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Haunted Care Home

Real Ghost Stories

Haunted Care Home

My mother works at this care home until present day. Three years ago my mother got me a job at this care home as I was only 18 and looking for a job. Only problem, it was working nights. There were 5 residents at the time I worked there. When I first stepped foot in the the building I sensed a very weird atmosphere. I had heard a lot of stories but I didn't believe any of it such as doors banging, door handles rattling, the usual etc.
A few months into the job I experienced a loud groan. Assuming it was one of the residents, I went down the corridors to check, but all were sound asleep. So I thought one of them must have been dreaming. As I walked back up the corridor, I had a strange feeling someone was standing behind me down the corridor. The hairs on the back of my neck stood up. I turned around and nothing was there.
I remember cooking myself something to eat in the kitchen and I heard a knock on the window, as if someone was outside. No one can get outside, only if you unlock the doors. But all the doors were locked for safety reasons as the residents have learning disabilities; therefore, we have to help them to do things on their behalf. Also, no one can get out the fire exits as they are fitted with an alarm when opened.
A few more months down the line it was the Christmas holiday. Me and my work colleague decided to have a snack. As I was sitting down in the lounge, my colleague stood in the doorway and gasped. As we both looked behind him, we saw a grey figure walk past him down the corridor. But the strangest thing about it was that it had its own shadow?!
The following night after me and my colleague ran down the corridor as we thought we heard one of the residents trying to get out of the room as the door handle was SHAKING we bravely opened the door to our shock the resident was fast asleep.
To this day a loud groan which sounds like a old woman can still be heard even when the residents are out for the day, faces can be seen in the top corners of the room from time to time. Before it turned into a care home an old man lived in the home with his dog and he always played the piano, When it turned into a care home the piano the old man had was still in the home but when night staff were complaining about the piano playing on its own they had to take the piano away.
One night I had the chance to work with the manager and she told me stories what happened when she first started such as one of the residents had a friend he always smiled at, but when this friend passed away he never smiled, but a week after he passed the resident would always look up at the ceiling and smile they thought nothing of it but when they took the resident to the toilet they heard him say LEAVE ME ALONE this resident cannot speak to anyone as he has severe learning disabilities.
They used to have baby monitors in each room but they kept getting interference on the other end. This I can understand how it is explainable. It is just getting someone else's radio waves.
One resident will look down the corridor and just run into another room as if something had startled her. Another goes into the dining room and says "doggy." This is reference to the man and the piano.
Staff members have spotted people standing outside in the garden and this garden is absolutely pitch black at night. It's impossible to see and really gives you the creeps. I always had to shut the blinds in the kitchen and in the lounge as I felt like someone was going to be looking through. My own mother has stood in the kitchen loading the dishwasher and when she looked behind her, a woman in white with long dark hair had stood right behind her. My mother screamed and her colleague had to send her home as she was really shaken.
When my manager told me these ghostly going-ons, she fetched something out of the office to show and what she showed me was the deeds to the building and what it was built on top of. Yes, that's right. The building was built on top of an old hospital built for women back in the day when they had lost their children or had children out of wedlock believing they were all mental.

