The video recording doesn't show any figures or apparitions, but you can hear the laugh of a girl breaking the quiet of the night. The recording was made at 1.48am at an old abandoned Chinese cemetery ...

These lines from the West Kalimantan folk song Aek Kapuas (aek means ‘water’ in the local Malay dialect) softly played in the writer’s mind upon setting foot in Pontianak - a city offering more than ...

There's no doubting the amount of love that Singapore and Malaysia have for the pontianak. Pontianak films in the region have a long history – and now, Singaporean and Malaysian co-directors Glen Goei ...

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Legend has it that Pontianaks were women who died while giving birth and their restive spirits are entombed in banana trees. In the 1950s-60s, the Pontianak was the subject of a series of movies ...

The pontianak, or kuntilanak, has long been a staple of Malay horror. The pontianak, or kuntilanak, has long been a staple of Malay horror. In addition to serving as an allegory for the tension ...

Sun, January 22, 2012 Published on Jan. 22, 2012 Published on 2012-01-22T07:00:00+07:00 ontianak lies on the banks of Indonesia’s longest river, the Kapuas, which rises about 1,140 kilometers upstream ...

A street performer dressed up as a traditional Indonesian ghost popularly known as "kuntilanak", waits for tourists to pose for a photo with him for a small tip in ...

ei Tak Disangke Tak Disangke Dolok (Dulu) Utan (Hutan) Menjadi Kote (Kota) Ramai Pendudoknye Pontianak Name Kotenye (Kotanya)…” These lines from the West Kalimantan folk song Aek Kapuas (aek means ...