"Tribe Dayak Weapons"

    Mando (Mandau) is a sharp weapon like a machete derived from the Dayak culture in Borneo. Mandau is one of Indonesia's traditional weapons. Unlike the usual machete, Mandau has carvings - carvings in the blade is not sharp. Often also found additional holes in the blade which is covered with brass or copper in order to beautify the mandau blade.

   Mando (spelled Indonesian: Mandau, is a misspelling) is derived from the Dayak language of Central Kalimantan, the origin of the word "Man" which stands for "germ" which means "eat" and is formed from the word "do" which stands for "dohong "which is a typical Central Kalimantan dagger blades. So literally Mando means "eating Dohong", meaning that since since the mando weapon became popular in central kalimantan, the dohong which was the earliest knife weapon belonging to the Dayak Ngaju kal-teng became less popular or eroded by mando defeat. The popular defeat of the dohong led to the name of the machete who caught it and called it "mando".

    Dayak tribe with weapons Mandaunya famous cruel and expert in war, their clan group against other nations who come to the island of Borneo, including the Malay and the Austronesian Nation, because the frequent wars between clans and nations who came to Kalimantan island, Sword mandau became famous for his sharp weapons and used to chop off the heads of his enemies (Dayak tribal customs) until other nations dare not enter their territory. Until now Mandau became the name of a traditional weapon of Borneo island. meaning the true Mandau of the Dayak equator