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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4352670, member: 2844"]Not really.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie86" alt=":sorry:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> This is a Moro kris, from the Philippines.</p><p>The Moro kris has its origin in the period when parts of the Philippines were colonized by the Majapahit Empire (1293-ca 1500) from East Java. Along with East Javanese culture came the East Javanese keris.</p><p>In the Philippines the kris came to be seen as a powerful symbol of status and magic and as a combat weapon, but it never had the profound spiritual background of the original.</p><p><br /></p><p>My interest lies mostly in Javanese and Madurese keris, which still have that background. Javanese and Madurese keris are in the same category as other Asian religous symbolic weapons, with the added quality that they aid the personal and spiritual growth of the owner.</p><p>Besides the spiritual meaning, the Javanese and Madurese keris can be used as a 'last resort' weapon, but its primary use is not for physical combat.</p><p>I know something about other Indonesian keris, but not much about keris/kris from the former Majapahit colonies outside Indonesia, because they don't have the same meaning.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=7258]@Firemandk[/USER] may be able to tell you more about this Moro kris.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4352670, member: 2844"]Not really.:sorry: This is a Moro kris, from the Philippines. The Moro kris has its origin in the period when parts of the Philippines were colonized by the Majapahit Empire (1293-ca 1500) from East Java. Along with East Javanese culture came the East Javanese keris. In the Philippines the kris came to be seen as a powerful symbol of status and magic and as a combat weapon, but it never had the profound spiritual background of the original. My interest lies mostly in Javanese and Madurese keris, which still have that background. Javanese and Madurese keris are in the same category as other Asian religous symbolic weapons, with the added quality that they aid the personal and spiritual growth of the owner. Besides the spiritual meaning, the Javanese and Madurese keris can be used as a 'last resort' weapon, but its primary use is not for physical combat. I know something about other Indonesian keris, but not much about keris/kris from the former Majapahit colonies outside Indonesia, because they don't have the same meaning. [USER=7258]@Firemandk[/USER] may be able to tell you more about this Moro kris.[/QUOTE]
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