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  2. Pocong - Wikipedia

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    Pocong (Indonesian pronunciation: [pɔ't͡ʃɔŋ] poh-chong; from Javanese: ꦥꦺꦴꦕꦺꦴꦁ, romanized: pocong, lit. 'wrapped-in-shroud') is a ghost that looks like a person wrapped in a funeral cloth. [1] In Islamic funeral, a shroud called a " kain kafan " (in Indonesian and Malay) is used to wrap the body of the dead person.

  3. Hantu (supernatural creature) - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Hantu is the Malay and Indonesian word for spirit or ghost. [1] In modern usage it generally means spirits of the dead but has also come to refer to any legendary invisible being, such as demons. [2] In its traditional context the term also referred to animistic nature spirits or ancestral souls. [3]

  4. Kuntilanak - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The Kuntilanak (Indonesian name), also called Pontianak (Malay name), or Yakshi (in Hinduism/ Hindu mythology) is a mythological creature in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. It is similar to Langsuir in other Southeast Asia regions. The Kuntilanak usually takes the form of a pregnant woman who died during childbirth.

  5. Jiangshi - Wikipedia

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    kyonshī. A jiāngshī (simplified Chinese: 僵尸; traditional Chinese: 殭屍; pinyin: jiāngshī; Jyutping: goeng1 si1), also known as a Chinese hopping vampire, [1] is a type of undead creature or reanimated corpse in Chinese legends and folklore. Due to the influence of Hong Kong cinema, it is typically depicted in modern popular culture ...

  6. Pocong vs Kuntilanak - Wikipedia

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    Pocong vs Kuntilanak is a 2008 horror film, directed and written by David Purnomo, and produced by Zainal Susanto. The main cast consists of Ahmad Zaki, Alia Rosa, and Aldiansyah Taher. The main cast consists of Ahmad Zaki, Alia Rosa, and Aldiansyah Taher.

  7. Folklore of Malaysia - Wikipedia

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    A Kelantanese Wayang Kulit that narrated the tale of Hikayat Seri Rama. Malaysian folklore is the folk culture of Malaysia and other indigenous people of the Malay Archipelago as expressed in its oral traditions, written manuscripts and local wisdoms. Malaysian folklores were traditionally transmitted orally in the absence of writing systems.

  8. KKN di Desa Penari - Wikipedia

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    Box office. $26 Million. KKN di Desa Penari (lit. ' KKN in dancer's village') is a 2022 Indonesian horror film directed by Awi Suryadi, based on a viral Twitter thread of the same name (later rewritten as a novel) by SimpleMan, produced by MD Pictures and its subsidiary, Pichouse Films. This film stars Tissa Biani, Adinda Thomas, and Achmad ...

  9. Malay folklore - Wikipedia

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    Pocong: a ghost wrapped in white burial shroud; Polong: a spirit resembling a thumb-sized woman. Puaka: nature spirit of a place which are typically said to reside in abandoned buildings; Raksaksa: humanoid man-eating demons. Often able to change their appearance at will. Toyol: the spirit of a stillborn child, appears as a naked baby or toddler