Parang is a sharp weapon made of ordinary iron. The shape is relatively simple without knick knacks. Usefulness is as a tool cut or tool slash (especially scrub) when users out of the forest. Parangs are also used for agriculture.
In Kalimantan the machete is also referred to as the threshold.
Parang is also a typical Malay weapon in the villages of ancient times. While the Malay community in Java and Sumatra made the machete as one of the weapons of combat.
in the belayu melayu community in the parang belantu area as a daily cutting tool whereas the "sundang" is a machete-like tool with a longer and thinner size as a weapon of combat not all blacksmiths have the skills to make it where only blacksmiths have iron science or the language of Malay belitungnya "incantation sendawe iron" which may make it because this weapon is made for battle then in the process of making it on every sepan in fill with "mantara sendawe iron" earlier, during the hunt they equip themselves with "machete Lading" where the shape similar to the "commandos knife" but in the form of thin and longer, in belitung knife is also called as "pisu '"
Machete is a distinctive weapon of Malay clumps, shaped like a large and heavy blade used as a gardening tool. These weapons are common in Southeast Asia. Until now we can also see the machete used as a weapon in silat.
The size, weight, and shape vary depending on the blacksmith who made it. Machete has a shape similar to machete but machetes tend to be shorter and heavier, and are often used to cut bushes and tree branches. Machete is usually made of carbon steel carbon that is softer than any other big knife in the world. This makes it easy to sharpen but requires more grinding.
Bendo is a weapon and equipment derived from Java Indonesia. In other areas there are equate bendo with machetes when both tools are different. Differences bendo and machetes are shorter bendo than machetes and bendo wider cross section than machete. Bendo is actually a kitchen tool that is usually used to cut bony meat or other objects that require great power menggobis.