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cleave

parts cleaver

              Cleaver is a unique weapon from West Java. Cleaver began to be made around the 8th century or to-9, made of iron, steel and material prestige, the length is about 20 to 25 cm and weighs about 300 grams. 

              According Sanghyang siksakanda ng karesian Canto XVII, cleaver is the weapon of the farmer and the farm has its roots in the culture of the Sundanese people.

Cleaver known as traditional objects people of West Java (Sunda) which has a sacred value and have magical powers. the term "cleaver" comes from the word kudihyang (kudi and Hyang. Cleaver (also) is derived from the word sonny, which means human or Manusa. Humans are powerful as King Siliwangi. Kudi taken from ancient Sundanese language meaning weapon magic magical power, as a talisman, as repellent reinforcements, for example, to block the enemy or avoid danger. This weapon is also stored as an heirloom, which is used to protect the home from danger by putting it in a box or a specific place in the house or to put it on the bed (Hazeu, 1904: 405-406). Meanwhile, Hyang can be equated with the notion of god in some mythology, but the Sundanese people Hyang have meaning and standing on top of the god, this is reflected in the teaching of "Dasa Prebakti" which is reflected in the text of Torture Trance Kanda Karesian Ng mentioned "god devotion in Hyang ".

monument cleaver in Bogor

             In the past Cleaver can not be separated from the life of the Sundanese people because of its function as agricultural equipment. This statement is contained in the codex Trance Torment Kanda Karesian Ng (1518 AD) and the oral tradition that developed in several areas including in the area of scaffolding, Kudat. Evidence that reinforces the statement that the cleaver as farming equipment can still be seen to this day on the Bedouins, Banten and Pancer Pangawinan in Sukabumi.

            With the progress, technological, cultural, social and economic Sundanese, Cleaver was experiencing growth and shift shape, function and meaning. From an agricultural equipment, cleaver developed into an object that has its own character and tend to be a valuable weapon symbolic and sacred. The cleaver new form as we know it today is estimated to be born between the 9th century. 

           until now was the epitome of this cleaver knife very dominant in western Java and is used as a symbol of the city of West Java. from start to institutions, education and universities in western Java martial.

extracted from http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kujang