Who among the following was a community of skilled forest cutters and shifting cultivators of Java?

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Kalangs

Gonds

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Halbas

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The Kalangs were a community of skilled forest cutters or woodcutters and shifting cultivators in Java. Shifting cultivation is a form of agricultural practice in which the seeds are sown in the ashes, and the crop is burnt after harvest.
Eventually, the farmers move to another patch of land when the soil seems to have lost its fertility. Java is an island in Indonesia. When in 1755, the Mataram kingdom in Java split, the 6000 Kalang families were equally divided between the two factions. Without their help, the kings could not have built their palaces, which required teak from the forests.

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