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Pocong

Era ayitibwa: hantu bungkus, bobongkong, kende-kende
Enfumo n'emboozi ez'eddaAbafu abalamuAbuukaOkufa obubi oba okuziikibwa obubi

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

Lwanyisa
Gy'ava
Javanese / Indonesian and Malay
Yindonezya, Malezya
Ekikireeta
Okufa obubi oba okuziikibwa obubi
The cords of the Muslim burial shroud were not untied when the body was laid in the grave.
Engeri omuntu gy'afuukamu omu ku bo
A corpse buried with the ties of its shroud still knotted at head, neck and feet.
Engeri gy'atambulamu
Abuuka
Bound at the feet, it cannot walk and hops; other accounts say a real pocong floats above the ground.
Amagezi
Amagezi matono
ebiwandiiko by'omu nnimiro

Ensibuko bye zigamba

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

Wandisobodde okumudduka?

Omutendera gw'embiro okusinziira ku ngeri ensibuko gye zimunnyonnyolamu (abuuka), si kipimo.

Ggwe, ng'otambula nga 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Pocong nga 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Ggwe, ng'odduka mpola nga 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Omuntu omukulu omugumu ng'adduka nnyo nga 24 km/h (15 mph)
Omuvuzi wa ggaali ow'embiro nga 37 km/h (23 mph)

Ensibuko

  1. Pocong - Wikipedia

Buli kintu ku lupapula luno kiva mu nsibuko zino, nga kiwandiikiddwa mu bigambo byaffe. Olabye ensobi? Tubuulire ku [email protected].

Liisa ekibinja. Tewali birango, tewali bikulondoola, nga bisasulwa omuntu omu. Akasiimo kakikuuma ku yintaneti.Leka akasiimo

Enfumo okuva mu nsi ze zimu

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

Ebifaanana bino

GhoulArabicRo-langsTibetanXiangxi walking corpsesChinese (western Hunan; attributed to Miao sorcery)CondenadoAndean (Peru and Bolivia)Corpo-secoBrazilianDearg DueIrish (modern legend)
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