Identifying 3 hilts

Pendita65 · 4th July 2023, 08:28 PM

The hilt with the hair as a veil is :

Balu Mekabun she hides in the shade of the twilight zone, waiting for a chance to catch you!'

This Hindu godess and widow of Shiva, wears her hair down. Nobody sees her ugly monster face, so she can easily appraoch her victims without being recognized as the devouring monster Rangda.

This is what i found on the Dutch Keris group on FB.

A. G. Maisey · 4th July 2023, 11:23 PM

In the high level of Basa Bali, the word "Balu" can be used to refer to Dhurga, however, the phrase "Balu Mekabun" means a "widow who has been left with one or more daughters".

Further usages of "balu" are:-

balu bunter/ balu putung = a widow or widower without children

balu makarang = a widow left with one or more sons

balu mwani = a widower

balu remban = a widow or widower left with many children

a secondary meaning for "balu" is to bet on a cockfight, this was actually the context in which I first heard this word used.

"balu" is a contraction of "balung"

I know a number of Hindu people who have Dewi Dhurga as their household deity, Dhurga is actually a protective deity, but as with many deities, Dhurga also has a terrible aspect. In all creation the good and the bad, dark & light, protection from & exposure to evil are merely opposite sides of the same coin.

The key to a safe and harmonious existence is to keep those good & bad things in balance.

Regrettably, many people from outside cultures that are foreign to their own choose to select from those cultures only the things that they wish to see, hear, believe or understand.

milandro · 25th February 2024, 10:39 AM

I have acquired new information from my new friend Duncan who has much experience in general in the Kris hilts world but a special interest in the Kris micro world of Lombok.

He told me that Locally Raring is known as a Selak, a spirit perhaps a phantom, called Selak.

you can see from this image found on like that obviously there the figure of a female with the hair covering the face has arrived to these days

Fascinating the fact that Lombok appears to have developed a quite different iconography from Bali

4th July 2023, 08:28 PM	#1
Pendita65 Member Join Date: Feb 2023 Location: Amsterdam Posts: 127	The hilt with the hair as a veil The hilt with the hair as a veil is : Balu Mekabun she hides in the shade of the twilight zone, waiting for a chance to catch you!' This Hindu godess and widow of Shiva, wears her hair down. Nobody sees her ugly monster face, so she can easily appraoch her victims without being recognized as the devouring monster Rangda. This is what i found on the Dutch Keris group on FB.

25th February 2024, 10:39 AM	#3
milandro Member Join Date: Jan 2022 Location: Netherlands Posts: 487	I have acquired new information from my new friend Duncan who has much experience in general in the Kris hilts world but a special interest in the Kris micro world of Lombok. He told me that Locally Raring is known as a Selak, a spirit perhaps a phantom, called Selak. you can see from this image found on like that obviously there the figure of a female with the hair covering the face has arrived to these days Fascinating the fact that Lombok appears to have developed a quite different iconography from Bali Attached Images

4th July 2023, 11:23 PM	#2
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,990	In the high level of Basa Bali, the word "Balu" can be used to refer to Dhurga, however, the phrase "Balu Mekabun" means a "widow who has been left with one or more daughters". Further usages of "balu" are:- balu bunter/ balu putung = a widow or widower without children balu makarang = a widow left with one or more sons balu mwani = a widower balu remban = a widow or widower left with many children a secondary meaning for "balu" is to bet on a cockfight, this was actually the context in which I first heard this word used. "balu" is a contraction of "balung" I know a number of Hindu people who have Dewi Dhurga as their household deity, Dhurga is actually a protective deity, but as with many deities, Dhurga also has a terrible aspect. In all creation the good and the bad, dark & light, protection from & exposure to evil are merely opposite sides of the same coin. The key to a safe and harmonious existence is to keep those good & bad things in balance. Regrettably, many people from outside cultures that are foreign to their own choose to select from those cultures only the things that they wish to see, hear, believe or understand.