Ceremonial moro keris? Comment needed!

nechesh · 1st September 2005, 02:30 AM

Hey Philkid. Yes, certainly a beautiful kris, though so far no one has addressed your question. I'm not exactly sure what you mean when you ask, is this a ceremonial kris. To me, it appears that this kris was probably owned by a person of high standing, perhaps a datu. In that respect i would say that it is not a common battle kris and may have never taken any blood. Does that mean it is ceremonial. IMO, not necessarily. I suppose i consider a blade to be ceremonial when it is conceived to serve purely that function. I don't think that datus had to do the actual fighting all that often, but i don't think that makes their weapons purely ceremonial. And if personally attacked he would probably draw it and defend himself. There are certain weapons, such as the Indonesian keris sajen which are purely of a ceremonial function. This kris looks far too "fully" functional for that designation.

1st September 2005, 02:30 AM	#8
nechesh Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 940	Hey Philkid. Yes, certainly a beautiful kris, though so far no one has addressed your question. I'm not exactly sure what you mean when you ask, is this a ceremonial kris. To me, it appears that this kris was probably owned by a person of high standing, perhaps a datu. In that respect i would say that it is not a common battle kris and may have never taken any blood. Does that mean it is ceremonial. IMO, not necessarily. I suppose i consider a blade to be ceremonial when it is conceived to serve purely that function. I don't think that datus had to do the actual fighting all that often, but i don't think that makes their weapons purely ceremonial. And if personally attacked he would probably draw it and defend himself. There are certain weapons, such as the Indonesian keris sajen which are purely of a ceremonial function. This kris looks far too "fully" functional for that designation.