Kris

The kris (Ngoko Javanese: ꦏꦼꦫꦶꦱ꧀ ;Krama Javanese: ꦮꦁꦏꦶꦔꦤ꧀;Ngoko Gêdrìk: kêrìs ; Krama Gêdrìk: wangkingan; lit. "to slice") is an asymmetrical dagger with distinctive blade-patterning achieved through alternating laminations of iron and nickelous iron (pamor). While most strongly associated with the culture of Indonesia the kris is also indigenous to Malaysia, Thailand, Brunei, Singapore and the southern Philippines where it is known as kalis with variants existing as a sword rather than a dagger. The kris is famous for its distinctive wavy blade, although many have straight blades as well.

Kris have been produced in many regions of Indonesia for centuries, but nowhere—although the island of Bali comes close—is the kris so embedded in a mutually-connected whole of ritual prescriptions and acts, ceremonies, mythical backgrounds and epic poetry as in Central Java. As a result, in Indonesia the kris is commonly associated with Javanese culture, although other ethnicities are familiar with the weapon as part of their culture, such as the Balinese, Sundanese, Madurese, Banjar, Thais, and Filipinos. It is also highly associated with and a part of Malay and Moro (Muslim Filipino) culture.

Kris Wu

Wu Yifan (Chinese: 吴亦凡; pinyin: Wú Yìfán), best known by his stage name, Kris (Korean: 크리스) (born November 6, 1990), is a Canadian-Chinese actor and singer-songwriter currently active in China. He immigrated to Canada at the age of 11 and holds Canadian citizenship; he is fluent in Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese, English, as well as Korean.

Early life

Wu's birth name was Li Jiaheng but he had changed it for personal and unknown purposes. Kevin Li was his English name before becoming the member of EXO (Chinese: 李嘉恒; pinyin: Lǐ Jiāhéng). Wu was born and raised in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

He immigrated to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada at the age of 10 with his mother. In 2005, at the age of 15, he returned to China and attended Guangzhou No. 7 Middle School for a short period. In Guangzhou, he served as the captain of the school basketball team. The team had won 1st place in China Junior NBA tournament-South China Region that year. After that, he went back to Vancouver. Then he attended Point Grey Secondary School and Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School. He was also the captain of the basketball teams when he studied in these two schools.

Kris (television show)

Kris is a former talk show broadcast on the Fox network hosted by Kris Jenner. It premiered on 15 July 2013 on Fox stations in Los Angeles; New York City; Charlotte, North Carolina; Dallas, Texas; Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Phoenix, Arizona. The show finished its six-week trial on August 23, 2013. The show was not picked up for a full season. On January 17, 2014, FOX officially announced that the show had been cancelled.

Episodes

Every episode of the series featured a celebrity co-host. All of the episodes can be viewed online via YouTube.

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