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Called weapons of the people of Aceh, in addition to guns and firearms, the most famous is Rencong. In fact, one of Aceh’s land title is also known as the “Land of  Rencong.”

Rencong or reuncong some are called, are traditional weapons of the people of Aceh. Aceh has the form of Rencong like letter [L] or more precisely like calligraphy mention the name. Rencong included in the category of dagger or knife .

Historically, rencong have levels. First, rencong used by the king or sultan. Rencong is usually made of ivory (sheath) and pure gold (the dagger). Second, the sheath rencong rencong-usual made of buffalo horn or wood, while the dagger of brass or white metal. In general, there are four types of weapons rencong which became the mainstay of society in Aceh. (more…)

In general, the people of Nias are considered descendants of the tribe comes from a group of Burma and Assam, but different from the origin of the Batak. There are many theories about the origins of the tribe of Nias and no one can be sure because they originally came from more than one ethnic group.

The combination would be excellent because a combination of several ethnic groups. Ferrad (French descent) reported that a traveler from Saudi Arabia named Solomon mentions many different tribes in the year 851 BC.

Excavations in the cave TOGI Ndrawa ,or cave Pelita shows that the community has lived there since 7000 years ago. Many papers also support the theory. For example: many people live in trees are called Bela and communities who are called to live ditebing Nadaoya, according to the people of Nias two tribes above is a kind of spirits, evil spirits last. (more…)