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Pocong or hantu bungkus (wrapped ghost) is a ghost wrapped in a white burial shroud. When a dead person is buried, the shroud is supposed to be untied. If it remains tied at the top, the spirit is restless and the body becomes a pocong. Because they are tied at the feet, they move around by hopping in a manner similar to the Chinese jiangshi. [26]
Malay folklore refers to a series of knowledge, traditions and taboos that have been passed down through many generations in oral, written and symbolic forms among the indigenous populations of Maritime Southeast Asia (Nusantara). They include among others, themes and subject matter related to the indigenous knowledge of the ethnic Malays and ...
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.
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]
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.
There have been many sightings of the creature, which the local Orang Asli people call hantu jarang gigi, which translates as "Snaggle-toothed Ghost". [1] Recorded claims of Mawas sightings date back to 1871.
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.
Polong. The polong is a type of familiar spirit in Malay folklore. It has the appearance of a miniature woman, the size of the first joint of the finger. The polong is one of the ghosts mentioned in Hikayat Abdullah, written by Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir, much to the amusement of Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles, his employer. [1]