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Understanding Machete.According to the Big Indonesian Dictionary published by Balai Pustaka in 2005, is a type of machete-sized machete or short sword. While the machete blade itself is huge but shorter than the sword. While the meaning of a machete in the General Dictionary of the Sunda tongue by the Institute of Languages ​​& Literature Sundanese (Publisher Tarate Bandung in 2000), the machete is bedog, furniture or tools for cutting. In Encyclopedia of Sunda (Pustaka Jaya, 2000) described the sense bedog which is the name of a sharp tool steel, there is a pakakas (tooling) and there is a pakarang (weapons). Bedog, either in the form pakakas or in the form of weapons, in the Indonesian language is called cleaver or machete. From the description in both the dictionary and thesaurus terms is equal to bedog cleaver. Machete is a term or name in the Indonesian language for tools or weapons made of steel, which in Sundanese called bedog.Completing the understanding of dictionaries and encyclopedias cleaver above, physically cleaver (bedog in Sundanese language, Bendo in the Java language, machetes Malay language) is the name of the tools included in the tooling, and sharp weapons, larger than the blades are shorter than the sword, has a thick, wide blades made of metal.Machete or bedog Sunda very diverse, because each area of ​​West Java has its own variety of shapes that are tailored to the needs, functions, and characteristics of each user community. Machete (bedog) Sundanese generally have blades with a length of approximately 30 cm to 40 cm, but there is also a machete-sized blades shorter or less than 30 cm. Machete (bedog) Sundanese which has more than 40cm long blade called kolewang or gobang.Bagian main blade of a machete is (wilah) and naming machetes are generally based on the shape of the blade is made from a mixture of iron and steel. Raw materials are commonly used by craftsmen meat cleaver in West Java today is the slab of a former car. This material is relatively easy to obtain on-site sale of scrap metal. Per used car used instead because it is cheaper than new raw materials, also because it is a mixture of iron and steel are suitable for a machete. Cleaver blade or the beginning of the tail axis, ie at the base of the tail blades are included on the handle of a machete (dairy). Blade body consists of the abdomen (beuteung), namely the sharp edges. While the blunt called back (tonggong). End of the cleaver blade is called the congo. Sunda cleaver blade back there that some are backed straight curved or in terms of benthic sunda. Machete sunda generally have handles or dairy form a curved and have rounded edges (eluk). Dairy form a rather oblique and curved machete works in order to be grasped firmly and comfortably. Dairy rounded tip shape function related to the little finger, holding the hand grip so as not to slip off. Dairy mostly made of wood and buffalo horn, but it is also used deer antlers and animal bones in accordance with the request. Gloves machetes called sarangka, its main function is so cleaver can be easy and safe to carry, tuck (disoren) waist. Sarangka shape following the shape of the blade in it, if the form of curved blades then any form of dairy shaped curve. Such as dairy, sarangka also generally made of wood. There is also found sarangka made from animal skin, but this is very rare. Sarangka equipped with additional accessories in the form of bracelets and a binder (simpay) made from buffalo horn or metal sheet called barlen.Machete Type SundaType or form of machete (bedog) Sundanese very diverse, because each region in Tatar Sunda has its own variety of shapes that are tailored to the needs, functions, and characteristics of each user community.In Tatar Sunda found some form of cleaver with the same name but different shape in other areas, and vice versa form the same machete but have called different names in other daerah.Pada proper name of this paper and forms using data from a machete machetes sunda in Ciwidey Regency Bandung in West Java.Based on the usefulness of Sunda machete can be divided into two, namely the cleaver use / bedog Make / pakakas, hereinafter referred to as bedog Make, and machetes Soren / cleaver arts / pakarang, hereinafter referred pakarang machete. Pakarang cleaver in the form used for self-defense / fighting (martial arts) or at least as ganggaman (handle) that Soren waist by the warriors or champions (Banten, Betawi), therefore, always wear sarangka (sarong). While the form pakakas bedog anyone wearing sarangka and some are not.
Machete Work
Based on the function and its use can be grouped into bedog Make:Meat cleaver / KitchenMachete KalapaMachete PamilikanMachete KebonMachete SadapMachete Pamoroan
Machete PakarangThere was no difference in shape between wilah bedog pakarang gawe with machetes. However Machete pakarang always comes sarangka so cleaver can be Soren. Machete pakarang generally made in accordance with the wishes pemesannya, made more subtle, and decorated (given the carving).

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