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Pocong ( Indonesian pronunciation: [pɔ't͡ʃɔŋ] poh-chong; from Javanese: ꦥꦺꦴꦕꦺꦴꦁ, romanized: pocong, lit. 'wrapped-in-shroud') is a ghost that looked like person who is wrapped in a funeral cloth. [1] In Islamic funeral, a shroud called a " kain kafan " (in Indonesian and Malays) used to wrap the body of the dead person.
v. t. e. In Indonesian folklore, the Orang Pendek ( Indonesian for 'short person') is the most common name given to a creature said to inhabit remote, mountainous forests on the island of Sumatra. The creature has allegedly been seen and documented for at least 100 years by forest tribes, local villagers, Dutch colonists, and Western scientists ...
Mr Midnight (US title: Mr. Midnight) is a children's horror fiction book series written by Jim Aitchison under the pseudonym of James Lee. The series is published by Angsana Books, Flame Of The Forest Publishing. There are currently 130 books in the series, including 27 Special Edition titles, with more being written and released around every ...
v. t. e. In Malaysian, Bruneian and Indonesian folklore, Bunian people or Orang bunian ( Indonesian pronunciation: [o.raŋ bu.ni.an]) are supernatural beings said to be invisible to most humans, except those with "spiritual sight". While the term is often translated as "elves", it literally translates to "hidden people" or "whistling people".
According to Malay legend, Orang Minyak is a creature that abducts young women by night. Supposedly, the creature is able to climb walls and grab victims while evading capture due to its slippery coating. The coating was first described as consisting of hair oil, before later stories evolved into it being covered in coconut oil and soot; the ...
A group of Kubu people in the 1930s in Jambi, Sumatra. The Orang Batin Sembilan, Orang Rimba or Anak Dalam are mobile, animist peoples who live throughout the lowland forests of southeast Sumatra. Kubu is a Malay exonym ascribed to them. In the Malay language, the word Kubu can mean defensive fortification, entrenchment, or a place of refuge.
Orang Asli ( lit. "native people", "original people", or "aboriginal people" in Malay) are a heterogeneous indigenous population forming a national minority in Malaysia. They are the oldest inhabitants of Peninsular Malaysia . As of 2017, the Orang Asli accounted for 0.7% of the population of Peninsular Malaysia. [2]
The Borneo Orangutan Survival ( BOS) Foundation is an Indonesian non-profit non-governmental organization founded by Dr. Willie Smits in 1991 and dedicated to the conservation of the endangered Bornean orangutan ( Pongo pygmaeus) and its habitat through the involvement of local people. It is audited by an external auditor company [1] and ...