Pontianak the Female Ghost
In ' cherita hutus' ghost stories, the Pontianak is the most feared. In Kampongs, it is said that the Pontianak is a female ghost. A woman who dies during child birth and not given a ritual burial will turn into a Pontianak in 7 days. She will roam the dark nights looking for young men out late having a good time. She is said to be a very beautiful woman with long black hair. Before she is seen, there is that high pitch blood chilling laugh.
There are stories of men keeping this ghost. This is done by putting a nail in her skull before the 7 days when she turns into a Pontianak.
With the nail in her head, she will remain a beautiful woman, once the nail is removed, she turns into this terrifying blood sucking ghost.
THE SATAY MAN AND THE PONTIANAK.
Halim, is a satay man living in a Malaysian Kampong, he makes a living selling satays at night. Every evening he has to walk through a rubber estate to reach a row of shops to sell his satays.
One evening with lightning, thunder and rain he made his way out to the estate. Half way through in the fading light he saw a lady in white under a rubber tree. Getting closer, he saw she had blood on her clothes and was shivering in the cold.
Being kind hearted, he asked her, what was bothering her but she didn’t say anything but just cried. Halim took her home to his house and took care of her for months. He named her Saloma.
He noticed that she was always singing lullabies and combing her long hair. She never went out of the house during the day. She only went out after twilight.
Halim soon fell in love with her and married her. Saloma had a daughter and they were a happy family. One night rumors went around that the kampong had a Pontianak. [a female ghost]
People soon stayed indoors and business was bad for Halim. He noticed that on moonless nights he would hear that high pitch laugh of the crows but people said that was the laugh of the Pontianak.
One night a group of villagers came to Halim’s house and demanded to take Saloma away, shouting that she was the Pontianak.
Halim, frighten of what they would do to his family closed the door and windows. From the crowd, shouts were telling him to find out if she was one. They shouted, ‘ search her hair, see if she has a nail on top of her scalp, pull it out and she’ll turn into a Pontianak’.
Halim was so terrified; he was shaking and could not do anything. His 5 years old daughter said, ‘ I comb her hair every night, I’ll search her hair’.
Before Halim could say anything, his daughter pulled out a nail and Saloma flew out the window with the blood chilling laugh.
Copyright (c) 2005 May Fam
There are stories of men keeping this ghost. This is done by putting a nail in her skull before the 7 days when she turns into a Pontianak.
With the nail in her head, she will remain a beautiful woman, once the nail is removed, she turns into this terrifying blood sucking ghost.
THE SATAY MAN AND THE PONTIANAK.
Halim, is a satay man living in a Malaysian Kampong, he makes a living selling satays at night. Every evening he has to walk through a rubber estate to reach a row of shops to sell his satays.
One evening with lightning, thunder and rain he made his way out to the estate. Half way through in the fading light he saw a lady in white under a rubber tree. Getting closer, he saw she had blood on her clothes and was shivering in the cold.
Being kind hearted, he asked her, what was bothering her but she didn’t say anything but just cried. Halim took her home to his house and took care of her for months. He named her Saloma.
He noticed that she was always singing lullabies and combing her long hair. She never went out of the house during the day. She only went out after twilight.
Halim soon fell in love with her and married her. Saloma had a daughter and they were a happy family. One night rumors went around that the kampong had a Pontianak. [a female ghost]
People soon stayed indoors and business was bad for Halim. He noticed that on moonless nights he would hear that high pitch laugh of the crows but people said that was the laugh of the Pontianak.
One night a group of villagers came to Halim’s house and demanded to take Saloma away, shouting that she was the Pontianak.
Halim, frighten of what they would do to his family closed the door and windows. From the crowd, shouts were telling him to find out if she was one. They shouted, ‘ search her hair, see if she has a nail on top of her scalp, pull it out and she’ll turn into a Pontianak’.
Halim was so terrified; he was shaking and could not do anything. His 5 years old daughter said, ‘ I comb her hair every night, I’ll search her hair’.
Before Halim could say anything, his daughter pulled out a nail and Saloma flew out the window with the blood chilling laugh.
Copyright (c) 2005 May Fam
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