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hantu penunggu rumah

Hantu penunggu rumah

Kisah ini berlaku beberapa tahun lalu. Kita sebut sahaja orang yang terbabit dengan kisah ini sebagai Zaidi. Pada bulan april 1990an, Zaidi telah membeli sebuah rumah dipekan kecil disebuah bandar utara tanahair. Rumah tersebut asalnya dimiliki oleh seorang ahli perniagaan di ibu kota. Namun rumah itu tidak digunakan oleh ahli perniagaan itu sebagai tempat tinggal sebaliknya hanya dijadikan rumah persinggahan. Pada pertengahan April tahun tersebut, Zaidi dan isteri serta seorang anak lelakinya yang baru berusia empat tahun mulai menempati rumah yang debeli dengan harga murah ini. Setelah rumah bersih dan dan suasana selesa, Zaidi mula mengangkut semua perabot dan barang barang lain ke rumah barunya. Sibuklah suami isteri itu mengatur letak segala perabot. Agaknya kerana terlalu letih, pasangan suami isteri ini tertidur pulas pada malamnya. Ketika sedang nyenyak tidur, sekitar pukul 12 tengah malam, tiba tiba Zaidi terbangun. Dia berasa seolah olah dikejutkan oleh satu suara aneh. Selain itu di luar rumah Zaidi seperti mendengar suara riuh orang ramai. "surara apakah yang aneh itu?" bisik Zaidi dalam hati. Kerana rasa ingin tahu, perlahan lahan Zaidi bangun dari katil dan mengendap dicelah celah pintu di ruang tamu. Zaidi melangkah ke tengah rumah untuk mencari dari mana datangnya suara suara aneh itu. Semakin lama, suara itu kedengaran semakin jelas. Akhirnya Zaidi mula menagkap bahawa suara tersebut datangnya dari depan rumah. Dalam keadaan tidak tentu arah itu, Zaini memberanikan diri mengintai keluar. Bulu tengkuknya meremang apabila dari pagar, dia terdengar suara mengekek seolah olah seseorang sedang ketawa. Zaidi membuka pintu dan lampu luar yang hanya berkuasa 40 watt itu, maka tubuh Zaidi yang tegap tiba tiba menggeleter. Pcat lesi mukanya. Keberanian yang tiba tiba muncul itu, tiba tiba lenyap apabila didepan matanya , Zaidi melihat lebih dari lima hantu pocong sedang berkeliaran disekitar laman rumah. Hantu hantu pocong itu memukul mukul pintu pagar sambil ketawa terkekeh. Kesemuanya berbalut dengan kain kafan. ada kain kafan yang masih putih bersih dan ada jugak yang sudah comot seperti dilumuri tanah liat. Dari celah celah kain kafan itu, Zaidi dapat melihat dengan jelas, wajah wajah yang hodoh. Wajah wajah itu amat menyeramkan. Agaknya kerana tersangat takut, Zaidi tidak sedar berlari masuk kedalam bilik dan terus memeluk anak dan mengejutkan isterinya yang sedang nyenyak tidur. Ketika itu Zaidi tidak peduli apakah perbuatannya boleh menyebabkan isterinya jugaakan dilanda rasa takut. Dalam keadaan terpinga pinga, Masliah isteri Zaidi terbangun. Sambil mengisok mata dia bertanya kenapa Zidi memebangunkannya di tengah malam. "Mas dengar tak bunyi menyeramkan diluar sana tu..."Masliah yang seperti sedang bermimpikerana dikejutkansecara mendadak itu, cuba memasang telinga. Puas dia mendengar tetapi tidak ada apa yang aneh dipendengarannya. Di luar hanya senyap sunyi. "Saya tidak dengar apa apa, agaknya abang bermimpi ni," ujarnya dan mahu merebahkan kembali tubuhnya ketilam empuk mereka. KErana tidak puas hati dengan penjelasan dan tindakan isterinya itu, Zaidi menarik Masliah semula agar isterinya tidak tidur kembali. Dia menceritakan apa yang didengar dan dilihatnya. Dia jugak menceritakan bahawa dia melihat dengan jelas hantu pocong berkeliaran di laman rumah mereka. Tertarik dengan cerita suaminya itu, Masliah penasaran ingin mengetahui, adakah benar benar apa yang diceritakan oleh suaminya itu benar benar wujud. Dengan itu dia dan Zaidi perlahan lahan melangkah ke luar bilik dan menuju kepintu ruang utama. Disebalik tingkap nako, mereka menybak langsir untuk melihat hantu pocong yang sedang berpesta itu. Sebenarnya Zaidi sendiri hairan kenapa selepas dia mengejutkan Masliah, pocong pocong itu tidal lagi mengeluarkan suara kekekan yang menyeramkan. Bagaimanapun diam diam dia berdoa agar hantu itu masih ada di laman rumahnya untuk membuktikan kepada isterinya bahawa dia tidak cakap kosong dan tidak dianggap sedang bermimpi. Dengan hati hati suami isteri itu melihat keluar. Dan Zaidi dapat melihat dengan jelas sekumpulan makhluk berpakaian putih itu sedang berlonggok didepan rumah. Mereka seolah olah sedang mengadakan mesyuarat. "Tengok tu, pocong pocong itu sedang berlonggok. Patutlah mereka tak mengilai lagi."ujar Zaidi memeberitahu Masliah isterinya. Masliah tercari cari dimana hantu hantu sedang berlonggok seperti dikatakan suaminya kerana dia langsung tidak melihat sebarang makhluk atau manusia berlegar di laman rumah. "Mana bang, saya tak nampak apa apa pun," ujar Masliah bertanya kembali kepada Zaidi. Pertanyaan Masliah membuat Zaidi berkerut wajah. Dia memandang tepat kewajah isterinya. "Tak kan awak tak nampak. Hah tengok tu, mereka dah mula bersurai dan duduk diatas kerusi kita. Mereka menangguk angguk pada kita." Apa yang diberitahu Zaidi itu semakin membuat Masliah terkedu. Apa kena dengan suaminya. adakah suaminya itu sedang bermimpi atau sedang dirasuk sesuatu yang aneh. Tiba tiba Zaidi menutup telinganya kerana terlalu bingit denga hilaian pocong pocong tersebut. Melihat telatah suaminya itu, Masliah memimpin Zaidi kembali kebilik tidur mereka. Tetapi Zaidi masih lagi menutup telinganya. Katanya dia tidah tahan mendengar bunyi kekehan hantu hantu itu. Masliah mengambil surah yasin dan memberikan kepada Zaidi untuk dibaca. Setelah berkali kali Zaidi membaca surah itu, baru dia nampak tenang dan boleh tidur seperti biasa. Esoknya apabila terbangun, Zaidi terus teringatkan apa yang berlaku malam itu. Masliah yang baru selasai solat subuh meminta Zaidi segera berwuduk dan bersolat. Pagi itu selepas bersarapan, Zaidi pergi ke laman rumah. Dia melihat disekitar dan matanya ternampak tanah tanah yang seolah olah berselerak seperti bercangkul. Dia memanggil beberapa orang alim ulama untuk 'membersihkan' rumah dan kawasan rumah tersebut dari gangguan ayaitan. Dari penduduk sekitar dia mendapat tahu bahawa kawasan rumahnya adalah tempat mayat mayat mangsa tahanan tentera jepun ditanam. Patutlah tuan asal rumah menjual rumah yang comel dan cantik ini dengan hargayang murah. Selepas 'dibesihkan' Zaidi memamng berasa aman.

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Kuntilanak Kesurupan

Kuntilanak Kesurupan

 
Kuntilanak Kesurupan

poster film
SutradaraNayato Fio Nuala
ProduserGope T. Samtani
PemeranGuntur Triyoga
Fero Walandouw
Irish Bella
Reymond Knuliq
Yessa Lona
Sazha Clarissa
Aziz Gagap
Violenzia Jeanette
Evhi Yuliani
Julia Perez
DistributorRapi Films
Tanggal rilis14 April 2011
NegaraIndonesia
Kuntilanak Kesurupan adalah film horor/komedi Indonesia yang dirilis pada 14 April 2011 dengan disutradarai oleh Nayato Fio Nuala yang dibintangi oleh Guntur Triyoga dan Fero Walandouw.

