adat

Examples

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• Adat has weakened in many regions—most recently because of the unprecedented level of government intervention and indirect effects of other changes (such as improved road and river transport).

  Academic text (1999)

• Respecting adat is essential for maintaining harmony and order within the indigenous communities of Malaysia.

• Often, these rights to forest resources have been allocated without consideration of traditional land claims under the Adat law.

  Academic text (2000)

• In the interests of public safety, adat rights to harvest forest products in a particular area shall be frozen while forest production activities are underway.

  Academic text (1999)

• The rights of the adat community and its members to harvest forest products shall be organized in such a manner that they do not disturb forest production.

  Academic text (1999)

• Implementation of the above provision is delegated to the Company, which is to accomplish it through consensus with the adat community, with supervision from the Forest Service.

  Academic text (1999)

• Indonesia is home to a vast array of distinct cultures, each functioning under norms, rules, resource management strategies, and spiritual belief systems known collectively as adat.

  Academic text (1999)

• The adjacent adat territories of Mambi and Bambang are members of Pitu Ulunna Salu, "The Seven Headwaters"—a league of allied mountain communities.

  Academic text (1993)

• Yet complex adat systems of rights and obligations throughout the Indonesian archipelago govern the ownership and harvesting of, for example, rattan and sago palms, which are important traditional sources of livelihood.

  Academic text (1999)

• In rural Indonesia, many families rely on adat to guide their community decisions and social practices.

Synonyms

C

custom

vsadat

159 1.3

A usual way of behaving in a society, often passed down from the past

is region-specific traditional laws and practices in Malay and Indonesian societies

Surface Forms

Etymology