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Illustration of Pocong
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Pocong

Ñu ngi koy wooye itam: hantu bungkus, bobongkong, kende-kende
Léeb ak cosaanNéew yu dundaatDafay tëbDee wu bon walla suul gu baaxul

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

Xeexal ko
Cosaan
Javanese / Indonesian and Malay
Endonesi, Malesi
Lan moo ko waral
Dee wu bon walla suul gu baaxul
The cords of the Muslim burial shroud were not untied when the body was laid in the grave.
Naka ngay doone benn
A corpse buried with the ties of its shroud still knotted at head, neck and feet.
Naka lay yëngoo
Dafay tëb
Bound at the feet, it cannot walk and hops; other accounts say a real pocong floats above the ground.
Xel
Am na tuuti xel
notu gëstu

Li sours yi wax

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

Ndax mën nga ko raw ci daw?

Gaawaay bi jóge ci ni sours yi ko melale (dafay tëb), du natt.

Yow, ci dox lu tollu ci 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Pocong lu tollu ci 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Yow, ci daw ndànk lu tollu ci 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Mag bu am doole buy daw lu gaaw lool lu tollu ci 24 km/h (15 mph)
Ku gaaw ci welo lu tollu ci 37 km/h (23 mph)

Sours yi

  1. Pocong - Wikipedia

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

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