KERIS ONE MILLION MEANINGS

The date of 1 Suro was the Javanese beginning of the year that coincided on December 18 2009 for some Javanese communities that still believe in, had the meaning that very important to welcome the life in the future. Because of that the night of the change in the year was celebrated in a ritual ceremony. Like the night tirakatan did not sleep for a night, tasyakuran and cleaned the heirloom object. In several areas,like the palace environment of kesunanan Surakarta and the Yogyakarta Sultanate, ritual ceremony was like that carried out on large scale, among them kirap the weapon of the heirloom of the circle of the palace.
The heirloom object that tills at this time still highly respected his existence was the Keris. The Keris was the ancient bladed weapon was used to defend himself from the enemy’s attack or kill the enemy. This weapon was often used in the royal time. In the sruggle period against Dutch Colonizers and Japan still many heroes that relied on the keris capability, among them Prince Diponegoro. More over President first RI, Ir Soekarno was seen often held the keris in each one of his working visits.
The heirloom keris it was considered had the capability not only was made from element, the steel, nickel and the meteor stone of the iron, but his production methods. The manufacturer of the keris was acknoledged as empu. For the keris that had high knowledge like Empu Gandring in the story Ken Arok ( The Singosari Kingdom ). It seems, Empu Gandring when making the keris not through the process of the burning of the iron or used equipment like the hammer, but only made use of his finger massage. Owing to the supernatural power that was owned, the iron that gave a massage that became thin and was formed to the keris.
An Empu before making the keris, before carry out the fast and meditate to ask the Lord of the Lord so that the keris that was made by him has the magical strength.
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In the current period, the keris no longer has a function of as the bladed weapon defending it self or killed the enemy. His function more as the collection or talisman that was believed in caused the magical strength, like the authority, Nevertheless, many people when hunting the keris to get the keris was hundreds of years that had been used by the ancient kings old. The keris like that was very high he thought and had the high selling price reached billions Rupiah.
The fucntion of the keris that from before hand to now still was remaining was as Javanese accessories of traditional clothes. Because that was not wrong if the keris was occasionally identified with the Javanese culture. Like the ritual ceremony in the palace of Kasunanan Solo and Kasultanan Yogyakarta. Even so in the Javanese ceremony of the marriage of the tradition. A groom used the Jawi Jangkep fashion ( The Javanese fashion complete ) that is batik cloth, bride clothes, headdress ( Kuluk ) and in behind must slip the keris. The meaning as the symbol “kejantanan” or manhood contained this. If a groom the hindered was present in the wedding ceremony, then the keris could be made his representative. The keris it was decorated the jasmine rose that was put a necklace on to reminded the person in order to not have the wild character, emotional, arbitrarilyand wanted to win personally. Each keris must have the framework to facilitate brought him.
Keris relation s with framework or usual was acknowledged as the sarong, had the philosophical meaning as close relations, joined to achieve the living harmony in the world. Then was born philosophical “Manunggaling Kawulo Gusti” the King’s unification with his people, the perfect human unification with has creator, the people’s unification with his leader, so as the life always safe, peace,peaceful, happy, and healthy prosperous. Apart from honored mutually one with that other, each one must also know him self to work in accordance with the portion and his function . nevertheless, the meaning that in from the keris weapon as the natinal cultural work of artthat contains various aspects in the Javanese life of the community generally, currently was threatened by his development of his aspect of the culture not all that had an interest taken in him that the aspect of the legend and Magical.