Semarang, the parang from Halmahera

Sajen · 24th January 2009, 03:37 PM

Hello Gentlemen,
my wife is from Halmahera, Indonesia. 2003 have been the first time that you can visit this island again after a conflict between christian and muslim population with many died people. So we went there to visit the family and I used this visit also to collect some parang from there. This parang called semarang. This parang are still proced and I have been able to visit a man who craft this parang and also spears and shields, salawaku.
In this thread I want to show you my collected semarang and pictures from my visit by the artist who still produce this parang.
Here at first the pictures from an old and typic semarang, the handle inlaid with MOP. The semarang is 66 cm long.

24th January 2009, 03:37 PM	#1
Sajen Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany, Dortmund Posts: 8,786	Semarang, the parang from Halmahera Hello Gentlemen, my wife is from Halmahera, Indonesia. 2003 have been the first time that you can visit this island again after a conflict between christian and muslim population with many died people. So we went there to visit the family and I used this visit also to collect some parang from there. This parang called semarang. This parang are still proced and I have been able to visit a man who craft this parang and also spears and shields, salawaku. In this thread I want to show you my collected semarang and pictures from my visit by the artist who still produce this parang. Here at first the pictures from an old and typic semarang, the handle inlaid with MOP. The semarang is 66 cm long. Attached Images