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AbstractCarving is a historical art form utilized for adornment and as a status symbol worldwide, and buah buton is no exception. Therefore, this article aims to establish a relationship between buah buton’s wood carving and social leadership. Other than that, this study uses qualitative research methods, including fieldwork and interviews. The fieldwork targets traditional houses around Luak Tanah Mengandung, Negeri Sembilan, with buah buton. Moreover, interviews were conducted with heirs, customary leaders, researchers, and local community members. According to the findings of this study based on two methods, buah buton can only be discovered in traditional houses belonging to customary leaders and the nobility. In the Adat Perpatih community, the buah buton serves as a significant symbol of authority, social hierarchy, and communal values. It is not only a decorative embellishment. Its presence in traditional houses conveys a clear impression of the moral character of leaders and their dedication to maintaining this unique Malaysian community’s customs and traditions. Therefore, buah buton is a justification that verifies a person’s status within a communal group by applying the subject to specific parts of their residence. This research’s findings can serve as a guide for the design of houses that employ buah buton involving philosophy, aesthetics and meaning to refer to the context of the symbolism of leadership in the contemporary era.

Carving is a historical art form utilized for adornment and as a status symbol worldwide, and buah buton is no exception. Therefore, this article aims to establish a relationship between buah buton's wood carving and social leadership. Other than that, this study uses qualitative research methods, including fieldwork and interviews. The fieldwork targets traditional houses around Luak Tanah Mengandung, Negeri Sembilan, with buah buton. Moreover, interviews were conducted with heirs, customary leaders, researchers, and local community members. According to the findings of this study based on two methods, buah buton can only be discovered in traditional houses belonging to customary leaders and the nobility. In the Adat Perpatih community, the buah buton serves as a significant symbol of authority, social hierarchy, and communal values. It is not only a decorative embellishment. Its presence in traditional houses conveys a clear impression of the moral character of leaders and their dedication to maintaining this unique Malaysian community's customs and traditions. Therefore, buah buton is a justification that verifies a person's status within a communal group by applying the subject to specific parts of their residence. This research's findings can serve as a guide for the design of houses that employ buah buton involving philosophy, aesthetics and meaning to refer to the context of the symbolism of leadership in the contemporary era. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Malaysia is known for its rich custom, culture and heritage due to its diversity of race, ethnic and religion. Customs represents traditions, culture, practice, rules and beliefs of an essential part of the social and economic system. Tradition is also rules that have been made since immemorial time which defined language, beliefs, values and norms that shape the life of a particular society. Adat Perpatih and Adat Temenggong have been associated with the Malay people. Adat Temenggung is a custom that are based on patrilineal or paternal descendants while Adat Perpatih is a custom that are based on matrilineal or maternal descendants. Adat Temenggong is widely practiced in most of the states in Malaysia except for Negeri Sembilan state. Majority of Negeri Sembilan people practiced Adat Perpatih. This custom is practiced by most customary districts in Negeri Sembilan. There are 13 customary districts in Negeri Sembilan namely Luak Jelebu, Luak Jempol, Luak Muar, Luak Johol, Luak Gemenceh, Luak Air Kuning, Luak Inas, Luak Tampin, Luak Gunung Pasir, Luak Terachi, Luak Rembau, Luak Linggi and Luak Sungei Ujong. This study aims to discover the awareness of local communities in preservation and practices of Adat Perpatih in Mukim Pantai, Seremban. The research used qualitative approach whereby data is collected through semi-structured/open-ended interviews with the local communities in this village or kampung. The result of this research project has shown that there are evidence of inheritance and preservation of Adat Perpatih in Mukim Pantai, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan.

Nowadays, Malays residential design has been influenced by modern design that has ignored the wellness factor thus inviting the difficulties and inconvenience to residents. Reinterpretated the concept of space in Malay house must be pursued to enhance the understanding against the important of space function for a lesson and seen their suitability to applied in nowdays design reflected to Malaysian culture and identity. This article will focus on serambi space in Negeri Sembilan traditional Malay house by describing deeply the diversity function of serambi through conducting research on role of serambi space during the execution of Adat Perpatih activities. The methodology used for these qualitative study is analysis of previous studies, deeply observation and narrative studies including the exclusive interview with the customary chiefs and expert scholars of Adat Perpatih and the architecture of Negeri Sembilan traditional Malay house. Several respondents were interviewed and the data obtained were analysed by using thematic analysis. Four themes have been developed which is serambi as a discussion space, ritual space, social space and educated inhabitant manners. Themes discussion will describe the diversity function of serambi in Negeri Sembilan Malay house towards antropologies perspective. Result of the study show the serambi space designed by previous Malay community has demonstrated extensive functionality to cover the needs of inhabitant daily life, customs practiced and filling the Islamic demand. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]