If you can carry only one blade on your adventures, it may have to be the long knife, variously called the parang, machete, golok, kukri, bolo or several other names. The various names refer to long ...

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Always strike green bamboo with a parang at an angle away from you. Meaning, if you are right-handed, slash to your right, away from your body. “Green bamboo can be so tough that it can deflect a ...

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) -- Parang-smithing is something of a lost art these days – but the love of it has resulted in the partnership of an unlikely duo. The parangs by Ahmad Nadir Askandar, 43, and ...

Parang music can help take the unique sounds of these island beyond regional shores says calypso entertainer The Incredible Myron B. Myron B (Myron Bruce), who was born in Maraval, West Trinidad, is ...