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Pocong

Ibuye libizwe: hantu bungkus, bobongkong, kende-kende
Amasiko nezinganekwaneAbangafiKuyagxumaUkufa noma ukungcwatshwa okubi

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

⚔️ Lwa nayo
Imvelaphi
Javanese / Indonesian and Malay
I-Indonesia, I-Malaysia
Okuyibangela
Ukufa noma ukungcwatshwa okubi
The cords of the Muslim burial shroud were not untied when the body was laid in the grave.
Indlela oba ngayo yinye
A corpse buried with the ties of its shroud still knotted at head, neck and feet.
Indlela inyakaza ngayo
Kuyagxuma
Bound at the feet, it cannot walk and hops; other accounts say a real pocong floats above the ground.
Ubuhlakani
Ubuhlakani obuthile
amanothi ensimini

Okushiwo 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

Ubungayidlula ngokugijima?

Isigaba sejubane esisuka ekuchazweni yimithombo (kuyagxuma), hhayi isilinganiso.

Wena, uhamba cishe 5 km/h
Pocong cishe 5 km/h
Wena, ugijima kancane cishe 10 km/h
Umuntu omdala olungile egijima ngamandla cishe 24 km/h
Umgibeli webhayisikili osheshayo cishe 37 km/h

Imithombo

  1. Pocong - Wikipedia

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Amasiko avela emazweni afanayo

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

Okufana nalokhu

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