Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th January 2006, 02:13 AM
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Muslims realize the Vedic influence on Keris
Hi Pusaka,
Muslims (I am one) who tell you the keris is a Muslim creation are mistaken as the keris was in Jawa and Nusantara long before the Islam religion reached the archipelago. I don't think...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th December 2005, 03:10 PM
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Replies: 11
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Great Keris and Honest Dealer
The seller of the above mentioned keris is a young Indonesian in Surabaya who realy loves keris and is dedicated to the wellfare of keris culture. He personaly knows alot of the quality keris makers...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th November 2005, 11:19 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 31,209
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th November 2005, 08:57 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 31,209
Nechesh you made an interesting statement...
Nechesh you made an interesting statement here...may I ask why you think WWII is significant in kerisology? .... and thank you Marto Suwignyo for the further elaboration of the proces of making...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th November 2005, 11:18 PM
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Replies: 31
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th November 2005, 09:54 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 12,461
Taking Keris out is illegal
Dear keris experts,
Mpu Baradah was a poet and spiritual advisor of King Erlangga in the ancient kingdom of Kediri in East Java. Mpu Baradah reportedly could fly but did not make keris.
Taking...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th October 2005, 09:59 AM
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Replies: 74
Views: 59,893
Assalaamu'alaikum'
Rahman thank you for the...
Assalaamu'alaikum'
Rahman thank you for the correction ... still the point is that gurindam is a Malay form and not a Jawa form. As for the hidden meanings in words mentioned by Purwacarita as...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th October 2005, 11:34 AM
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Replies: 74
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Gurindam, Yoni, and Ki Hadjar Dewantara
Happy Ramadhan to you who are fasting,
and salaams to all,
Sorry to interupt the discussion but as we wait for Pak Purwa I think that I might be able to support the respected members of this...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th June 2005, 11:12 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 49,795
Comment: The people of Solo (and under Solo) do...
Comment: The people of Solo (and under Solo) do not generally use kudi, which is more a pasisir tool. Utilitarian kudi are generally not pamor. I have never seen a kudi with pamor but have heard of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th June 2005, 09:20 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 49,795
[QUOTE=Ian]Marto:
Thanks for clarifying...
[QUOTE=Ian]Marto:
Thanks for clarifying the name for this tool. I, too, called this particular example a golok when I acquired it. Then I found a nearly identical chopper in v. Zonneveld (p....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th June 2005, 09:16 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 49,795
[QUOTE=marto suwignyo]Kiai yth
Marto...
[QUOTE=marto suwignyo]Kiai yth
Marto Suwignyo asks:
1) the approximate location of the place where Henk`s tool is known as an "arit gedhe".
2) what a tool that looks like Henk`s tool,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th June 2005, 06:30 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 49,795
[QUOTE=Henk]Kiai,
If I look in the book by...
[QUOTE=Henk]Kiai,
If I look in the book by Van Zonneveld I see a drawing of a bendo in what I suppose is a traditional one, just like the one I own. If this particular weapon is a bendo, as you...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd June 2005, 08:00 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 49,795
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th June 2005, 09:41 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 30,088
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Forum: Swap Forum
23rd May 2005, 03:12 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd May 2005, 12:33 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 21,392
If it may be of use I speak, read and write...
If it may be of use I speak, read and write Indonesian, English, and Javanese, including krama hinggil. I also understand Sundanese and Balinese with a little Maduranese. I can read Javanese script...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th May 2005, 08:52 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 21,954
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd May 2005, 08:53 AM
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Replies: 127
Views: 240,066
The Idea of Sarat
Hello Gentlemen :) , one other peice of information that might help in imagining the keris would come from observing people in Java and Bali preparing offerings for the Unseen. Most offerings have...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th April 2005, 12:16 AM
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Replies: 127
Views: 240,066
Dear Nechesh, I am glad to hear you are not...
Dear Nechesh, I am glad to hear you are not slagging off the old Mpu. However if you think of the meteorite that have been showering earth since the beginning of time then there must be meteorite in...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th April 2005, 11:45 PM
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Replies: 127
Views: 240,066
Rick thakn you for your link to the million...
Rick thakn you for your link to the million dollar challenge. I have not claimed any supernatural powers of the keris itself but I have claimed that the Merpati Putih school of martial arts can teach...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th April 2005, 11:31 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 40,074
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th April 2005, 11:19 PM
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Replies: 127
Views: 240,066
[QUOTE=nechesh]No Kiai, it doesn't particularly...
[QUOTE=nechesh]No Kiai, it doesn't particularly please me that you have no real evidence for your statements. It was my sincere hope you did, for who among us would not want to believe that we might...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th April 2005, 08:35 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 40,074
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th April 2005, 05:44 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 40,074
Thank you for the long winded essay Sir!
As...
Thank you for the long winded essay Sir!
As you know Zeng He and Cheng Ho are the same Ming dynasty eunuch Admiral who spent much time in Indonesian waters. Ma Huan was describing something that...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th April 2005, 05:11 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 16,307
Raden Patah who founded the first Javanese...
Raden Patah who founded the first Javanese Islamic court was a Majapahit prince from a Cambodian mother (Champa). Cambodian iron is also noted by Javanese Mpu as having specific spiritual qualities....
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