Kujang is a unique weapon of the West Java area. Kujang began to be made around the 8th century or to-9, made of iron, steel and pamor material, length about 20 to 25 cm and weighs about 300 grams.
Kujang is a tool that reflects the sharpness and critical power in life also symbolizes strength and courage to protect the rights and truth. Is characteristic, both as weapons, agricultural tools, symbols, ornaments, or souvenirs.
According Sanghyang siksakanda ng karesian Canto XVII, Kujang is the weapon of the farmers and have roots in farming cultures Sundanese people.
Kujang traditional weapons are known as people of West Java (Sunda) which has a sacred value as well as having magical powers. Some researchers [who?] States that the term "Kujang" is derived from the word kudihyang (kudi and Hyang. Kujang (also) comes from the word Ujang, which means human or Manusa. Humans are powerful as King Siliwangi.
Kudi is taken from the ancient Sundanese language, which means weapons that have a powerful supernatural force, as a talisman, as repellent reinforcements, such as to repel enemies or avoid harm / disease [citation needed]. This weapon is also stored as an heirloom, which is used to protect the home from danger by putting them in a crate or a specific place in the house or by putting them on the bed (Hazeu, 1904: 405-406). Meanwhile, Hyang can be equated with the notion in some mythological god, but for Hyang Sundanese people have the meanings and positions on the Gods, it is reflected in the doctrine of "Dasa Prebakti" which is reflected in the manuscript Sanghyang Torment Kanda Karesian Ng mentioned "God of devotion in Hyang ".
In general, Kujang has the sense of heritage that have a certain power that comes from the gods (= Hyang), and as a weapon, from ancient to the present Kujang occupies a very special position among the people of West Java (Sunda). As an emblem or symbol with niali-philosophical values contained in it, Kujang used as one of the aesthetic in a few symbols and government organizations. In addition, Kujang was also used as a name of organization, unity, and of course, used also by the local government of West Java Province.
Kujang is a tool that reflects the sharpness and critical power in life also symbolizes strength and courage to protect the rights and truth. Is characteristic, both as weapons, agricultural tools, symbols, ornaments, or souvenirs.
According Sanghyang siksakanda ng karesian Canto XVII, Kujang is the weapon of the farmers and have roots in farming cultures Sundanese people.
Kujang traditional weapons are known as people of West Java (Sunda) which has a sacred value as well as having magical powers. Some researchers [who?] States that the term "Kujang" is derived from the word kudihyang (kudi and Hyang. Kujang (also) comes from the word Ujang, which means human or Manusa. Humans are powerful as King Siliwangi.
Kudi is taken from the ancient Sundanese language, which means weapons that have a powerful supernatural force, as a talisman, as repellent reinforcements, such as to repel enemies or avoid harm / disease [citation needed]. This weapon is also stored as an heirloom, which is used to protect the home from danger by putting them in a crate or a specific place in the house or by putting them on the bed (Hazeu, 1904: 405-406). Meanwhile, Hyang can be equated with the notion in some mythological god, but for Hyang Sundanese people have the meanings and positions on the Gods, it is reflected in the doctrine of "Dasa Prebakti" which is reflected in the manuscript Sanghyang Torment Kanda Karesian Ng mentioned "God of devotion in Hyang ".
In general, Kujang has the sense of heritage that have a certain power that comes from the gods (= Hyang), and as a weapon, from ancient to the present Kujang occupies a very special position among the people of West Java (Sunda). As an emblem or symbol with niali-philosophical values contained in it, Kujang used as one of the aesthetic in a few symbols and government organizations. In addition, Kujang was also used as a name of organization, unity, and of course, used also by the local government of West Java Province.
In the past Kujang can not be separated from public life because of its function as a Sundanese agricultural equipment. This statement is contained in the codex Sanghyang Torment Kanda Karesian Ng (1518 AD) and the oral tradition that developed in some areas in the region including scaffolding, Ciamis. The evidence reinforces the assertion that Kujang as farming equipment we can still see today on the Bedouins, Bantam and pancer Pangawinan in Sukabumi.
