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Pocong

Wɔfrɛ no bio: hantu bungkus, bobongkong, kende-kende
Tete nsɛm ne anansesɛmAwufoɔ a wɔnantewƐhuruhuruwOwuo bɔne anaa ayie a ɛnkɔɔ yie

The pocong is the shrouded dead of Java and the Malay world: a corpse still tied in its white burial cloth that leaves the grave because the knots were never loosened. It is one of the best known figures in Indonesian horror and a staple of local film and television. The belief turns a detail of funeral procedure into the cause of undeath, which is a common pattern in walking-dead folklore worldwide.1

Fa ko
Mfiase
Javanese / Indonesian and Malay
Indonesia, Malaysia
Deɛ ɛde ba
Owuo bɔne anaa ayie a ɛnkɔɔ yie
The cords of the Muslim burial shroud were not untied when the body was laid in the grave.
Sɛnea wobɛdane bi
A corpse buried with the ties of its shroud still knotted at head, neck and feet.
Sɛnea ɛkeka ne ho
Ɛhuruhuruw
Bound at the feet, it cannot walk and hops; other accounts say a real pocong floats above the ground.
Nyansa
Nyansa kakra
nhwehwɛmu nsɛm

Deɛ fibea no ka

1

The name is Javanese for 'wrapped in a shroud'1

2

Its face reflects the state of the corpse: pale and staring if fresh, rotted or skeletal if long dead1

3

Some only want to deliver a message or ask for prayers; others terrorise1

4

Said to gather around banana trees at night1

5

A red-shrouded pocong is the rarest and most feared kind1

6

In 2020 villagers in Java dressed as pocong to scare people into staying home during the COVID-19 pandemic1

Wobɛtumi atu mmirika aboro no?

Ahoɔhare kuo a efi sɛnea fibea kyerɛkyerɛ mu (ɛhuruhuruw), ɛnyɛ susudua.

Wo, nantew bɛyɛ 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Pocong bɛyɛ 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Wo, mmirika brɛoo bɛyɛ 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Ɔpanin a ne ho yɛ den a ɔtu mmirika denden bɛyɛ 24 km/h (15 mph)
Sakrekafoɔ a ɔyɛ ntɛm bɛyɛ 37 km/h (23 mph)

Fibea

  1. Pocong - Wikipedia

Asɛm biara a ɛwɔ krataafa yi so fi saa fibea yi mu, na yɛde yɛn ankasa nsɛm na akyerɛw. Wohunuu mfomsoɔ bi? Ka kyerɛ yɛn wɔ [email protected].

Ma dɔm no aduane. Dawurubɔ nni hɔ, trackers nni hɔ, onipa baako na ɔtua ho ka. Akyɛdeɛ ma ɛkɔ so wɔ intanɛt so.Ma akyɛdeɛ

Tete nsɛm a efi nsase koro no ara so

ToyolMalay and IndonesianLangsuyarMalay, 1891Toraja walking deadTorajan (Sulawesi, Indonesia), 2009

Bebree a ɛte sɛ yei

GhoulArabicRo-langsTibetanXiangxi walking corpsesChinese (western Hunan; attributed to Miao sorcery)CondenadoAndean (Peru and Bolivia)Corpo-secoBrazilianDearg DueIrish (modern legend)
Ma dɔm no aduaneMa akyɛdeɛ