 Sinopsis

Wesley Jabrik, Kevin dan Momon Nganga adalah sahabat karib. Suatu saat Wesley ditugaskan untuk membuat novel horor. Tapi ia mengalami kesulitan. Teman karibnya Momon Nganga menawarkan Wesley untuk menulis biografi seorang artis tenar bernama Indra Devian dengan bayaran yang cukup tinggi. Karena tergiur ia pun mau dan novel horor itupun ia tunda.
Dan sejak mulai mengerjakan biografi Indra Devian, peristiwa-peristiwa aneh dan gaib pun datang silih berganti. Adalah sosok kuntilanak yang senantiasa mengganggu Wesley.
Kuntilanak semakin gencar menampakkan diri. Pertanyaan Wesley makin menumpuk lantaran teman-teman yang lainnya Dylla dan Gizka mendapat gangguan dari kuntilanak. Adiknya Alice dan pembantunya, Maya Olong pun kena.[1]

 

1973 Bixton, Italy




1973 Bixton, Italy




These ghost photos were sent by IGHS member, Dave Weaver of davejoman@webtv.net.
Dave said, "Claudia was showing me one of her photo albums from her homeland and I came across these two. Unique I say. What do you think. These are from my video stills of the album but they aren't bad. I'm sure they cam be scanned if you'd wish. Claudia said feel free to post them if you wish and feel them worthy. Both pics were taken in Brixen, Italy in 1973. Claudia's homeland in the Alps."

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misteri makam NIKE ARDILA 1

Leyak



A statue of Rangda, the queen of Leyak
 
In the folklore of Bali, the Leyak (in Indonesian, people called it 'Leak' (le-ak)—the Y is not written or spoken) is a mythological figure in the form of flying head with entrails (heart, lung, liver, etc.) still attached. Leyak is said to fly trying to find a pregnant woman in order to suck her baby's blood or a newborn child. There are three legendary Leyak, two females and one male.

Description

Leyaks are humans who are practicing black magic and have cannibalistic behavior. Their mistress is the "queen of Leyak", a widow-witch named Rangda, who plays a prominent role in public rituals.[1] Her mask is kept in the village death temple and during her temple festivals, she is paraded. Besides leyaks, demons are said to be the followers of Rangda.
Leyak are said to haunt graveyards, feed on corpses, have power to change themselves into animals, such as pigs, and fly. In normal Leyak form, they are said to have an unusually long tongue and large fangs. In daylight they appear as an ordinary human, but at night their head and entrails break loose from their body and fly. Leyak statues (a head with a very long tongue and sharp fangs) are sometimes hung on a wall for house decoration.
In practice, Balinese people sometimes attribute certain illness or deaths to leyaks.A balian(Balinese traditional healer) will conduct a seance to identify with witchcraft who is responsible for the death. During the seance, the spirit of the dead will directly or indirectly point to his/her attacker. However, vengeance by the victim's relatives or family is usually counseled against, and people are advised to leave any action to the spirits themselves. Hence, the suspicions and fears of the family and relatives are confirmed, but revenge upon the witch is discouraged by the healers


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  • Yet Another Haunted House?

    Real Ghost Stories

    Yet Another Haunted House?

    Some time ago my family and I moved to another house again - the third one now within two years. As I told in some other stories of mine, in each of my previous two houses we more or less had some issues with spirits and also now the "spook" doesn't seem to be all over.
    The whole moving process started quite funny actually; on the second day already after moving in some of our neighbours told us that this house was allegedly "known to be haunted" - they talked about hearing young children crying inside while the house was vacant and nobody was living there.
    Oh gosh - but I didn't take this too serious at all since most neighbours here are very superstitious, so I told them (and myself) "ah come on, stop it already..."
    In fact, I consciously and willingly closed my eyes regarding anything paranormal because I just didn't/don't accept it bothering our life and peace in any way.
    Having that said, we spent our first few nights in the nice new house.
    And my first few nights there were kind of remarkable for me; I had very vivid nightmares about very horrible and partially even gory things!
    But they were not really nightmares as in "having a scary nightmare", I mean I have never been waking up in fear or been afraid of something during those dreams.
    Furthermore, the plot of the dreams was something that had never come to my mind before, but it repeated every single night in a slight variation;
    It was always about a middle-aged dead couple lying in two separate beds in a room of my house (no idea which one) who were "forgotten" in some way and even looked already decomposing (!).
    Not sure to explain it right, but in the dreams my questions to them always were "why are you still here?!" and "how can I help you?"...
    They did answer me but I really cannot remember what exactly they said.
    I only remember that I always felt very great pity for them but no fear whatsoever (even though their image was very ugly) - and after waking up in the morning I've always been very confused!
    All this stopped after the first 4-6 days and I thought to myself that it must have been because of the new surrounding plus those "haunted-house" talks of my neighbours that just let my mind play.
    I never told my family about it because I knew my wife would be too scared and same like me she was so happy about the new big house - I didn't want to ruin that happiness.
    Some weeks passed by before a friend of mine (a local) came to visit me for his first time in my new home. Oddly, the first thing he asked was "ah, so you're living in the haunted house now, how is it going?!" - I laughed because I thought he was joking with me, but then he explained that it really is some kind of "neighbourhood legend" here that this particular house must be haunted or something.
    Interesting!
    After his visit my "I block everything out"-attitude was way not that strong any more, which means the following days I couldn't help but keep on thinking and researching about what might have happened in this house before.
    My initial researches didn't bring up any useful information at all, so I just started "listening" (with my mind) when I was all alone in that big new 3-storey house. And I swear to you, only less than one day after I finally started opening my mind, the first distinct happenings started to occur;
    I started to frequently hear tiny footsteps of wet children-feet in the afternoon, running across the tiled kitchen/living room floor.
    They sound the same way like my own small children running across the floor after leaving the swimming pool or the shower or something.
    At some spots in the house (especially in my office) I sometimes feel like being watched - but not in an inconvenient way at all, it's more like a curious/nosy watching like "hmmm what is he doing there?!" or something.
    In this context I'd like to add that what is now my office must once have been a small girl's bedroom, because when moving in I found a couple of Barbie-stickers and children's paintings/writings in pink and blue colour on the walls.
    Outside we have a small balcony that has stairs going down (to the garage) and up (to the rooftop) and I have to say this is the least enjoyable place for me when it comes to "sensing" or "listening to" spirits of some kind (if there are any).
    Out there, especially on the stairway that leads to the rooftop, I sometimes smell a very very disgusting scent - like a mixture of urine, sour lemon juice or rotten beef or something like that.
    Sometimes it's really so intrinsic that I feel like throwing up!
    I blamed it on the dog in the first place because sometimes she wee-wees under the stairs if she cannot go out, but even if she's going out regularly the smell will come back from time to time and I'm not the only one to smell it.
    Speaking of the rooftop; we have a gigantic beautiful 100 square-meters wide rooftop on the third floor of our house - I love the place for relaxing and sunbathing or for inviting friends to bbq and so on, but:
    If it's night time already and if I'm standing at the stairway going up, sometimes (only sometimes) I have no chance to move my body even one step ahead to go up there!
    It feels like there is something up there that says "don't you dare to come up here now!" or something similar - it's really weird!
    Usually I am not that kind of coward and sometimes I just ignore it and I go up anyway to do my business there (mostly getting or bringing some stuff) - but sometimes even if I turned on all the lights up there and everything I'm having that very deep eerie feeling telling me that I want to go back downstairs immediately - it feels like I'm "disturbing somebody" there and that I "must not participate".
    As I said before, all this started only when I eventually "opened" my mind (again).
    I don't really feel threatened by all that since this is MY house and I am living here now (I am a very self-conscious person).
    I've made up my own mind already, but I'd really like to hear your opinions and advice about what you think this might be and what I should/could do about it.
    P.S.: I know about Rook's cleansing ritual of course, but I didn't use it (yet) because I don't really feel threatened until now - just a little uneasy.


