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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 3498211, member: 2844"]It started in East Java as a religious symbol. On Java and Madura it evolved into spiritual-personality enhancing-status symbol. As a knife, it was only used as a so-called last resort weapon, in life-threatening situations when all else had failed.</p><p>Personality enhancing can also mean things like giving a shy person more confidence, making a gambler stop gambling.</p><p><br /></p><p>Outside Java and Madura the keris was used for spiritual powers, status, but also as a regular weapon. That is one of the reasons why I focus on Java and Madura keris. A woman's keris, like this beauty, is always acceptable to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Like this Madurese girl, a dance to welcome the king:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]304323[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 3498211, member: 2844"]It started in East Java as a religious symbol. On Java and Madura it evolved into spiritual-personality enhancing-status symbol. As a knife, it was only used as a so-called last resort weapon, in life-threatening situations when all else had failed. Personality enhancing can also mean things like giving a shy person more confidence, making a gambler stop gambling. Outside Java and Madura the keris was used for spiritual powers, status, but also as a regular weapon. That is one of the reasons why I focus on Java and Madura keris. A woman's keris, like this beauty, is always acceptable to me. Like this Madurese girl, a dance to welcome the king: [ATTACH=full]304323[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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