Males from Negri Sembilan

Negri practices Adat Perpatih which gives the harta pesaka to the women.

The tanah adat cannot be sold and to be handed down from mother to daughter and so on. Therefore the land itself has no monetary value and the males cannot own any of the tanah adat but can live in the wife's house on tanah adat.

Many male relatives have ventured out from Negri even before Merdeka and many resides in Kuala Lumpur.

The women are also venturing out following the males and what is left is tanah adat not being cultivated and left unattended.

The men and women most likely, like me, marry spouses from other states and what is left are memories of the place, which will not be shared by the later generations.