Keris is one of the famous culture in it was coming from Indonesia, it has many types of it and the oldest keris was from 125 A.D. This slide will tell you about keris especially about its values.

1. VALUES OF PAST
CIVILIZATION
“Javanese Keris”

2. Description of Keris
● Keris is a daggers
● Culture heritage which is tangible.
● Keris could be sell with more than thousands dollar, which depends on its
quality like material, shape and etc, and its history.
● Has mostly wavy blade but some has straight blade

3. Historical aspects of Keris
● In 2005, UNESCO has confirm that keris is part of Keris Indonesian heritage.
● The oldest keris is keris Budho which was made in the 125 christ.
● Keris was used in Purwacarita, Medang Siwanda, medang Kamulan, Tulisan,
Gilingwesi, Mamenang, Penggiling Wiraradya, Kahuripan, Jenggala, Kediri,
Pajajaran dan Cirebon, Jenggala, Kediri, Tuban, Madura, Majapahit, Demak,
Pajang, Madiun, and Mataram Kartasura, Surakarta, and etc.

4. Social aspects of Keris
● Keris was used in ritual prescription, ceremonies, mythical backgrounds,
poetry, and etc.
● Javanese people believe that keris has magical powers, with some blades
represents good luck and others represent bad.
● The keris maker was called ‘empu’ which means master. It was called empu
because he/ she need to have mystical power, because Javanese people
belief that keris has some mystical power.

5. Aesthetic aspects of Keris
● Dhapur: Form and design of the blade, has around 60 variants.
● Pamor: Pattern of metal alloy decoration on the blade, has around 250
variants.
● Tangguh: Refer to the age and origin of a kris.
● Has mostly wavy blade but some has straight blade.
● Divided in 3 parts: blade, hilt/ also called as hulu, and sheath also called as
warangka.
● Usually made of metal, precious or rare types of wood, or gold or ivory.
Hilt Hulu Warangka

6. The Changes of Its Physical Features and Function
The first keris was keris Budho
which was from the 125 christ.
Long ago keris was still made of stone but has some magical power.
Now keris was made out of different varieties of carving and material it could be
gold, ivory, steel, and etc but mostly it was made out of special material.
Long ago keris was used for defend or weapons but now we use keris for
ceremonies, fashion, and etc.

7. Reasons Why do We Need to Preserve It
● We need to preserve it because it’s part of Indonesian culture and it has a lot
of culture and believe because it has believe from fashion to weapon.

8. BIBLIOGRAPHY
“Kris.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 29 Oct. 2017, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kris.
Semar Keris. Digital image. Semar Kris. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Oct. 2017.
Jalak Buda, Pusaka Tertua Di Dunia. Digital image. DetikOne, n.d. Web. 31 Oct. 2017.