Kalis: Origin of Minadanaon Kris

[kai]

Hello Miya,

after getting hold of a moro province map that included 90 percent of mindanao. There were even lumad areas classified as moro then.

Do you think this was intentional, ignorance, or missing information?

Shit happens - so what?

all krises in mindanao are mindanaoan krises for geographical reason, but not all mindanaoan krises are the same.

Agreed.

All kris from Moro ethnic groups are Moro kris for ethnical reason, but not all Moro kris are the same. Agreed?

To me and my limited knowledge, a definition based on ethnic groups with a common cultural background (including religion) does make more sense than a geographical definition when the geographical region is known to be culturally more diverse than the Moro ethnic groups. I'm open to discuss this and change my mind though.

the only homogenous in the issue of mindanaoan kris is the way they define what a kris is-- their definition is beyond the physicality and materiality of the sword.

Are you sure all ethnic groups on Mindanao have the same definition what constitutes a kris? So, what's this definition?

Even people of Borneo were called moros too in 1900's. Saying Moro Kris is not really appropriate

Why? Coastal areas of northern Borneo were part of the Sulu sultanate for quite a long time and there are still Tausug being citizens of Sabah today.

Regards,
Kai