Golok Banten Indonesia Cultural Heritage

Golok Banten has long been a work of indigenous art of Indonesia. The beauty of machete can be seen from the handle and the sheath. There is a unique and historic impression when looking at the holster and the handle on a machete. the hammer of sledgehammer of steel crushing to make the blade and the skill of the engraver turns the sarong and the handle of the machete has produced a valuable object.

In everyday life usually machete serves as a tool of work. for rural people in ancient times, machete is part of the life of society because machete is a means to help the daily work especially for the farmers or the planters. The martial arts guard always insert a machete at the waist to defend themselves. but it turns out machete is not just limited as a tool of work.

Benchmark Banten is a historical object that is a symbol of civilization era of the Kingdom of Banten. Formerly a machete used as a defense tool to fight enemies or people who intend to threaten safety. the machete of Banten used the jawara to defend themselves from enemy attacks and as a symbol of honor and its degree as champion.

Several golok belonging to Banten jawara sold at a fairly high price. today many people are functioning machete to add courage, strength, science kanuragan, accelerate the absorption of science, dignity, and guard.