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    Ghost Festival

    Ghost Festival

    Ghost Festival
    Ghost Festival
    An array of foods being offered to the deceased at a Buddhist temple
    Official nameBuddhism:
    Ullambana
    (TC: 盂蘭盆, SC: 盂兰盆 Yúlánpén)

    Taoism and Folk Belief:
    Zhōngyuán Jié
    (TC: 中元節, SC: 中元节)
    Also calledGhost Month
    Observed byBuddhists, Taoists, Chinese folk religion believers
    SignificanceThe opening of the gates of Hell, permitting all ghosts to receive food and drink
    Date14th night of the 7th lunar month
    2011 dateAugust 14
    2012 dateAugust 31
    ObservancesAncestor worship, offering food (to monks as well as deceased), burning joss paper, chanting of scriptures
    Related toObon
    Ghost Festival
    Chinese name
    Traditional Chinese盂蘭盆
    Simplified Chinese盂兰盆
    Alternative Chinese name
    Chinese鬼節
    Korean name
    Hangul백중 or 망혼일 or 중원
    Hanja百中/百種 or 亡魂日 or 中元
    The Ghost Festival, also known as the Hungry Ghost Festival, or Yu Lan is a traditional Chinese festival and holiday celebrated by Chinese in many countries. In the Chinese calendar (a lunisolar calendar), the Ghost Festival is on the 15th night of the seventh lunar month (14th in southern China).
    In Chinese tradition, the fifteenth day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar is called Ghost Day and the seventh month in general is regarded as the Ghost Month (鬼月), in which ghosts and spirits, including those of the deceased ancestors, come out from the lower realm. Distinct from both the Qingming Festival (in Spring) and Chung Yeung Festival (in Autumn) in which living descendants pay homage to their deceased ancestors, on Ghost Day, the deceased are believed to visit the living.
    On the fifteenth day the realms of Heaven and Hell and the realm of the living are open and both Taoists and Buddhists would perform rituals to transmute and absolve the sufferings of the deceased. Intrinsic to the Ghost Month is ancestor worship, where traditionally the filial piety of descendants extends to their ancestors even after their deaths. Activities during the month would include preparing ritualistic food offerings, burning incense, and burning joss paper, a papier-mâché form of material items such as clothes, gold and other fine goods for the visiting spirits of the ancestors. Elaborate meals (often vegetarian meals) would be served with empty seats for each of the deceased in the family treating the deceased as if they are still living. Ancestor worship is what distinguishes Qingming Festival from Ghost Festival because the latter includes paying respects to all deceased, including the same and younger generations, while the former only includes older generations. Other festivities may include, buying and releasing miniature paper boats and lanterns on water, which signifies giving directions to the lost ghosts and spirits of the ancestors and other deities.

     

     Origins

    Buddhists from China and Taoists claim that the Ghost Festival originated with the canonical scriptures of Buddhism, but many of the visible aspects of the ceremonies originate from Chinese folk religion, and other local folk traditions (see Stephen Teiser's 1988 book, The Ghost Festival in Medieval China). This process of syncretism is not limited to China: the ghost festival has parallels in Theravada Buddhism, such as the Cambodian Pchum Ben festival, reflecting the same assumptions about an annual opening of the gates of hell, and with the same (ultimately canonical) role of King Yama. In Tang Dynasty China, the Buddhist festival Ullambana (see below) and the Ghost Festival were mixed and celebrated together.

