5 May 2011
Indonesia is known as a country with the most culture in the world. Indonesia has 33 provinces, more than 740 tribes and more than 583 vernacular. We have a lot of culture which can we represent to an international people. One of them is Kris. Indonesia’s Kris has been listed in UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage of Human non-Material since 2005. Besides of the design is very unique, but there is an philosophy behind it, especially from Javaness people. But maybe there are not many people who know Kris very well, so i want to explain a little about Kris.
Kris is a weapon dagger stabbing group (pointed and sharp on both sides) with many cultural functions are known in the area of western and central Indonesia. The shape is distinctive and easily distinguished from other sharp weapons because it is not symmetrical at the base which is dilated, often tortous blade, and many of them have prestige which strokes the strand of bright medal blade. It consists of three main parts that is blade, Ganja (crutch) and upstream Kris (engraving, Kris handles). Type of stabbing weapon that has similiarities with Kris is badik.
Kris has many function. In the past, Kris serves as a weapon in duels/battles, as well as object complement for “Sesajen”. In contemporary usage, Kris is used more of a body accessory in dressing. It has a number of cultural symbols or becoming a valued collection of objects in terms of aesthetics.
Many people believe that Kris has magical power because Empu (the person who makes Kris) makes Kris with spiritual effort to the God. So people believe that the spiritual power of God to be the magical power or contain dagger of Kris.
All of that makes Kris be a things that very unique. There are not many countries that have a things like Kris. So, i supposed that Kris is very appropriate if we take to the International Exhibition.
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