Page "Kris" Paragraph 9

< blockquote class =" toccolours " style =" text-align: justify ; width: 45 %; float: right ; padding: 10px ; display: table ; margin-left: 10px ;">... every man in Java, whether he is rich or poor, must have a kris in his house .. and no man between the ages of 12 and 80 may go out of doors without a kris in his belt.

They carry them at the back, as daggers used to be in Portugal ...