     Ullambana origin

     The Buddha's joyful day

    To Mahayana Buddhists, the seventh lunar month is a month of joy. This is because the fifteenth day of the seventh month is often known as the Buddha's joyful day and the day of rejoice for monks. The origins of the Buddha's joyful day can be found in various scriptures. When the Buddha was alive, his disciples meditated in the forests of India during the rainy season of summer. Three months later, on the fifteen day of the seventh month, they would emerge from the forests to celebrate the completion of their meditation and report their progress to the Buddha. In the Ullambana Sutra, the Buddha instructs his disciple Maudgalyāyana on how to obtain liberation for his mother, who had been reborn into a lower realm, by making food offerings to the sangha on the fifteenth day of the seventh month. Because the number of monks who attained enlightenment during that period was high, the Buddha was very pleased.

     The arhat Maudgalyāyana and his mother


    Food is offered to the ancestors during the annual Ghost Festival
    The Buddhist origins of the festival can be traced back to a story that originally came from India, but later took on culturally Chinese overtones. In the Ullambana Sutra, there is a descriptive account of a Buddhist monk named Maudgalyāyana, originally a Brahmin youth who later ordained, and later becoming one of the Buddha's chief disciples. Mahāmaudgalyāyana was also known for having clairvoyant powers, an uncommon trait amongst monks.
    After he attained arhatship, he began to think deeply of his parents, and wondered what happened to them. He used his clairvoyance to see where they were reborn and found his father in the heavenly realms i.e. the realm of the gods. However, his mother had been reborn in a lower realm, known as the Realm of Hungry Ghosts. His mother took on the form of a hungry ghost (preta) – so called because it could not eat due to its highly thin and fragile throat in which no food could pass through, yet it was always hungry because it had a fat belly. His mother had been greedy with the money he left her. He had instructed her to kindly host any Buddhist monks that ever came her way, but instead she withheld her kindness and her money. It was for this reason she was reborn in the realm of hungry ghosts.
    Maudgalyāyana eased his mother's suffering by receiving the instructions of feeding pretas from the Buddha. The Buddha instructed Maudgalyāyana to place pieces of food on a clean plate, reciting a mantra seven times to bless the food, snap his fingers to call out to the deceased and finally tip the food onto clean ground. By doing so, the preta's hunger would be relieved. Through these merits, his mother was able to be reborn as a dog under the care of a noble family.
    Maudgalyāyana then sought the Buddha's advice to help his mother gain a human birth. The Buddha established a day after the traditional summer retreat (the 14th day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar, usually mid-to-late August) on which Maudgalyāyana was to offer food and robes to five hundred bhikkhus. Through the merits created, Maudgalyāyana's mother finally gained a human birth.
    Due to Confucian influence, the offering became directed towards ancestors rather than the Sangha and ancestor worship has replaced the ritual of relieving the hunger of pretas. However, most Buddhist temples still continue the ancient practice of donating to the Sangha as well as to perform rituals for the hungry ghosts.

     Religious festivities


    A young girl performing during Ghost Festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The red seats in front are reserved for ghosts.

    Chinese lotus lanterns floating in a river.
    The Ghost Festival is celebrated during the seventh month of the Chinese calendar. It also falls at the same time as a full moon, the new season, the fall harvest, the peak of Buddhist monastic asceticism, the rebirth of ancestors, and the assembly of the local community.[1] During this month, the gates of hell are opened up and ghosts are free to roam the earth where they seek food and entertainment. These ghosts are believed to be ancestors of those who forgot to pay tribute to them after they died, or those who were never given a proper ritual send-off. They have long needle-thin necks because they have not been fed by their family, or as a punishment so that they are unable to swallow. Family members offer prayers to their deceased relatives, offer food and drink and burn hell bank notes and other forms of joss paper. Joss paper items are believed to have value in the afterlife,considered to be very similar in some aspects to the material world, People burn paper houses, cars, servants and televisions to please the ghosts.[2] Families also pay tribute to other unknown wandering ghosts so that these homeless souls do not intrude on their lives and bring misfortune. A large feast is held for the ghosts on the fourteenth day of the seventh month, when people brings samples of food and places them on an offering table to please the ghosts and ward off bad luck.
    In some East Asian countries today, live performances are held and everyone is invited to attend. The first row of seats are always empty as this is where the ghosts sit. The shows are always put on at night and at high volumes as the sound is believed to attract and please the ghosts. Some shows include Chinese opera, dramas, and in some areas, even burlesque shows.[3] These acts are better known as "Merry-making".[4]
    For rituals, Buddhists and Taoists hold ceremonies to relieve ghosts from suffering, many of them holding ceremonies in the afternoon or at night (as it is believed that the ghosts are released from hell when the sun sets). Altars are built for the deceased and priests and monks alike perform rituals for the benefit of ghosts. Monks and priests often throw rice or other small foods into the air in all directions to distribute them to the ghosts.[4]
    During the evening, incense is burnt in front of the doors households. Incense stands for prosperity in Chinese culture, so families believe that there is more prosperity in burning more incense.[4] During the festival, some shops are closed as they want to leave the streets open for the ghosts. In the middle of each street stands an altar of incense with fresh fruit and sacrifices displayed on it.[4]
    Fourteen days after the festival, to make sure all the hungry ghosts find their way back to hell, people float water lanterns and set them outside their houses. These lanterns are made by setting a lotus flower-shaped lantern on a paper boat. The lanterns are used to direct the ghosts back to the underworld, and when they go out, it symbolizes that they have found their way back.[4]

     Singapore and Malaysia


    A temporary stage of Ghost Festival in Kuala Lumpur.
    Concert-like performances are a prominent feature of the Ghost Festival in Singapore and Malaysia. Those live shows are popularly known as 'Koh-tai' by Hokkien-speaking people. They are performed by groups of singers, dancers and entertainers on a temporary stage that is set up within a residential district. The festival is funded by the residents of each individual district.

