You Know the Ring... Now You Know the Rest...
Each country has their own ghost-tales. Each one of them consist of surprising story beyond human's mind. Asia also has a lot of ghost stories. Most of them are folklore and urban-legends. They are very popular not only in Asia itself, but also all around the world. Here are some of the most popular ghost-legend in Asia. You know some of them from movies and folklore. Now you know them, personally :KUNTILANAK
This entity is very well-known in Asia, especially in Melayu's ethnic. In Malaysia, they called it Pontianak, Matianak, or Buntianak. Meanwhile in Indonesia, people called it as Kuntilanak. Her name itself means "undead women who died during childbirth and seeking revenge". According to the villager's story, long time ago there was a pregnant women who died after been raped by some of village people. Then her body been buried half alive. After raised from the grave, the woman seeked for revenge and killed everybody who raped her. Not only the rapers, she also aimed her terror to every man who like to cheats woman.
Kuntilanak often appears as a beautiful and seductive woman, usually accompanied by the strong scent of jasmine or frangipani. She wore white long robe. Sometimes she is sliding on the ground, and sometimes flying from tree to tree. People believes Kuntilanak stayed in banana trees.
Some people believe can kill Kuntilanak by plunge a hole at the Kuntilanak's back or the apex of the head. When the nail is plunged, she will turn into a beautiful woman, and will turn back as her true form after the nail is pulled off.
If you want to know more about this entity, perhaps you can see the movie called Dead End (2003). Directed by Jean-Baptiste Andrea and played by Ray Wise, Mick Cain, and Alexandra Holden. This movie adapted the description of Kuntilanak perfectly.....
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