Machete is a large, heavy knife used as a gardening tool as well as the plural of weapons found in Southeast Asia. Until now, we can also see the machetes used as a weapon in the martial arts.

Size, weight, and shape varies depending on the blacksmith, who made him. Machete has a similar shape with a machete machete but tend to be shorter and heavier, and often used for cutting shrubs and trees. Machete is usually made of carbon steel is softer than other large knives in the world. This makes it easy to be sharpened but it requires more frequent sharpening.

Description

long keris keris which is also called a cork or terapang imperial regalia, as the Minangkabau and used as the greatness of kings, including nine countries ... the nine countries throughout history have his form eight long keris --- Sigar male as an example ... Sultan Sultan Iskandar Muda Acheh had presented kris this terapang cork or kepadas King James 1 (England) in the year 1613 .. made in Minangkabau.




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A type of traditional weapons of the Riau Islands. At the base of the glove there bonjolan Pepper Mash round selalunya decorated with a carved inscription. This holster selalunya overlaid with silver pieces carved with intricate patterns.

Pepper mashed blade length of about 27 cm to 29 cm. The width of the blade approximately 3.5 cm to 4 cm. From the middle of the blade to the base is a deep groove.

Besides kris, Pepper Mash in ancient times was also one of the completeness of custom clothes in the Riau Islands, Deli, Peninsula Land Siak and Malays.

Single sticks by all the sub Panaluan Batak tribe believed to have supernatural powers to: ask for rain, keep out the rain (manarang udan), refused reinforcements, Plague, cure diseases, find and catch the thief, etc. to help in the war. There are several versions of the story of the cane stick with Panaluan Single similarities and differences, so that the motif found in a cane rod also varies Panaluan singles. One of the following story:

a couple of singles Baragas Datu Sumurung Pambarbar Na (craftsmen) and his wife Nan Sindak Panaluan, long-married but no children. They ask this to the experts predicted, predicted experts recommend replacing statues in his house with a more beautiful. Datu Baragas then go to look for kehutan a suitable timber made sculptures, but the old days was not found. One time he (Baragas Single) saw in the air floating tree without branches, leaves about human height. Mulajadi Baragas ask that the tree was lowered into the earth and it was granted. The tree fell right place for vacation (perberhentian) called Dragon Tolping Adian. Baragas took and began carving so that the shape of a girl called Jonjong Anian. When finished, he intended to bring home, but can not be lifted.