Sawunggaling
Dear all,
Thank you for your kind replies. When I search the web with the Sawunggaling query I get pictures of the hero Jaka Barek and a rooster. The story, in short is about a duke Jayeng Rono who has an affair with a village girl. When he leaves the village, he leaves a piece of cloth with the cinde puspita pattern. A son is born, Jaka Barek. When he grows up, he, like his natural father, really likes to be involved in cock fighting. Then there a multiple versions of the story. The first is that he hears of his heritage and goes to his fathers palace and claims his rightful position, using the cinde as proof. The other version is that he defeats his fathers cock a the fight. After these outcomes, the story becomes blurred. Sawunggaling symbolises rebellion. The figure of Jaka Barek is considered to be a local hero in the Surabaya area. The cock (Jago) symbolizes pride, courage and...? I would like to expand the story attached to the keris.
Since the family consider this keris as pusaka, I'm not at liberty to show pictures of the blade. I have to respect this.
However I do have another interesting keris to share. I will do so in another post.
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