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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th June 2008, 09:57 PM
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Find krises that are earlier than the one you...

Find krises that are earlier than the one you showed. Sulu and Maguindanao muslims have their own dialects. Arabic was not widely-used and written then. Madrassas are recent development.

If the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th June 2008, 06:13 AM
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Posted By baganing_balyan
I think gold was mined and valued by early...

I think gold was mined and valued by early Filipinos specially in the Caraga region. Pigafetta wrote about early Filipinos with gold teeth. Interestingly, there are lumads (natives), mandaya in...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th June 2008, 09:55 PM
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Posted By baganing_balyan
Bill, I checked and compared the photographs of...

Bill, I checked and compared the photographs of early chain mail armors found in sulawesi, brunei, mindanao, and turkey. I can sense similarities among them. What really convinced me that the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th June 2008, 08:10 PM
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Posted By baganing_balyan
thanks for the suggestions and advices.

thanks for the suggestions and advices.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th June 2008, 04:20 PM
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Posted By baganing_balyan
14th century Moroccan scholar/explorer Ibn Batuta...

14th century Moroccan scholar/explorer Ibn Batuta wrote about a warrior princess of the kingdom between sumadra (sumatra) and china called talawisi, which I think was sulawesi. that was after sailing...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th June 2008, 03:33 PM
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Posted By baganing_balyan
keris, the sword, was already in Java during the...

keris, the sword, was already in Java during the rule of srivijayan empire.

Keris, the term, is the most problematic one. It has no etymology in sanskrit, hindi, or Tamil. So I am not really...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th June 2008, 10:44 AM
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Posted By baganing_balyan
I would either be a genius or a clairvoyant if i...

I would either be a genius or a clairvoyant if i don't base my ideas on something. But that's not the case. On curiga, for instance, Jan Gonda wrote about the etymology of the word. I just don't...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th June 2008, 12:48 AM
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Posted By baganing_balyan
Even curiga is not a specific term related to...

Even curiga is not a specific term related to just Keris. Batik fabric too has "parang curiga"-- curlicue or snake-like design.

I think keris is specific for that kind of sword because of its...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th June 2008, 06:02 PM
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Posted By baganing_balyan
regarding the hilt or handle, those words are not...

regarding the hilt or handle, those words are not really specific names: hulu for instance is head. a child has hulu too. Ukiran is the same; it is image or design. Sarong has Ukiran. Danganan...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 24th June 2008, 05:47 AM
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Posted By baganing_balyan
in addition: It would be easy to assume that...

in addition:

It would be easy to assume that keris is from kilis and kilich, but i have no basis to base that from since I am not sure if ch can be s and L can be R in early languages of java and...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 24th June 2008, 05:17 AM
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Posted By baganing_balyan
Although my interest is primarily about kalis or...

Although my interest is primarily about kalis or mindanaoan kris, I have found interesting etymologies and folklore that point the very origin of kris back to the temples of southern and northern...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd June 2008, 10:38 PM
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Posted By baganing_balyan
Some people think that connecting Mindanao to...

Some people think that connecting Mindanao to Ottoman is outrageous. I have found texts that support my contention.

I have also found a photo of a moro armor with arabic/quranic inscription-- a...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd June 2008, 02:26 AM
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Posted By baganing_balyan
Thanks and sorry. I wrote in my blog that i used...

Thanks and sorry. I wrote in my blog that i used online materials. had it not been a blog, i would make footnotes and bibliography-- for strict academic purpose.

I have a problem though. I...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd June 2008, 06:27 AM
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Views: 161,935
Posted By baganing_balyan
Kalis: Origin of Minadanaon Kris

I just want to share my research.

http://12fma.blogspot.com/2008/06/kali-from-kalis-martial-art.html

http://12fma.blogspot.com/2008/06/kris-keras-keris-kilich-and-kalis.html
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