Parangs are recorded being used in attacks against the British and Japanese. They are typically carried as weapons by gang members, protesters and robbers in Malaysia, Singapore, India, and Sri Lanka, due to these countries having strict gun laws.
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Parang Nabur (other names also include Belabang or Beladah, while older variants are called Pacat Gantung or Pacat Bagantung) is a sword that originates from Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, Indonesia. Most of these swords were made during the Banjarmasin Sultanate period in the 19th century.
The Mandau or Parang Ihlang is a short sword or machete less than a meter long. It is the typical weapon of the Dayaks, the headhunters of the Borneo. The blade has a narrow single-cutting edge with a shorter opposite side often decorated and a slanting tip.
This Parang Sword takes the general form of the traditional Parang Machete of Southeast Asia and enlarges it with a big, thick-spined blade and an elongated full-tang grip to transform it into an elegantly curved cleaver-bladed short sword.
A parang latok (which is also known as latok, latok buku or parang pathi) is a sword from Borneo in Sarawak, Malaysia; where it is regarded as the national weapon of the Sarawakian Malay people and the Bidayuhs (Land Dayak people), and as well as Kalimantan, Indonesia. It also functions as a machete.
Parang is a generic name for the traditional South East Asian bladed tools with a single primary cutting edge larger (i.e. longer and wider) than pisau (i.e. knife). A certain type of parang with a "straighter" blade profile is called a Golok.