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At The Same Chopsticks Dayak War Weapons Hunting

Chopsticks are one of the weapons used by the Dayak tribe. In addition to hunting, chopsticks into a tool of war. Terms of use chopsticks or sipet has its own advantages as it can be used as a distance weapon and not destroy nature because of the natural materials of manufacture. And one of the advantages of this sipet chopsticks or have an accuracy of fire that can reach 218 yards or about 200 meters.

Judging from the shape of chopsticks, chopstick has a round shape and has a length of between 1.5 to 2 meters, about 2-3 centimeters in diameter. At the end of the chopsticks are treated as shells shoot targets as small as 3-5 centimeters in size diamonds. At the center of the hollowed out as a place masuknyadamek chopsticks (chopsticks child). At the top of the chopsticks, more precisely on the front of the target crosshairs mounted a spear or sangkoh (in the Dayak language).Sangkoh mountain made of stone and then tied with a woven uei (rattan).

Type of wood that is usually used to make wooden chopsticks in general is looking, ironwood or tabalien, plepek wood, and wood resak. Not to forget also Tamiang ataulamiang, a type of bamboo that is small, segmented long, hard, and contains toxins. Not all people have the expertise to make a chopstick or sipet. On the island of Borneo alone there are only a few tribes who have expertise in the manufacture of chopsticks, the Ot Danum Dayak tribe, Punan, Apu Kayan, Bahau, Daylight, and the Dayak tribe of Sand.

Safety on the Doctrine of the Dayak Kanayatn

Talking about safety is to discuss aspects of human life or the good life today life human future. Term safety can be blurred in the sense in part because people sense it means a person in any field, whether seharai-day life or religious field. Cultural background is also very memepengaruhi this sense because people can not be separated from culture.

The Dayak Kanayatn

The Dayak Kanayatn

We understand that the cultural diversity that has existed embiro systematically, although not stated, but if examined from the point of the daily disclosure of this will be real. Pengestu teachings in the analysis of safety was a “return to origin”.

This understanding can only be blurred if the church can not provide a clear understanding of the church would be salvation. In this the Professor. DR. FH Sianipar said bahawa to resolve the conflicts that have come from Christianity itself.