Thank you for the pictures. (-:
Thank you very much
More pics
Flower of pitcher plants. Sorry for blurry pic
We have so many species of fig (Ficus), from the gigantic one (such as Ficus elastica) to this small tiny free standing fig
Our tools, leather sheath on top is mine, the rest are my staffs. Unsheated blade is the represent local blade. Even though getting rare, it is common in our area that man have their own work on a blade. At least make their own sheath and handle since most of the blade in local market sell on blank. In the past, Dayak belief that the true man is a man who able to produce good parang (Mandau etc), so most of the man in the past able to forge and made their own tools and weapons, but of course not all of the were master on it. Dayak and American Native Indians always have a place in my heart they (for me) always attracted in term of spirit of life and their close relation to the mother of earth.
Naked, mine also local (local of people from different island
)
Mine came from Tondano, Celebes (Sulawesi). I bought it when i was in North Sulawesi (Indonesia has >17 thousands of island ).
I bought it in a village where hundreds of Javanese on mid of 1800 moved under pressure by Dutch during Dutch Imperialism in Indonesia.
They are fighters from Central Java, the fighter of Prince Diponegoro, a prince of Yogyakarta Kingdom. Rebels on Dutch side.
I wanted to go to that place because of my great grand father also one of Prince Diponegoro fighter. Their name are Singopati and Singoyudo (father and son), about 5th and 6th generation above me. Fighter in the past have name which resemble from the mighty of nature creature. Singo means Lion. Yudo is fighting and Pati is death. But when the movement of sharia going stronger, it is not good for a man to be named by a name of animal or things.
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