known as Adat Perpatih, which became the local custom. The Linggi River along the western part...

(district), following matrilineal inheritance, part of the state's adat perpatih customs. The Undang of Sungai Ujong is chosen among the Waris Hulu and...

Macedonia's kingmaker. Kurds in the Middle East. Turkey, Libya's kingmaker. Adat Perpatih system in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia Andrew Asiamah Amoako after the...

Malaysia. The district is a stronghold of the matrilineal system known as adat perpatih, a customary practice inherited from the Minangkabaus, of Sumatra. The...

peninsula at the height of the Sultanate of Malacca, and maintains the Adat Perpatih of matrilineal kinships system in Negeri Sembilan and north Malacca...

traditional Southeast society, as can still be seen in the matriarchal adat perpatih customs of West Sumatra. Another legend tells of three Minangkabau warriors...

in each Luak, following matrilineal inheritance, part of the state's Adat perpatih customs. The Undang of Sungai Ujong is chosen among the Waris Hulu and...