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Illustration of Pocong
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Pocong

Maqaa biraa: hantu bungkus, bobongkong, kende-kende
Seenaa aadaa fi afoolaDu'aa ka'eUtaalaDu'a ykn awwaalcha hamaa

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

Lolsiisi
Ka'umsa
Javanese / Indonesian and Malay
Indooneeshiyaa, Maleeshiyaa
Maaltu isa fida
Du'a ykn awwaalcha hamaa
The cords of the Muslim burial shroud were not untied when the body was laid in the grave.
Akkamitti isa taata
A corpse buried with the ties of its shroud still knotted at head, neck and feet.
Akkamitti sochoo'a
Utaala
Bound at the feet, it cannot walk and hops; other accounts say a real pocong floats above the ground.
Beekumsa
Beekumsa muraasa
yaadannoo dirree

Maddoonni maal jedhu

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

Fiigdee isa jalaa ba'uu dandeessaa?

Sadarkaa saffisaa akkaataa maddoonni itti ibsan irraa (utaala), safara miti.

Ati, deemaa gara 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Pocong gara 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Ati, suuta fiigaa gara 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Ga'eessa qaamaan jabaa kan ariitiin fiigu gara 24 km/h (15 mph)
Saayikilii oofaa ariifataa gara 37 km/h (23 mph)

Maddoota

  1. Pocong - Wikipedia

Dhugaan fuula kana irra jiru hundi maddoota kana irraa dhufe, jechoota keenyaan barreeffame. Dogoggora argitee? [email protected] irratti nutti himi.

Tuuta nyaachisi. Beeksisa hin jiru, hordoftuun hin jiru, nama tokkoon kaffalama. Gumaachi toora irra akka turu godha.Gumaacha kenni

Seenaa aadaa biyyoota wal fakkaatan irraa

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

Kan akkasii dabalataa

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