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zamboanga · 16th February 2005, 05:38 AM

to the yakans, they refer to the kris as sundang.

federico, i am tempted to share this experience. when i showed cato's pictures of yakan piras to an old yakan puhan maker, he called them gasa and insisted that is the proper term they used way back. the piras to him are the ones being made today.

by the way, he makes horn hilts for these "gasa."

16th February 2005, 05:38 AM	#3
zamboanga Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: zamboanga city, philippines Posts: 132	to the yakans, they refer to the kris as sundang. federico, i am tempted to share this experience. when i showed cato's pictures of yakan piras to an old yakan puhan maker, he called them gasa and insisted that is the proper term they used way back. the piras to him are the ones being made today. by the way, he makes horn hilts for these "gasa."