Rumah Gadang, Padang Panjang, West Sumatera

Rumah Gadang, Padang Panjang, originally uploaded by algenta101.

The last standing of Rumah Gadang (Big House) or some say Rumah Godang according to local dialect as tourist object after the famous similar house in Pagar Ruyong burnt down due to lightning strike. The four huts in front of the house is called "rangkiang", a hut to store harvested paddy.

If you are to visit Bukit Tinggi via Padang, you would not miss this place as this is located on the way up to Bukit Tinggi.

According to our local guide, it is called Rumah Gadang because it will housed all of the family members including one who is married. But the individual rooms are so small, an indication by the head of familes to politely or implied for them to move to their own house.