Sundanese Kujang Weapon of West Java

The weapon of Sundanese has unique model, many people called it “cleaver” or “kujang” where Sundanese is location at West Java. Many sources mention that kujang names’ are many it depends based on shape of those weapons such it using as a spiritual tool, a weapon has used in the past, and so forth of symbolic. Kujang structure based on the shape has variant curve which called “luk”.

Kujang at Padjajaran period when the king is Siliwangi as a social status whose has kujang was descending. The symbolic of kujang who is believe that have supernatural power and at night 1 suro based masehi calendar the owner make kujang ritual.

The ritual of kujang is usually use some perfume such zafaron, mistic, duyung oil or other oil, burn incense or menyan, nine or seven or three flower or it called telon flowers, and so forth where the owner pray with using some word including arab, Sunda, Java, and Kejawen language.

There are seven curves or luk of kujang model and a person has shown of three luk kujang in langensari which kujang has art of arabian on the kujang shape. Those is one symbol with Arabic art, of course each kujang’s name and model had difference each region area that has it.