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traditional weapon

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traditional weapon
n
(Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) South African a weapon having ceremonial tribal significance, such as an assegai or knobkerrie


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However, as these demands were rejected by chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and central paramilitary forces approached the Banstala station in the evening to free the hostages, the Maoists -- who were armed with traditional weapons -- disappeared into the surrounding jungles around 7.
In silence broken only by the buzz of insects and the crunch of earth under their plastic sandals, vigilant boys armed with traditional weapons file through the cool night, hunting arrows in hand, scanning the darkness for those who killed their villagers and burned their homes.
Charley gets tuition on how to use a traditional weapon FIRING LINE: Ten-year-old Samuel Waddington armed and at the ready for a fun-filled family chase through the forest at Center Parcs SPLASHDOWN .
 
 
 
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