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brekele · 7th March 2008, 01:24 AM

Hi Rick, Ligan came from word of LIGA. in Javanese term (Jawi Kawi), Liga mean without clothes (Ngeliga = Ora kelamben). So, in Java ...the keris Ligan is a keris without warangka.
Never heard keris dapur Ligan in Lombok or Bali

I read in one of webside that LIGAN = Keris from Bali and Lombok with a Pedang shaped blade.

Is it possible that KERIS LIGAN = KERIS PEDANGAN?

Here I have pics of Keris Pedangan (big one with 55 cm blade only).
(Small blue pen at the top corner of the pic just to compare).

7th March 2008, 01:24 AM	#3
brekele Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 208	Hi Rick, Ligan came from word of LIGA. in Javanese term (Jawi Kawi), Liga mean without clothes (Ngeliga = Ora kelamben). So, in Java ...the keris Ligan is a keris without warangka. Never heard keris dapur Ligan in Lombok or Bali I read in one of webside that LIGAN = Keris from Bali and Lombok with a Pedang shaped blade. Is it possible that KERIS LIGAN = KERIS PEDANGAN? Here I have pics of Keris Pedangan (big one with 55 cm blade only). (Small blue pen at the top corner of the pic just to compare). Attached Images Last edited by brekele; 7th March 2008 at 02:17 AM.