Malay Mystery

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Ghost in Southeast Asian

Ghost is a belief about the ghost that exist in any other environment in all cultures in the world. In Malay society ghost, spirit, goblin or penunggu has existed since the time of animism. At that time all the big things like trees or large stones are considered to be occupied penunggu worked properly maintained so that the genie does not go berserk and dangerous people around. In fact, meal or acak provided by an experienced person who is known as a medicine man to ensure that penunggu also help residents of the outbreak of diseases and pests. This practice still remains among the native people still practice the belief in animism.

With the arrival of Hindu and Buddhist religions, concepts and goblin penunggu transformed into the concept of the gods who live in certain places. To honor the gods, the temples built these places with the purpose of worship for a per. This situation does not change with the arrival of Chinese people who also build a small temple under a tree or a certain place to get help good luck to them.


Islam

Arrival of Islam teaches that there is no haunter and ghost, which is just amazed to see the fine can not be seen with the naked eye. This ghost is known as demons, be occupied by people of different nature. Islam teaches that the ghost or spirit can not be harmful to humans except with the permission of Allah, Islam teaches that only the fear and the slave of Allah alone. Urged to avoid human persuasion and the devil always say 'I seek refuge with Allah from Satan the stoned - Auzubillah himinash syaitanirrajim.

However, the Malay culture is thickened causing some confused the difference between Islam and Malay culture, which encourages them think that cultural practices is the practice of Islam. For example bath Safar was erroneously regarded the practice of Islam, until the scholars come forward and to explain the practice of true Islam, which ultimately led to festival bath Safar repealed.

However, culture is difficult ghost erased from society because of the tendency parents, child-frightening children causing their children genuinely afraid of ghosts and believed that ghosts exist.


The role of mass media

Malay ghost films like 'Pontianak', 'revenge Pontianak', and 'Pontianak Gua Musang "received tremendous response from the audience at that time. As a result of ignorance in religion and people who are not educated at that time, the films that influenced them. This prompted the government to stop making and screening films that may damage the character of a ghost faith. However, ghost stories are written in magazines such as magazines' Mastika 'and' Tok Ngah. Once again that most people consider the current influx of more educated and factors in foreign ghost movies, has urged the government to withdraw the restrictions around the year 2000. Even the hidden nature documentaries like 'Film Moving faerie' and 'Mystery Festival "on channel TV3 also discuss the existence of ghosts.


Why do ghosts

Ghosts exist in the minds of the Malays as a clarification on matters that are not understood or known. For example:

* Why is a sudden pain in the previous case appears healthy after the transfer?
* Why are large trees and inverted rooted that sounds at night?.
* Why is a house abandoned by residents, and new people moving in do not last long. It's the sound of horror.
* Why are the graves as there is a movement and sound at night.
* Why does a person found dead in scattered fragments when unirrigated field. (Due to wild animals?)

Perhaps the Malays want to scare their children do not go out at night or evening hours. Perhaps the ghost stories and tools designed to be entertainment at night.


General features

In general, the Malays believe in ghosts carry out its activities only at night, especially during full moons. 99% Ghost in the Malay community of women or girls like. Ghosts in Malay society is to be feared, not to be approached.

Based on a general (not necessarily exactly true), most of these ghosts red eyes, the mouth red blood effects. Mouth full of sharp teeth bercerancang, red, often after sucking blood.


Types of ghosts

There are various types of ghosts or ghost is being considered. Munsyi Hikayat Abdullah Abdullah has long argued this superstitious Malays. Among the types of ghosts groups are:

