HISTORY OF MERLIMAU

First story : From source Palembang people it said the Malays are very good at playing first special dagger weapons. They strive exercises held or the art of self-defense berpencak everyday. Each one has a dagger as a weapon brought everywhere they go to defend themselves resist the enemy. Keris is preserved and maintained. Way is to keep it "rubbed and dilimau". This means they must be rubbed with a dagger and ordered incense with lime. Kris merlimau tradition is still there among the malay community that holds the keris its distinctive heritage. This ceremony is called "keris merlimau ceremony". Every Friday night they must dilimau dagger. In this ceremony they gathered at the home of master to melimau dagger. When asked "Where Interlocking". They replied "Interlocking melimau",Interlocking melimau and finally the place was called "Merlimau".

The two sources : From the stories Bugis descent 1511 Authority Bugis who emigrated to Merlimau is Rich Datuk Ma'mun. He originally had been cut down, cut down forests to make the residence. At that time in the outback or in the river upstream forest Merlimau is never explore people. Wilderness said to be so large that many inhabited by wild animals,especially tigers. Tigers threaten many newcomers because they lived on the edge of the thick woods. In connection with the Rich Datuk lead their people to build a fence blocking an attack or resist the danger of the tiger. In the language used to be called "mara Rimau" We make the fence, hold Rimau mara, mara hold Rimau "By mara Rimau because this life-threatening, they named this place as Rimau mara,mara Rimau and eventually became "MERLIMAU"

Merlimau is between Melaka Town and Muar.

btw keturunan ayah farah adalah Bugis.my grandfather berasal dari kampung serkam merlimau malacca. 

AYAH FARAH KETURUNAN TOK MOYANG LAJIS-BADARIAH...