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The characteristics of the gadang house, west sumatra

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Rumah Gadang is a traditional Minangkabau house, West Sumatra. This house has very distinctive and beautiful characteristics, namely the shape of the roof is curved like a buffalo horn and the middle is like the hull of a ship. The shape of the roof that is curved and pointed upwards is called gonjong. Because of the shape of the roof, the gadang house is also called the bagonjong house.