Kris wedge or sliver. "Kris" is the more frequently used spelling in the West, but "keris" is more popular in the dagger's native lands, as exemplified by the late Bambang Harsrinuksmo's popular book entitled "Ensiklopedi Keris" (Kris Encyclopedia). Two notable exceptions are the Philippines where it is usually called "kalis" or "kris" (although the Filipino "kalis" is a sword, rather than a dagger), and Thailand where it is always spelled kris and pronounced either as "kris" or "krit". In the Yala dialect the word is "kareh". Other spellings used by European colonists include "cryse", "crise", "criss", "kriss" and "creese." Kris history
De Kris Pusaka often carries symbolic meanings, at auction, which an Indonesian antique dealer tries to procure from him. His curiosity piqued and the sword stolen, he ends up traveling to Indonesia with his younger brother Mark, where he discovers that the kris is in fact "pusaka", that is, an heirloom endowed with special powers because of its age; it requires "special reverence and even fear". The series ends on a cliffhanger. Krisses have long had mystical powers attributed to them in Indonesian and Malay mythology. These powers, such as the ability to go about without its owner or to kill enemies by