The future of the keris

A. G. Maisey · 19th June 2008, 05:05 AM

During the last 1000 years at least, the dominant culture in maritime S.E. Asia has been Javanese culture.

The birthplace of the keris is Jawa, and it has always been Jawa that has acted as the prime mover in keris culture.

Javanese culture is at the present time the dominant culture of the Indonesian nation.

To predict the future of the keris, one would need first to predict the future of Indonesia, both economically and socially, and then hypothesise upon the effect that changes in these related spheres could have upon traditional Javanese culture.

If one could do this, application of such wisdom to business matters could result in significant wealth.

I lack the necessary knowledge and wisdom to be able to carry out this type of prediction with any reasonable hope of accuracy.

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19th June 2008, 05:05 AM	#4
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,992	During the last 1000 years at least, the dominant culture in maritime S.E. Asia has been Javanese culture. The birthplace of the keris is Jawa, and it has always been Jawa that has acted as the prime mover in keris culture. Javanese culture is at the present time the dominant culture of the Indonesian nation. To predict the future of the keris, one would need first to predict the future of Indonesia, both economically and socially, and then hypothesise upon the effect that changes in these related spheres could have upon traditional Javanese culture. If one could do this, application of such wisdom to business matters could result in significant wealth. I lack the necessary knowledge and wisdom to be able to carry out this type of prediction with any reasonable hope of accuracy.