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How we pronounce the vocal alphabet in Indonesia are same like Japanese and some of European did. this just a little guide on how too read their name.

The first one called Pocong while Malay people called wrapped ghost. It's a Common practice among javanese/moslem that they wrap decease person(s) with winding sheet, from the place were they rested before buried ( i have difficulty on describe it ^^; ) until funeral to make my explanation more easy, see the illustration ^^;. Before buried, their winding sheet are being untied. So how this is become a ghost ?
Some people said that this is happen because one or some of the knots are forgotten to be untied, and so the ghost are looking for some one to open he knot. but it seems not always like that. The exact reason for this ghost to appear are unknown. the way it appear are unknown too, but i ever heard that they appear after some burst from ground (said to be happen usually on graveyard, and do remember this: graveyard on Java are usually very close to residential area, some even surrounded by residence). Now about how they move. The most popular way i`ve heard that they move by jumping. Maybe sounds funny, but try imaging their emergence in the middle of night where no or just few people around us:).
i ever read a story that included this ghost, that how they appear are different from what i use too hear. In the story, at first the ghost appear just as big as a rabbit, and then suddenly it grow in to a human size figure. And after that the ghost just swaying on spot ( i say this appearance are even scarier than the usual ).
there are rumor that if we could take the upper knot, we could become a very very richman. But it said if, so apparently its not that easy, eventhough the ghost are in the laid out position (for unknown reason) it could be suddenly come up and bite us (yes, bite like a dog biting on..us ^^;). But about this one never been any proof, also about that this pocong ever bite any persons. Some said the top part of he winding sheet could become as sharp as blade, and a weirder story: they could spit some thing like a liquid that could melt (or at least burn) our skin. Both this matter are questionable because this is not commonly heard.
The existence of this ghost however are undoubtedly (for they who could see them, and in this case some who could see them are my brother in law and his son ^^;) and about 7 years ago i heard there a pocong that suddenly appear sitting on some one`s living room near my neighbourhood on about 19.00.
Three figure head beside the pocong`s illustration here are some variation of their face when it created on movie

The second one or he middle one are called Genderuwo
The exact form is a big-hairy-human like-creature (my friend said that this creature more like troll). They have big red eyes that bugging out, and they have evil grin with their fangs, and their intestimes are looping (this is based on my brother in law`s statement). Their appearance are more to disturbing people. But some time they have killing intention (but its rarely happen). My oldest sister experienced this once. When she was about 20, one day at dusk (about 18.00 ) my sister were laying down on her bed on 2nd floor.And because she feel sleepy, so she try to shut her eye. Suddenly she feel her body like being pressed down by something. When she open her eyes, she saw a big-dark-male like creature strangling her (she said she still remember that this ghost face show anger toward her). So she try to struggle as she can. Luckily she made her foot to step on the floor, then suddenly this creature vanish (because of this story (when i were 10) since then i choose my mattress to be on floor ^^;). Their size commonly known (by the who could see them) approximately about 3 meter, but it could be as big as they want (and as big as we believe i think).
people said that you could smell boiled potato or roasted yam but none on your surrounding do it, thats mean there are genderuwo around. Some of them even smell like (sorry) feces. If you smell this one, it mean this one is the dangerous one (but doesn`t mean that it will kill us like we kill mosquito, just consider them as thug on our world)

the third one called Kunyang
I`ve heard that Kunyang was originally a woman who practice black magic, and the illustration above show the form of the black magic it self (i`m little bit confused too ^^;). The purpose of this black magic are unknown (atleast by me). That i ever heard is, that if this person want to do this black magic, she (and its can only perform by female) have to accompany by some one to guarding her body during the process because it said that if her body even moved by an inch, she would never be able to return to her body and remind to be like that (the illustration) forever. Some say that by stick her neck even with tooth pick (while she performing the black magic) will do the same thing. This Ghost are rarely heard, but one thing that sure, she feed on fetus. On rural area, if a pregnant woman suddenly to have a miscarriage, then its believe that her fetus have eaten by Kunyang

those are some Indonesian`s Ghost (and the most popular) and of course there is still plenty of them. Some of Indonesian`s ghost are very resemble to Japanese ghost like the faceless person and Wewe Gombel( a female ghost that love to kidnap children that usually got neglected by their parent). I my self never see them except the one that mimiking normal human form, and i`m seeing them not directly but from my eye`s corner or more by my feeling. if you curious, try looking on Google. I have try and here are some site that talk about it, and there is even video about it on Youtube (of course its just the fakes, but could use as reference).
There are also a better description for other Indonesian`s ghost (no picture) here Indonesian`s Ghost
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