kris

The kris or keris is a Javanese asymmetrical dagger with a distinctive blade-patterning achieved through alternating laminations of iron and nickelous iron (pamor). The kris is famous for its distinctive wavy blade, although many have straight blades as well, and is one of the weapons commonly used in the pencak silat martial art native to Indonesia. Kris have been produced in many regions of Indonesia for centuries, but nowhere—although the island of Bali comes close—is the kris so embedded in a mutually-connected whole of ritual prescriptions and acts, ceremonies, storied backgrounds, and epic poetry as in Central Java. Within Indonesia the kris is commonly associated with Javanese culture, although other ethnicities in it and surrounding regions are familiar with the weapon as part of their cultures, such as the Balinese, Sundanese, Malay, Madurese, Banjar, Buginese, and Makassar people. The kris itself is considered as a cultural symbol of Indonesia and also neighbouring countries like Brunei, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.

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keris; kris dagger; kriss
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dagger, firangi, keris gabus, Keris Majapahit, keris terapang, ninjatō, sword, 

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Keris, staatsiedolk met schede, anoniem, ca 1856, MAS

Stamp of Indonesia - 2019 - Colnect 920639 - Ancient Indonesian Texts

Koleksi Keris di Museum Perjuangan Rakyat Jambi

Romualdo Locatelli - Kris dancers

Unknown artist - Dagger - 1916.1013 - Cleveland Museum of Art

Javaanse kris, AK-MAK-259

AMH-7252-KB The sultan of Mataram attacked by Bantam fighters

Royal Armouries - Up Close online exhibition (53528184271)

COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Kris met houten greep en houten schede TMnr A-3916c

Kris bali

• Introduction to Kris, a traditional weapon of Indonesia: Preserved-lingering issues of facts - scientific article published on 31 August 2021

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	weapon		keris terapang	kris	Wikidata
link	page		list of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding page@		Wikidata
link	page		list of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding page@		Wikidata
link	page		list of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding page@		Wikidata
link	page		Register of Good Safeguarding Practices page@		Wikidata
link	page		Register of Good Safeguarding Practices page@		Wikidata
link	page		Register of Good Safeguarding Practices page@		Wikidata
link	page		Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity page@		Wikidata
link	page		Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity page@		Wikidata
link	page		Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity page@		Wikidata
commons	image		Keris, staatsiedolk met schede, anoniem, ca 1856, MAS		Commons
commons	image		Stamp of Indonesia - 2019 - Colnect 920639 - Ancient Indonesian Texts		Commons
commons	image		Koleksi Keris di Museum Perjuangan Rakyat Jambi		Commons
commons	image		Romualdo Locatelli - Kris dancers		Commons
commons	image		Unknown artist - Dagger - 1916.1013 - Cleveland Museum of Art		Commons
commons	image		Javaanse kris, AK-MAK-259		Commons
commons	image		AMH-7252-KB The sultan of Mataram attacked by Bantam fighters		Commons
commons	image		Royal Armouries - Up Close online exhibition (53528184271)		Commons
commons	image		COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Kris met houten greep en houten schede TMnr A-3916c		Commons
commons	image		Kris bali		Commons