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Raja Muda · 17th February 2005, 08:14 AM

I would hazard that this item here is a local variant of a utility parang. I'm basing this on the fact that a large number of the people on Cocos were Malays, especially from Malacca and if I'm not mistaken Javanese as well. They were labourers brought in by the Clunnies-Ross family.

17th February 2005, 08:14 AM	#2
Raja Muda Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 100	Parang? I would hazard that this item here is a local variant of a utility parang. I'm basing this on the fact that a large number of the people on Cocos were Malays, especially from Malacca and if I'm not mistaken Javanese as well. They were labourers brought in by the Clunnies-Ross family.