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[Sajen]

Originally Posted by David

Alan, can you define "punakawan". The best my online translator comes up with is "friends" and that doesn't really make sense to me in this case.

Hello David,

The four punakawan, Semar, Petruk, Gareng and Bagong. The four friends!

Regards,
Detlef

[Sajen]

Picture taken from "Pesona Hulu Keris, The Beauty Of Keris Hilt", collection Aswin Wirjadi, page 161.

[A. G. Maisey]

Yep.

[David]

Thanks Detlef. I see it now. Could not tell from the one angle from the photo and it looked like he had breasts at first. But this makes sense now.

[JustYS]

Originally Posted by Sajen

Picture taken from "Pesona Hulu Keris, The Beauty Of Keris Hilt", collection Aswin Wirjadi, page 161.

Hi Sajen,

Just to expand a bit on punakawan, they are not merely servants or escorts of the Pandawa knights.

The following is an excerpt from Jogjakarta Under Sultan Mangkubumi by M.C.Ricklefs:

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by JustYS

Hi Sajen,

Just to expand a bit on punakawan, they are not merely servants or escorts of the Pandawa knights.

The following is an excerpt from Jogjakarta Under Sultan Mangkubumi by M.C.Ricklefs:

Thanks for the additional information!

Regards,
Detlef

[gp]

some additional info:

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=26168
https://eudl.eu/pdf/10.4108/eai.4-11-2020.2314181 (page 6 and next)
https://steemit.com/wayang/@soffel/p...nakawan-bagong
http://shadowtheatre-ika.blogspot.co...punakawan.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punokawan