I agree with Alan that many things did change with the cultural acceptance of Islam for Java and others. This also happened in the southern Philippines. Now there were still old practices that did not die out then, but for example, the use of clear images of animals and people changed to more abstract forms. This occured the area of Indonesia, Malaysia, and the southern Philippines to follow the edict of "no graven images". Just one example among many. I thus find more abstract expressions than not in kris hilts among areas that are not Balinese or Madura.
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