Chopsticks or better known in Central Kalimantan as Sipet is one weapon that is often used by the Dayak and Malay communities. Terms of use chopsticks or Sipet has its own advantages as it can be used as a long range weapon and not destroy nature because natural materials of manufacture. And one of the advantages of this Sipet chopsticks or shooting accuracy that can reach 218 yards or about 200 meters.
Judging from the shape of chopsticks, chopsticks have a rounded shape and has a length of between 1.5-2 meters, about 2-3 inches in diameter. At the end of the processed target crosshairs chopsticks like a small shell like a diamond the size of 3-5 centimeters. At the center of the perforated chopsticks as the entry point damek ( child chopsticks ). In the upper part of chopsticks more precisely on the front of the target crosshairs mounted a spear or sangkoh (in Dayak ). Sangkoh stone mountain and tied with UEI wicker ( rattan ).
Type of timber normally used to make wooden chopsticks in general is the look, ironwood or tabalien, plepek wood, and wood resak. Not to forget also Tamiang or lamiang, a type of bamboo that is small, segmented long, hard, and contain toxins. Not everyone has the expertise in making chopsticks or Sipet. In Borneo alone are only a few tribes who have expertise in the manufacture of chopsticks, ie Ot Danum Dayak, Punan, Apu Kayan, Bahau, Lunch, and Dayak Pasir.
In the process of making chopsticks or Sipet done in two ways: first hand skill of the maker. The second way, by using the power of nature by harnessing the power of water flow cascade is made into a kind of mill rice pounder. The selling price of chopsticks or Sipet been determined by customary law, that is equal to or diligence halamaung jipen Ije taheta.
According to Dayak beliefs or Sipet chopsticks should not be used to kill a fellow. Chopsticks or Sipet only be used for daily use, such as hunting. Sipet or abstinence is not allowed to be trampled let alone cut with a machete because if it is done in contravention of customary law, which could lead to the perpetrators will be prosecuted in a customary meeting.
Judging from its shape, chopsticks have a rounded shape and has a length of between 1.5-2 meters, about 2-3 inches in diameter. At the end of the processed target crosshairs chopsticks like a small shell like a diamond the size of 3-5 centimeters. At the center of the perforated chopsticks as the entry point damek ( child chopsticks ). In the upper part of chopsticks more precisely on the front of the target crosshairs mounted a spear or sangkoh (in Dayak ). Sangkoh stone mountain and tied with UEI wicker ( rattan ).
Not everyone has the expertise in making chopsticks or Sipet. In Borneo alone are only a few tribes who have expertise in the manufacture of chopsticks, ie Ot Danum Dayak, Punan, Apu Kayan, Bahau, Lunch, and Dayak Pasir.
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