25th July 2022, 06:42 AM | #1 |
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dropping by, say hello
hello, just registered and only want tto introduce myself. I m a German living in Cibubur,Indonesia near Jakarta and a bloody newby in this hobby. But as for Keris, Indonesia is the perfect place to begin.
As i said, just beginning to dive into the dephts of Keris and its looking depper and deeper each day. attached a pic of a part of my collection Rahayu William |
25th July 2022, 07:16 AM | #2 |
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Hello and enjoy the collection, welcome to the club.
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25th July 2022, 08:48 AM | #3 |
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Welcome to the warkop, William!
How did you come to be interested in the keris? |
25th July 2022, 11:16 AM | #4 |
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thanks Jagabuwana,
can't remember anymore. I became fascinated by Indonesias history and hence with keris some time before i became 16 years old but it took me another 30 years to actually came here. around 8 years ago bought a Keris in an Antiquity shop in jakarta, why btw. i soon found out to be a Tumbuk Lada. I stayed interested in Keris since then but it seems still not have been the right time to get serious till an incident some time ago which made me buy a Keris for protection or counter magic. But then i got drawn into it rather quickly. It also helped that my wifes family is from Yogya. And now i am hooked. Pure magic |
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26th July 2022, 03:24 AM | #6 |
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to some extend i can. My wife is running a shop since a few years and it went quiet well. After the malls opened again (Covid) we opened again too and again it went well for a few weeks. Then suddenly sales dropped nearly to zero and our SPG said it is as if our shop was invisible for the customers. Then she consulted her grandmother a chinese fortune teller whereas my wife , as muslima, consulted a famous local Ustad(islamic scholar). Both came to the same result that our shop has been cursed. The Ustad even specified that it was done with soil from a grave by a man. Our SPG remembered that one morning soil was spread over our shop floor. The advice from the fortune teller helped immediately , but only for 2 days. Whereas the recommended treatment from The Ustad, consecreted water, showed no resut at all, not even after weeks. Then suddenly a keris popped up somewhere and i thought why not give it a try, against the sceptism of my wife(!). I bought it which led to the purchase of 3 more and the business has been good ever since.
So and now close your eyes and sleep, tomorrow, if you are behave nice, pappa will tell you another story! I know sounds weird, but here it is reality which no one doubts. |
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27th July 2022, 01:26 AM | #8 |
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Hello Anthony,
the answer to this qestion we won't never know. Important is the result. I said in the other chat that the mystic/magic of a Keris probably won't work in the west. But i didn't say the first Keris soved the problem. And most people here in Indonesia are thinking that a bought Keris, not special made, has a good or bad influence on the buyer, its a billion rupiah business. Have a nice one ! |
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27th July 2022, 07:09 AM | #10 | |
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Welcome to the forum, William!
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Feel free to post any (possibly in the main ethno forum). Regards, Kai |
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27th July 2022, 10:10 AM | #11 |
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thanxalot Kai,
will do if i think one of the items is worth it. |
7th August 2022, 10:04 PM | #12 | |
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I agree that your Indonesian location has much to do with the possible effects of objects popularly endowed with extra-physical properties. What can happen there is less likely to happen in a society where such concepts are deprecated, as you mentioned. |
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