1. Pontianak / Pontianak / kuntilanak - women wore white revenge.
2. Polong -
3. Toyol - ghosts of children nude
4. Pelesit - can be maintained
5. Ghost of water - the water
6. Owl city - can be maintained
7. Wrapped ghost - seen spirits packaged in a shroud.
8. Langsuir - women
9. Bota - big ugly creatures emerge from the soil.
10. Bajang - strange creatures
11. Entertainment, Government and Entertainment family.
12. Japanese Ghosts
13. Phantom hill
14. Ghost graves
15. Elves
16. Ghost punjut
17. Jerangkung
18. Sea Owl
19. Ghost giant
20. Jin Land
21. Owl magical
22. Hantu Kum-Kum
23. Ghost Wrap
24. Those oils
25. Gnome
26. Dismantling
27. Pocong
28. Ghost window blinds
29. Ghost teat
30. Ghost nipple
31. Tiger derivative
32. Goblin land
33. Ghost tengelong


Drive away ghosts

At present, most people already think the modern and will receive treatment in a hospital or clinic. But sometimes, the hospital or clinic that does not have any problems found. Usually the family of the patient assumes a sipesakit disturbed, and will turn to the traditional service to try to treat patients.

How to drive the ghost of Medicine is generally divided into two: -

* Through his service to dispel evil demons, usually by way of fall. This way is prohibited by the clergy.
* The rules do not conflict with Islam, there is no specific reading only use natural ingredients.
* In accordance with their respective religious.

Some people think the modern view, it is a vision of placebo effects. As long as they believe they are treated well, they will heal on its own. In other words, this disease is a disorder of the mind (psychology). However, disregard the patient's family what happened. For them, as long as the patient is cured, they will do whatever is needed.



Friends with the genie

Friends with the spirit refers to a binding tie of friendship with the ghost. Friendship is usually not recommended because it can lead a person to be pleasing, but often is done as the desire for certain benefits, such as the ability to treat. Ability to cure a whisper of the spirit that leads to shirk because practitioners have applied to the genie to help him. Friendship with this spirit, also known as a perennial.

They are friends with the genie is necessary to comply with some legislation such as the request is offering, there must be burnt 'kemian' every time, and some impose any conditions unless they do practice Islam faithfully. Jin who impose their friends with them to do practice Islam faithfully commonly known as the spirit of Islam or the Entertainment.


Getting on with the jinn companion

* How old is calling on the shaman or medicine man of a village. Shaman or medicine man usually burned incense, read the Raiders such as Java language, fabric leaves, leaves yellow and some as a National League for Democracy or 'perambas. For more severe cases, the goat will be slaughtered, his blood be acak (serving the ghost) and washed into the rivers. Goat meat is cooked and eaten mass. Now the matter is no longer possible because the matter was known as shirk.
* In Kelantan, Ulik Mayang dance or Run the Princess will be presented. If a person fails to heal in the normal way, a large-scale ritual dance or the Main Puteri Mayang Ulik will be done. Singing the Ulik Mayang dance with the melodious short, dirambas with bunches of small nuts called princess (Entertainment) to come to heal the patient.
* In many places, bomoh can 'menyelap' or 'down' to be speaking a foreign language. For example the Siamese language, Java language, German and English. Listeners will be surprised because of how the spirit can speak a foreign language even though only a few. either correct the tribe's witch doctor who knows not speak English.
* Quality bomoh increase if the origin of the aborigines, the Siamese or Javanese. Knowledge about the Aborigines call dispel ghosts and ghosts are believed to be more effective and feared.
Muslims are obedient nights commonly known as the spirit of Islam or Entertainment.



According to Islamic medicine

* The Malays are quite believe will meet with the pious as' Ustaz ',' Imam ', "continued his',' pak aji 'or religious figures in the village to solve the problem by reading the Qur'an. They are sick usually read certain verses to restore the spirit, and usually washed / air mixtures are asked to shower with lime to refresh the body. Besides water, the reading of the Quran is recited munum to rehabilitate / amplifier spirit of patients. This is similar to modern-minded people to meet with experts think the motivation to alleviate the problems faced.
* For the Malays, ghosts can be driven with the reading of holy verses. Therefore, the Malays to keep the Quran at home. In addition certain verses hung in the walls of their home even if they do not understand what this means. With hope, decorative quran can drive without the good spirit. This is contrary to the true teachings of Islam, because the Quran is to read and not a decoration.