For the last century, historians, anthropologists and other scholars have searched both human history and the continents to find a matriarchy—a society where the power was in the hands of women, not ...

In Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim country, the Minangkabau people live as a matrilineal society where the mother’s name is passed on to her children as well as family businesses to her ...

This Mother's Day, Herstory will be hosting an event with Saraz Sapio, an inspirational and independent young woman from the Minangkabau tribe in Sumatra, Indonesia. The Minangkabau are the largest ...

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Rendang, a typical Minang cuisine, West Sumatra, Indonesia. (Photo: easycookingindo.blogspot.com) TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - If you check out Google, you'll see that rendang is the theme of today’s Google ...

IF I had been born in the 1930s, I would most likely be recognised as a “Minangkabau” rather than a “Malay” or “Melayu”. My paternal family was commonly recognised as Minangkabau, rather than Malay, ...

Across the globe, several societies challenge patriarchal norms by empowering women in unique ways. From the Khasi in India, where inheritance flows through the female line, to the Mosuo in China with ...

A mobile phone application that enables members of an Indonesian tribal group to read the Bible in their own language has been removed from the Google Play store following protests by a local ...

Scientists found a “common” animal stuck to walls in Indonesia and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo shows a representative building in Sumatra Barat with the gonjong roof style of the ...