Matrilineal kinship systems

Matrilineal kinship systems are different from those with which we are more familiar, In this discussion, use the Minangkabau proverb, "Crossing wood in the hearth makes the fire glow," to explore the meaning of matrilineality among this group. Describe one example of how this equality is manifest with the Minangkabau, Speculate on what it might mean to live in a gender egalitarian society, or in a polygynous or polyandrous marriage. Do we have any proverbs with the same idea?