H4ow to count Luk???

rasdan · 28th October 2013, 07:36 AM

In that case, do you think that it is OK for us to assume that some Pengging's Empus adopted the Hindu luk counting method?

I have seen a positively absolutely "even" luk keris only once - on a Sulawesi Bugis keris. In Bugis culture they have 5 genders. Male, female, male but lived as female, female but lived as male and the last one is Bissu which is neither male or female or we can say that they have both attributes.

I am thinking that an "even" luk Bugis keris probably belonged to a Bissu, but if this is true then we should be able to see at least several examples as there had been countless Bissus since the dawn of time.

Probably only some Bissu decide to have an "even" luk keris. Or maybe it does not belong to a Bissu, but the maker used the Hindu luk counting system?

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28th October 2013, 07:36 AM	#17
rasdan Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Kuala Lumpur Posts: 369	In that case, do you think that it is OK for us to assume that some Pengging's Empus adopted the Hindu luk counting method? I have seen a positively absolutely "even" luk keris only once - on a Sulawesi Bugis keris. In Bugis culture they have 5 genders. Male, female, male but lived as female, female but lived as male and the last one is Bissu which is neither male or female or we can say that they have both attributes. I am thinking that an "even" luk Bugis keris probably belonged to a Bissu, but if this is true then we should be able to see at least several examples as there had been countless Bissus since the dawn of time. Probably only some Bissu decide to have an "even" luk keris. Or maybe it does not belong to a Bissu, but the maker used the Hindu luk counting system?