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					Originally Posted by Mudi
					
				 Good morning
 About smelling the keris, that is custom in Indonesia not to do this.  It is considered not polite to the keris.  But, I guess it only matters if you believe keris can get angry.
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 Mudi hi
Nice to hear it from another person too. 
Some Javanese people say that it is bad to smell it (his oil and incence) because it is considered like stealling the "food" from it.