The Kriss Image
The Keris Kriss or ... What about huge!
The kriss is a bit what the katana for Japanese, much more than a weapon of combat ... There are endless variations of kriss according to their geographical origins, history, the blacksmith who performed the work ...
In Indonesia, tradition has it that a child age to be a man receives his first kriss at the hands of his father in order to serve symbolically it belongs to the clan of "adults". These Kriss "family" have been handed down from generation to generation in families and are of great importance in the social life of Indonesia.
The Kriss is part of traditional dress for the official ceremonies (marriage, burial, cremation ...). To correct a small rumor that says that the Keris is not a weapon of combat effective, it must take the form of traditional struggle for a better understanding of its use martial ...
The Kriss part of their physical nature has ever been made to block an attack on another weapon (type golok). The Peksi which keeps the blade in custody not stand ...
The Kriss has always been a weapon for "planting", "prick" his opponent, blockages possible attacks is with the sheath of kriss, and that's why we can find blades Kriss originating with Java fourreaux Sumatra (for example).
The warrior who came from Java and using his Kriss in combat in Sumatra would be making a new sheath after his fight with a craftsman Sumatra ...
I can only "touch" the subject of Kriss because it far exceeds the purpose of this booklet.
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