The Kingdom.

[A. G. Maisey]

Yes, you're right Moshah.

You understand my point exactly.

I started this thread three years ago, and what prompted me to start it was the seemingly unending threads that were all about the name of this that and the other, and where it might have come from. At that time I felt that the Warung was in danger of becoming less than what it was capable of becoming.

The keris is an icon of a culture.

One cannot understand a cultural icon in the absence of an understanding of the culture.

This is particularly true of the keris, as it is an icon that is central to a culture.


What I wanted to see was more thought put into questions.

Framing a good question is often vastly more difficult than providing a good answer.

How did the piles of documents on the desks in the IA office get there?

Generally speaking these people obtain their own documents from source. The job is not usually entrusted to junior staff.