This is just a glimpse story of daily life from a rencong maker namely Zulkhiri from aceh.

Zulkhairi (27) was tidying up and sarongs rencong made of buffalo horns in the village mosque Baet, Suka Makmur district of Aceh Besar. Aceh typical weapon that has meaning thick with religious philosophical value. Its Form like handles Arabic characters, “Ba” are taken from the equivalent word “Bismillah”. Equivalent word can be viewed on a curved handle and then thicken at the elbow. In the grip of the handle where a character “Sin”. Forms a downward taper in the base metal near the handle is a script “Mim”. Lane-lane iron from the base of the handle until near the end symbolizes the alphabet “Lam”. Part of the pointy flat top and bottom are slightly curved upward an alphabet “ha”. A series of scripts Ba, Mim, Lam, and realize that the phrase Bismillah Ha. It shows the characteristics of the Acehnese people who cling to the glory of Islamic teachings.

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