Discovery Channel -- "Keris: The Myth & The Magic"

[Alam Shah]

Originally Posted by PenangsangII

I have to totally agree with Shahrial..... what a dissappointment. The producer had a good chance actually to expose the so-called Malaysian perspective of keris but he blew it

To me, it's not a disappointment, but rather, could be made better.. perhaps exploring some of the malay keris forms such as the tajong, coteng.. the distinct terengganu malela, etc.. the use of javanese keris in some of the re-enactment scenes could be improved.. there was an instance, where a keris collector showed what seems to be a javanese naga piece with gold-work, talking about the origin of kinatah/tinatah works.. while here we are talking about malay legends, malay keris.. hmmm..

[Rafngard]

Just wanted to add that the passable documentary in its entirety seems to be on youtube now, with what I think are Malay subtitles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUNg_Ah2-XY

Have fun,
Leif

[David]

Thanks Leif...though i'm not so sure i'm really sorry i was unable to watch this sooner...