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Kipas: Traditional folding fan preferably made of hardwood or iron.

Tongkat/Toya: Walking-stick carried by the elderly and travelers.

Traditionally women cover their head with cloth which can be transformed into cindai.

Cindai: Cloth, usually worn as sarong or wrapped as head gear.

Batang/Galah: Rod or staff made from wood, steel or bamboo.

Samping/Linso: Piece of silk fabric worn around the waist or shoulder, used in locking techniques and for defense against blades.

Kris: A dagger, often with a wavy blade made by folding different types of metal together and then washing it in acid.

The accuracy of this legend cannot be substantiated but the fact that silat is attributed to a woman is thought to indicate their prominence in ancient Southeast Asian society.īetawi practitioners demonstrating the disarming of a golok On the island of Boyan (Bawean), Rama Sukana is believed to have watched monkeys fighting each other while the Sundanese of West Java believe that she created cimande after seeing a monkey battle a tiger. There are several variations of this story depending on the region where it is told. She then taught the techniques to her husband Rama Isruna from whom they were formally passed down. By using the animals' movements, she was able to fend off a group of drunken men that attacked her. The earliest evidence of silat being taught in a structured manner comes from the Sumatra-based empire of Srivijaya where folklore tells that it was created by a woman named Rama Sukana who witnessed a fight between a tiger and a large bird. It was during this period that silat was first formulised. Additionally, Javanese blades are of Indian derivation. Bas-reliefs in Srivijaya depict warriors wielding such weapons as the jian or Chinese straight sword, which is still used in some styles today.