A "real Pusaka" actually takes generations to make. What the empu creates only has the intention and potential to become pusaka. ;) :)
Sorry, the flaw in this theory is that two thirds of all keris blades are actually straight blades, not wavy, and that the very early keris blades...
No offense to you Herc, but doesn't anyone know how to use a search engine? Try googling Silat NYC. You'll get over 81,000 hits! Certainly they...
Prayers are indeed sent. This region has had more than it's fair share of tragedy lately. May blessings and better times lie ahead.
Hi Kiai. You probably missed that i already posted this sad news under the thread title "Sad Passing", but since there has been so little response...
It may be of interest to some on this forum to know of the passing of Mpu Djeno Harumbrodjo just recently at the age of 76 yrs. old. For those who...
Yes Narrue, the Mahabharata does indeed have it's origins in India and Bima is Bhima in the original Indian classic. But the Javanese have taken...
Narrue, i am not really arguing that this stele doesn't depict Bima. I am just pointing out that it is still an assumption. No one really knows....
Actually i know very little about the history of my keris from any present source. Some keris have stronger energy than others. Some seem dead,...
Well Narrue, i think that with this statement you are showing more than just disrespect for the keris itself, but for the entire culture that has...
In spite of the esteem in which the Shinto sword is held in Japan it still appears to me that the place of the keris in Indonesian cultures is far...
I am glad you appreciate my humor and i certainly take no offense from your words. I guess i am only a part-progressive in your thinking. As you...
Please forgive me Orang Jawa for correcting your English, but i am sure you meant to say that you wore your keris AT your back, not IN it. I would...
All the Malays i have seen wearing keris in contemporary times have worn theirs in front.
Narrue, this is one of those stories i would take with a very large grain of salt. I personally like stories of stange and magickal natures, but...
Kejawen, i don't believe it is a matter of correcting you if you are wrong, it's more a matter of we just don't know, so my thought are as valid...
Salam hormat Tristan, Sorry, but there is nothing i have ever read or hear before that claims that the keris were reserved for the upper class...
Tristan, i don't think it is just a family thing. My point is that as cultural influences changed in Jawa so did the attitude towards the keris....
Tristan, i don't believe that you are wrong or even that your Uncle lied to you about the use of the keris in Jawa. I think it is more complicated...
Thanks for your informed perspective Kiai Carita. I don't study silat as of yet, though i have been looking for someone in my area who might be a...
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