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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 602723, member: 2844"]It is really the other way around. The beautiful Thai Patani keris are derived from Javanese keris.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The keris originated in East Java. Because the East Javanese Majapahit empire occupied most of island Southeast Asia and part of the mainland as well, the keris culture spread to those regions.</p><p>On Java and neighbouring Madura the keris is mostly a spiritual companion, with the power to enhance a person's personality and spiritual development. Keris are also use in meditation and for healing. </p><p>It can also be a sign of status. For instance court keris have a certain colour code for the different ranks and grades of kinship to the king or Sultan.</p><p>As a dagger it is only used as a 'last resort weapon', when all other forms of defence have failed.</p><p><br /></p><p>In other parts of Southeast Asia the keris is seen mostly as a spiritually charged status symbol and as a weapon.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 602723, member: 2844"]It is really the other way around. The beautiful Thai Patani keris are derived from Javanese keris.:) The keris originated in East Java. Because the East Javanese Majapahit empire occupied most of island Southeast Asia and part of the mainland as well, the keris culture spread to those regions. On Java and neighbouring Madura the keris is mostly a spiritual companion, with the power to enhance a person's personality and spiritual development. Keris are also use in meditation and for healing. It can also be a sign of status. For instance court keris have a certain colour code for the different ranks and grades of kinship to the king or Sultan. As a dagger it is only used as a 'last resort weapon', when all other forms of defence have failed. In other parts of Southeast Asia the keris is seen mostly as a spiritually charged status symbol and as a weapon.[/QUOTE]
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