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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.
The adat have several rules<ref>[http://commission-on-legal-pluralism.com/volumes/19/kvonbendabeckmann-art.pdf Von Benda-Beckmann, K. (1981). Forum shopping and shopping forums: Dispute processing in a Minangkabau village in West Sumatra. The Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law, 13(19), 117–159.]</ref>:
:The Kamanakah (people of the sub-linage) are subject to the mamk (head of the sub-lineage).
===Source 1===
[http://www.second-congress-matriarchal-studies.com/sanday.html Matriarchal Values and World Peace: The Case of the Minangkabau]
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