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Pocong (Indonesian pronunciation: [pɔ't͡ʃɔŋ] poh-chong; from Javanese: ꦥꦺꦴꦕꦺꦴꦁ, romanized: pocong, lit. 'wrapped-in-shroud') is a ghost that looks like a person wrapped in a funeral cloth. [1] In Islamic funeral, a shroud called a " kain kafan " (in Indonesian and Malay) is used to wrap the body of the dead person.
Pocong is a ghost from Javanese folklore that is said to be the soul of a dead person trapped in their shroud. The shroud, known as kain kafan, is a prescribed length of cloth used in Muslim burials to wrap the body of the deceased.
1 lip 2021 · Pocong you've heard of this ghost before. its a famous ghost in south east Asia mostly Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia today we will explain the origin of the shroud ghost.
Known most frequently as Pocong, or Pochong, meaning “wrapped ghost.”. Also known in Indonesia and Malaysia as a kain kafan, which translates roughly to, “ (fabric) shroud,” As well as hantu bungkus, or “the wrapped ghost,” in Malaysia.
A Pocong is a type of ghost found in Indonesian folklore that is born of a soul that has become trapped in its burial shroud, resulting in the spirit (sometimes the physical body) rising from the grave to seek out mortals and alert them to the need to free them from the bindings.
14 mar 2013 · The Pocong is an Indonesian ghost that appears wrapped in its death shroud and hopping through the countryside at night. In Malaysia, this ghost is known as Hantu Bungkus (The Wrapped Ghost).
1 sie 2023 · Scholars of contemporary folklore suggest that this myth originated within Javanese culture as a means to discourage the proliferation of prostitution during the period of Dutch East Indies colonization (Pangastuti, Citation 2019).
