The diet of most Indonesians includes rice served with meat, fish, or vegetables. The meat is usually water buffalo, beef, or chicken. Pork is never eaten since it is forbidden for Musims. Among the Komering, the father is the head of his household and may have more than one wife. The wife is a homemaker who, together with her children, tends to the household chores.
Traditional clothing is a colorful skirt, worn by both men and women, called a sarong.
Oil, coal, tin and gold are some of the riches harvested in south Sumatra. Rubber and logging are also important to the economy, therefore, there are probably many Komering who work as miners and loggers also. Komering houses line the banks of the Komering River. These houses may only consist of a sleeping room and a large living room. The living room, which may also serve as the kitchen, usually contains a rectangular hearth filled with clay and ashes.