Kampilan
| Kampilan | |
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| Information | |
| Weapon type: | sword |
| Designations: | Campilan, Campilan, Bada, Badanumogandi |
| Use: | traditional weapon |
| Creation time: | around 14th century |
| Working time: | until now |
| Region of origin / author: |
Borneo , people of the Sea Dayak |
| Distribution: | Malaysia and Philippines |
| Blade length: | about 60 cm |
| Handle: | Wood, horn |
| Particularities: | Handle similar to a fork and carved as a dragon's head |
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The Kampilan (also Campilan , Bada , Badanumogandi ) is a traditional sword from the Philippines , Sulawesi , the Talaud Islands and Kalimantan (Borneo) from the 14th century. It was developed by the Dayak tribe on Borneo . It was later used by the Moro and Sulu tribes in the Philippines.
history
The Kampilan is first mentioned in reports on Ferdinand Magellan's travels . In the report on the Battle of Mactan on April 27, 1521, it is mentioned that the chief of the Filipinos, Datu Lapu-Lapu (* around 1484, † around 1564) fought with a Kampilan. Magellan fell in this fight. The Kampilan is still part of the Filipino tradition today.
description
The Kampilan is carried out with both hands. It usually has a straight, single-edged blade. It becomes wider from the magazine to the location . The place is cut off at an angle. A curved mandrel is often worked out on the slope. The handle is made of wood and has a T-shaped, wooden guard. The pommel is made large and carved at its end in the shape of a stylized crocodile's mouth. The booklet is often decorated with tufts of red or black animal hair. It is decorated with carvings that run across the entire booklet. The sheaths are in two parts and are made of wood or bamboo , which is wrapped with rattan cords to attach the halves . The scabbards are not connected to each other at the mouth of the scabbard and are flexible to make drawing the sword easier. There is a second type of sheath that is made from one piece of wood and has a handle roughly in the middle. In this way the scabbard could be used as a shield . The Kampilan was the national weapon of the Sea Dayak from Borneo, but was later adopted by the Moro from Sulu and Mindanao (Philippines).
Individual evidence
- ^ Albert G. van Zonneveld: Traditional weapons of the Indonesian archipelago. C. Zwartenkot Art Books, Leiden 2001, ISBN 90-5450-004-2 , p. 60.
literature
- Robert Cato: Moro swords. Graham Brash, Singapore 1996, ISBN 981-218-059-1 .
- Thomas A. Green (Ed.): Martial Arts of the World. To Encyclopedia. 2 volumes. ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara CA 2001, ISBN 1-57607-150-2 .
- William Henry Scott: Barangay. Sixteenth-century Philippine culture and society. Ateneo de Manila University Press, Quezon City 1994, ISBN 971-550-135-4 .
- George Cameron Stone : A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor in all Countries and in all Times. Together with some closely related subjects. With an introduction by Donald J. LaRocca. Dover Publications, Mineola NY 1999, ISBN 0-486-40726-8 .
- Stefan Zweig : Conqueror of the Seas. The Story of Magellan. Literary Guild, New York NY 1938.
