Unknown Prince with keris

Raden Usman Djogja · 6th June 2009, 08:49 AM

Pak Ganja,

Agate (akik) as pusaka was a common practice in villages of Jawa. I feel that it is still now. Paku Alam VIII was quite popular in Jogja's villages. His popularity was not only in his effort to perpetuate the jawanese traditional archery but also in his other activities.

Villagers believed that, in some special abilities, he was much stronger that ordinary people. It was believed that he had powerful pusakas. One of them was Ki Basuki.

I don't know exactly why a lot of villagers considered agate as pusaka. Was it because of the scarcity of keris in the village. As post WWII (or post coldwar generation), I just think that because at that time, keris was much more expensive than agate. Most villagers couldn't afford kerises. They created othe kind of pusaka. Perhaps....

OeS

6th June 2009, 08:49 AM	#9
Raden Usman Djogja Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 199	Pak Ganja, Agate (akik) as pusaka was a common practice in villages of Jawa. I feel that it is still now. Paku Alam VIII was quite popular in Jogja's villages. His popularity was not only in his effort to perpetuate the jawanese traditional archery but also in his other activities. Villagers believed that, in some special abilities, he was much stronger that ordinary people. It was believed that he had powerful pusakas. One of them was Ki Basuki. I don't know exactly why a lot of villagers considered agate as pusaka. Was it because of the scarcity of keris in the village. As post WWII (or post coldwar generation), I just think that because at that time, keris was much more expensive than agate. Most villagers couldn't afford kerises. They created othe kind of pusaka. Perhaps.... OeS