Water has been drawn from the point of a keris, and fire from a burning ship has been transferred to shore by pointing the tip at the fire and then elsewhere. The most famous Malay dagger is the ...

Belonging to the broader keris family and believed to have been brought to the Malay Peninsula in the 17th century, this weapon was also used in the Sulu Archipelago and southern Philippines.

Most people are familiar with the keris, a dagger-like knife symbolising strength among the Malays in the old days, but not many may have heard of sundang, another important traditional Malay weapon.

Keris daggers pride of historic sultans, current Malaysians By Mohammad Moheeb KUALA LUMPUR, April 8 (KUNA) -- The traditional Malaysian dagger, known as keris, has a long history in Malaysia, and ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's ruling party has retired the famous keris, a traditional Malay dagger that has previously been brandished at party events in a gesture seen as ethnically divisive.

PONTIAN: Hidden in an old fashion shophouse in Permas, Kukup here, is a man who has been keeping the Malay art of keris-making alive for decades. What makes it even more special is that he is a ...