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Illustration of Pocong
Original AI-made illustration based on the descriptions in the sources. Not an official design.
Ifayile No. 434 kwa-446

Pocong

Ikwabizwa ngokuba: hantu bungkus, bobongkong, kende-kende
Iintsomi zemveli namabali amanduloIvuswe ekufeniIyatsibaUkufa okubi okanye ukungcwatywa kakubi

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

Yiphose edabini
Imvelaphi
Javanese / Indonesian and Malay
IIndonesia, IMalaysia
Oko kuyibangelayo
Ukufa okubi okanye ukungcwatywa kakubi
The cords of the Muslim burial shroud were not untied when the body was laid in the grave.
Indlela umntu aba yiyo ngayo
A corpse buried with the ties of its shroud still knotted at head, neck and feet.
Indlela ehamba ngayo
Iyatsiba
Bound at the feet, it cannot walk and hops; other accounts say a real pocong floats above the ground.
Ubukrelekrele
Ubukrelekrele obuthile
amanqaku ophando

Oko kuthethwa yimithombo

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

Ungayigqitha ngokubaleka?

Udidi lwesantya ngokwendlela imithombo eyichaza ngayo (iyatsiba), asingomlinganiselo.

Wena, uhamba malunga ne-5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Pocong malunga ne-5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Wena, ujoga malunga ne-10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Umntu omdala osempilweni ebaleka ngamandla malunga ne-24 km/h (15 mph)
Umkhweli webhayisikile okhawulezayo malunga ne-37 km/h (23 mph)

Imithombo

  1. Pocong - Wikipedia

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Yondla umkhosi. Akukho zintengiso, akukho zilandeli, ihlawulelwa ngumntu omnye. Ithiphu iyigcina ikwi-intanethi.Shiya ithiphu

Iintsomi zemveli ezivela kumazwe afanayo

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

Ezinye ezifana nale

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