Who were kalangs ? Mention any four characteristic of this community?
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KALANGS were tribal community of java
1)they were skilled forest cutter and shifting cultivators
2)they had a great skill in building palaces
Answer:
Kalangs
Explanation:
The kalangs of java were a community of skilled forest cutters and shifting cultivators . Without their expertise , it was difficult to harvest teak and for the kings to build their palaces.
Their four characteristics are
(i) They were skilled forest cutters and shifting cultivators.
(ii) They had a great skill in building palaces.
(iii) They were so valuable that in 1755, when the Mataram kingdom of Java split, the 6000 Kalang families were equally divided between the two kingdoms.
(iv) The Kalangs worked, under the Dutch, when Dutch began to gain control over the forests in the 18th century.