What is a Pocong? In the Muslim faith, a person is buried in a shroud, the shroud is tied in several strategic locations, to keep the body properly wrapped during burial, after the body is lowered into the ground, the string holding the burial shroud is either untied or removed altogether. Some people believe that if the string is not untied or removed that the spirit of the deceased is unable to pass on and will hop out of its grave to haunt people until someone removes the “knot/string”. What Does a Pocong Look Like The pocong will look like a corpse wrapped up in a burial shroud, its appearance will depend heavily on how old it is, the older it is the more decomposed it will be, there will of course be a pungent smell of decomposing flesh and a feeling of dread in the air, almost as if the Poncong exudes a fear inducing aura, recent lore says that it will hop around because its legs will still have been bound in its shroud, but this in no way restricts its movement, it
Spirit Returns After 7 Days to Wish Everyone Farewell. There is an old Chinese belief that seven days after a loved one passes away, they shall return to say their last farewell. I was 8 years old when my great grandmother passed away. My grandfather and grandmother were living in a double story semi-detached house at the time. It was a small two bedroom house, long and narrow, build just before WW2. Seven days after my great grandmother passed, my grandfather called the family together and said there was an old family tradition that he wanted us to follow, he would tell us what it was after dinner. I should probably describe my old home and a write a little bit about my great grandmother to you folks. First let me tell you a little bit about great granny, she was originally from China, at the time I thought she had exceptionally small feet, it was only later that I found out she had lotus feet, a barbaric practice that I am happy to say has died out. The reason I me