     Taiwan: Ghost Month

    Traditionally, it is believed that ghosts haunt the island of Taiwan for the entire seventh lunar month, when the mid-summer Ghost Festival is held.[5] The month is known as Ghost Month.[6] The first day of the month is marked by opening the gate of a temple, symbolizing the gates of hell. On the twelfth day, lamps on the main altar are lit. On the thirteenth day, a procession of lanterns is held. On the fourteenth day, a parade is held for releasing water lanterns. Incense and food are offered to the spirits to avoid them visiting homes and spirit paper money is also burnt as an offering.[7] It is important that addresses are not revealed to the ghosts.

     Japan: Chūgen

    Chūgen (中元), also Ochūgen (お中元), is an annual event in Japan on July 15, when people give gifts to their superiors and acquaintances. One of the three days that form the sangen (三元?) of Daoism, it is sometimes considered a Zassetsu in the Japanese calendar. Originally it was an annual event for giving gifts to the ancestral spirits.

     O-bon


    Illuminated by the Albuquerque Bridge, Japanese volunteers place candle lit lanterns into the Sasebo River during the Obon festival.
    O-bon, or simply Bon, is the Japanese version of the Ghost Festival. It has since been transformed over time into a family reunion holiday during which people from the big cities return to their home towns and visit and clean their ancestors' graves.
    Traditionally including a dance festival, it has existed in Japan for more than 500 years. It is held from of July 13 to 16, ("Welcoming Obon" and "Farewell Obon" respectively) in the eastern part of Japan (Kantō), and in August in the western part (Kansai).

     Vietnam: Tết Trung Nguyên

    This festival is viewed as the time for the pardoning of condemned souls who are then released from hell. The "homeless" should be "fed" and appeased with offerings of food. Merits for the living are also earned by the release of birds and fish.
    Influenced by Buddhism, this holiday coincides with Vu Lan,the Vietnamese transliteration for Ullambana.
    In modern times, Vu Lan is also seen as Mother's Day. People with living mothers would give thanks while those without would attend services to pray for the deceased.



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    Rumah seram seksyen 2 shah alam

    Rumah seram seksyen 2 shah alam



    9 tahun lepas aku dpt smbung bljar kt uitm shah alam. So,perkara pertama yg kna fikir ialah ak nk duk mn sbb ak xdpt hostel. Oleh sbb kerajinan & keperihatinan yg ada kt aku n kwn2,maka dpt le ak ngn kwn2 ak umah sewa.....dekat2 area seksyen 2. Berhampiran ngan wet world [kalo korang tau la].

    Uma tu bunglow 2 tingkat ngan 4 bilik. 3 bilik kt atas n 1 bilik kt bwh. Kitorg semua berlapan,kiranya 2 org utk 1 blk la. Aku ringkaskan je la,kitorg msuk uma tu ngan perasaan berbelah bahagi. best, suke, pelik, rimas, takut semua ada.

    Pertama,tuan umah hanya amik rm50 je sbg deposit n sewa prtama hanya byr bile msuk bln kedua kami duduk uma tu. Kiranya bln prtama ni free la....[?]
    Kedua,tuan umah x bg kitorg bwk brg bnyk2 sbb nnt pnat nk angkat blk katanya...
    Ketiga,pokok ara tepi umah tu bsr sgt smpai dahan dia bleh msuk kt tingkap blk atas.

    Mlm pertama duk uma tu kitorg xtido sbb sibuk punggah n kemas brg+lyan dvd korea. Citer seramnya start ms hari kedua. xpayah nk tunggu mlm,siang2 pon kitorg da kna kacau. Azmi "dagu" org first kena.

    Ms tu br kol 10.30pg [anggaran ak la], si Azmi ni bgun nk memerut. So dia g la toilet bwh tu tp dlm toilet ada org [sbb pintu tutup]. Toilet atas plak rosak, tuan umah kta nnt dia btulkan. Tunggu punye tunggu, xkuar-kuar org dlm tandas ni. Jd Azmi ni memekik la soh cpt sket kuar sbb dia xtahan. Akibat jeritan c azmi ni, abis satu umah bgun gi tengok peehal. Yg peliknya, kitorg berlapan smua ada, abih tu sape yg kt dlm tandas ni? Pintu toilet lak berkunci siap ada bunyi org flush jamban lg.... Dlm reramai ni,Lan sorg je yg berani sket [mgkin psl dia ni keturunan bugis kot], dia g rentap pintu toilet tu smpai trbukak. Xde org tp dr kesan yg ad,pintu tu mmg dikunci dr dlm. Last2 si azmi xjdk berak...mngkin psl takut kot.

    Mlm tu kitorg kna lg teruk.

    Ms ak nyenyak tdo mlm tu tetiba jek ad org tarik dua2 belah kaki ak sampai jatuh dr katil. Kepala ak terhentak dulu kt lantai!! Ape lg,hangin la aku sbb ingat bdk2 nk wt pedajal kt ak tp bl ak bangun xde org plak. Yg ad cume c Lan yg ngah membuta kt katil atas. Ak x rs Lan yg buat sbb confirm dia tdo mati. Bl ak kuar bilik, ak dgr bdk2 ngah ketawe. Rupenya diorg ngah layan dvd kt hall bwh. Ak pon msuk blk balik sbb still bingung lg tp br ak terperasan ms ak ngah jengah kebawah td ak perasan Lan ada!! Bukan ke td ak nmpk dia ngah membute dlm bilik? Ahh suda...
    Dgn perasaan berani2 takut ak tgok atas katil Lan ada bonjol bwh selimut,kiranya mcm ad org la. Ak tarik kain selimut tu n guess what? ad batu nisan yg da retak2 dn otomatiknya blk ak diselubungi bau hapak+hanyir yg sgt2 kuat.

