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02-GHOST MUSEUM
Asia Ghost
-Indonesia- -China- -Japan- -Malaysia- -Brunei- -Singapore-
The first ghost that is introduced to us is “Orang Minyak”. The legend says that they are usually naked and covered in Oil. Usually steals or rape people during the past.
Pontianank is word that used to describe ghost of women who died of childbirth. It is one of the common myth in Indonesia. There are also several Indonesian movies and live shows that they film about this famous creature. If you are a fan of the beautiful Pontianak you can visit he right here.
Another rather famous myth, the Pocong. Pocong is commonly known as Indonesian Mummy. Where the spirits are trapped in the dead bodies that wrapped shroud. There are numerous stories about Pocong of how people saw them and some accidentally captured their images. There are also movies that talk about legends of Pocong in Indonesia, some can be found online too.
Toyol is very famous and common known as the baby ghost in Indonesia. It is also known as Kumantong in Thailand where it is very similar to Toyol. Legend says that Toyol is made by aborted child or infant that died of prematured, where Black Magicians will then use them and process them into Toyol. Toyol is commonly used to steal or to do mischief, usually money or jewellery.
Moving into the Chinese Ghost section, we have Jiang Shi which is known as the Chinese Zombie. They do not walk but only jump, and they are all ancient ghost that died and buried with their clothes on.There were numerous movies featuring JiangShi where most of them talked about how the monks or Taoist Priest will be there to destroy them.