Kris culture. In "Yingya Shenglan"—a record about Zheng He's expedition (1405–1433)—Ma Huan describes that This Chinese account also reported that public execution by stabbing using this type of dagger is common. Majapahit knows no caning for major or minor punishment. They tied the guilty men's hands in the back with rattan rope and paraded them for a few paces, and then stabbed the offender one or two times in the back on the gap between the floating ribs, which resulted in severe bleeding and instant death. Currently, the Kris of Knaud is the oldest known surviving kris in the world. Given
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