    Ms ni korg jgn tnya ak la ape ak buat sbb kalo menda ni jdk kt korg pon xkan korg nk stay lg dlm blk tu btol x? Ak rs kaki ak da x jejak tanah da sbb lari laju sgt. Ak lari kuar dr bilik tu & g ke hall sbb nk gtau member2 ak la kononnya tp yg mcm haram jadahnya member ak sorg pon da xde kt hall. Nk tau diorg kt ner? semua da duduk kt luar umah!! Rupanya diorg awal2 lg da kna kacau. Yg lakhanat nye, xde sorg pon kejutkan ak....taik betol diorg ni.

    Lepas diorg tenangkan ak, kitorg decide nk buat ape skang sbb skang ni da pkul 3 pg. Nk mtk tlg tok imam,umah tok imam pon kitorg xtau. Nk mtk tlg jiran, kiri kanan umah kitorg cina. Last2 salleh ajk lepak restoran hakim jek smpai pg. Bunyinya mcm senang tp memasing semua xpakai baju pastu pakai boxer ngan kain pelikat jek. Mau x mau trpaksalah jgk kitorg msuk uma tu balik sbb nk amik suar, wallet n kunci motor.
    Oleh sbb bilik c Bob ngan Naim je yg kt bwh, maka kitorg decide le nk pinjam baju n suar dia. Masing2 tkut nk naik tingkat atas. Wallet pn ak tinggal. Masing2 pakat gn duit naim lu. Nasib baik kunci motor kitorg sangkut kt dinding [tmp penyangkut]. Ms nk kuar dr rumah tu, Wak plak perasan ad bdk pompuan kt pintu dapur ngah senyum sambil babai tgn kt dia. Yg ak plak bole trperasan bdk tu jgk sbb ak tgk muka wak da kejung+pucat lesi. Sekali bdk tu senyum rs mcm nk trkincit dlm suar la... Kepala lutut ak menggigil sampai kt restoran hakim!!!!

    Lepas smp kt restoran hakim tu,memasing sibuk buka cerita trmasuk ngan ak skali la. Memula Wak cerita la,mlm tu lebih kurang kol 12 lebih,dia sibuk download lagu tetiba ad bunyi mcm org baling batu kt tingkap bilik dia. Bl dia jengah,dia nmpk ad sorang pompuan duk kt atas pokok kayu ara sblh umah tu,pakai bju putih + kekuningan+ koyak2+ rambut panjang. Yg sadisnya,pompuan huduh tu boleh senyum kt dia plak. Wak ni ape lg tutup tingkap bilik dia n terus nk kuar g bilik ak la kononnya. Malangnye, lg sekor plak hantu duk kt dpn pintu bilik dia tp kali ni antu budak. So dia amik keputusan terjun dr tingkap bilik dia ke bawah. Akibatnya, kaki dia terkehel. Nasib baik jek xpatah.

    Azmi "dagu" plak cter la yg dia nmpk ad bdk pompuan babai tgn kt dia[yg ni, ak pon kna gak ok]. Ak confirm yg bdk ni bkn manusia sbb ak tgk kaki dia xde!! Sam plak cter dia nmpk hantu tu kt siling umah! Bile buka mate jek, antu tu bebetol "eye to eye" ngan dia. Kiranya memasing semua kena kacau la ni. Dan ak org yg last cerita.

    Ak ckp la yg ak kna tarik dua2 kaki ms tido smp kepala ak terhentak kt lantai. Pastu ak ckp le yg ak nmpk diorg ngah layan dvd kt hall tp c Azmi tetiba nyampuk "bile ms plak kitorg tgk dvd ni?". Rerupanya xde sorg pon yg tgk dvd pg tu!! Dah tu, sape yg ak nmpk? haru betol.....kaki aku yg dr td menggigil makin brtambah kuat menggigil.



    Ngah sibuk2 berborak,aku terbau sesuatu yg kurang enak. member2 ak yg lain pon bau gak. Rupanya si Azmi ni td da terkencing dlm suar sbb takut sgt. Nasib baik mlm tu xramai sgt org kt Restoran Hakim tu. Malu betol. Ak plak bleh ternampak si Sam pakai selipar sebelah lain. Dr sibuk2 cter seram terus jdk cter klakar plak.

    Tengah sibuk2 ketawe, br kitorg perasan yg si Salleh ngan Naim xde ngan kitorg. Yg ad cume kami berenam. Ak, Azmi dagu, Sam banjar,Wak, Bob ngan Lan. Dlm ramai2 tu cuma Bob sorg jek yg bwk hp, so kitorg try call Naim tp xde org angkat. try call Salleh plak, sama gak xde org angkat. Pastu Lan amik hp Bob tu, dia bc apa ntah agaknye pastu dia soh Bob call naim lg skali. Bob call n bukak loud speaker. Korang tau ape jd? ad suare pompuan ngilai. Gila2 punye ngilai la sampai meremang bulu roma aku. Kami berenam terus terdiam. Last2 kitorg sepakat akan tunggu smpai pg esok br blk umah tu semula n cari Naim ngan Salleh. Lepas dgr suare pompuan ngilai kt hp tu, xde sorang pon antara kitorg brckp....smp subuh!!

    Pukul 7.30pg br kitorg blah dr Hakim. Hati ak masih lg kuat berdebar-debar.Yg lelain ak xtau la. Smp kt dpn umah, ak tgk pintu umah ngan gate da trbukak seluas-luas nye. Ni kalo pencurik masuk ni, memang dia kaye sbb laptop,wallet ngan hp kitorg semua tinggal camtu aje. Bulu tengkuk aku masih lg meremang.Xde sape berani msk umah tu dulu...Aku ingat, ada la 20-30 minit kitorg duk tercanggak kt dpn umah sbb xde sape berani masuk. Ntah camne agaknye hp Bob berbunyi. Hati aku da x sedap. Jgn la kate antu tu call kitorg soh msuk umah. Lan yg angkat. Sebenarnya dlm reramai geng ak ni, Lan la yg paling berani tp kekadang dia jd penakut jgk la. Pihak hospital call, katanya Naim ad kt wad emergency hospital klang. Eksiden katanya. Pihak hospital kata, ada miss call dr no.hp Bob ni, tu yg dia call no.hp Bob ni...ooo00 br ak phm. Yg peliknya Naim eksiden?

    Memasing da serba salah jadinya. Bingung pon iye jgk. Xtau samada nk melawat Naim kt hospital klang or cari Salleh yg hilang. Akhirnya kitorg call tuan rmh utk tgk ape yg patut. Ak ngan Sam plak g hospital klang tgk keadaan naim cmne. Kalo mmg tenat sgt, ak inform yg lelain soh dtg la. Yg lain ak soh cari salleh kt keliling umah, takut2 dia kna sorok. Kami masing2 tawakal aje. Ms otw g hspital klang ni, ak xtau la c sam pecut smpai berape tp hati ak masih lg kuat ckp yg hal ni x abis lg.

    Smp hospital,aku terus cr Naim. Sebak betol hati ak tgk Naim serius parah. Kaki dia teruk. Doktor kata kena lenyek ngn keta or something else la. Kes dia ni langgar lari. Naluri ak kuat ckp yg umor Naim ni x panjang sbb darah bnyk gile kuar. Sam plak xsanggup tengok, air mata dia da berjurai-jurai cam air terjun. Doktor pon ckp yg dia ni da nyawa2 ikan,xdpt nk tlg bnyk. Ak duduk kt tepi Naim, dia bole brckp lg tp sangkut2. Dia mntk maap sbb buatkan kitorg jdk susah. Berulang-ulang kali dia mntk maap tp ak msh lg xdpt tangkap ape yg dia ckp ni. Akhirnya dia meninggal gak...Ak gagahkan hati ak tepon kengkawan lain gtau psl Naim da meninggal. Ak tgk Sam da trduduk kt tepi balkoni ngan mata merah sbb nangis bnyk sgt. X lama pastu parrents Naim dtg. Ak x sanggup nk tunggu lg n ajak sam balik shah alam.

    Smpai kt umah, ak tgk ramai gler org ngah cari salleh tp xjumpe. Abis satu umah dia geledah. Lastly,ad org tua kt situ mntk tlg ngan sorang ustaz. Ak tak ingt pe name ustaz tu tp lepas asar br kitorg jumpe salleh duduk kt atas busut blkg umah. Yg herannya, da 5,6 kali org cari tp xde plak jumpe dia kt situ. x kisah la janji jumpe balik salleh ni. Kitorg pnye la suke jumpe c salleh ni blk. Memasing amik keputusan pindah dr umah tu haritu jgk. Kebetulan plak kt sek7 [pintu blkang uitm] ad satu umah utk disewa, kitorg pindah situ la. Brg2 naim kitorg angkut skali. Terus terang ak ckp, mmg ak hangin gile tgk muke tuan umah sbb xgtau yg umah ni "keras".ptut la dia soh byr rm50 jek dl pastu xbg bwk brg bnyk2. Chisss......

    Aku demam 3 hari.

    Jenazah naim selamat dikebumikan kt Raub,Pahang.

    Seminggu lepas tu,keadaan da ok sket cume salleh jek yg sakit2 bdn. Akhirnya mulut ak trgerak nk tny salleh pe yg brlaku sbnrnye sbb sblm naim meninggal tu dia ada ckp kt aku soh tnya salleh satu rahsia. Rupenya ms hari 1st day kitorg msuk umah tu, Naim ngn salleh da wt hal. Dia g cangkulnya busut kt blkg umah tu. C naim plak boleh kuis2 ngan kaki dia. Mgkin psl tu la kaki dia eksiden kot [dlm hati aku la]. Pastu salleh cter la,kn ada mlm yg kitorg satu uma kna kacau tu dia ngn naim pon kna gak. Tp antu tu siap kejar diorg lg smp kt jln. Diorg punya la cuak smp lari ke tengah jln. Ntah mn dtgnya keta tetiba da hentam diorg. naim trcmpak kt tgh jln, yg dia plak kt tepi. Dtg keta lain terus lenyek kaki naim. Pastu,salleh kata dia terus xsedar pape smpailah kitorg jmpe dia atas busut tu. Yg peliknya,cmne dia boleh duk kt atas busut sedangkan dia kata dia da lari kt tgh jln bsr? Nape naim sorg yg kna teruk sgt tp salleh x?

    Akhirnya ak dpt jawapan sbnr. X lama lpas salleh cter ngn ak, dia jatuh sakit. Xtau la sakit pe tp 3 bln pastu dia meninggal. Famili dia sndiri bingung sbb doktor pon xtau sakit c salleh. Tp ak yakin, kes ni ada kaitan ngn busut yg diorg gi gali tu. Ak ngan geng2 ak yg lain smpat ziarah arwah salleh. Paling xbole tahan Bob sbb dia roomate ngan Naim. Mmg ak tau dia sedih sgt......Yg xbole ak lupe, kitorg semua nangis masa angkat jenazah salleh. Rs sedih sgt ms tu..

    Aku, Azmi dagu, Sam banjar,Wak, Bob ngan Lan, semua skali slmt abiskan pgajian kt uitm ni. Buat naim ngn salleh, kitorg tetap akn ingat ko smp bebila...al-fatihah

    Ops..Umah bunglow kt seksyen 2 tu smp skang ad lg [agaknye]. Tiap kali ak lalu kt area situ mst ak rs sedih sgt. Lg satu,ms hari last kitorg kt umah tu si Wak da trtinggal hp dia kt bilik atas. So pada sesape yg berani, boleh la amik hp tu tp itupun kalo korang berani la...nokia 3310


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