The People Stories about the awesomeness that occurred at several places in Indonesia, one of them in the Yogyakarta.
1. PULUNG GANTUNG ( Hanging Pulung )
Pulung suspension is an area located in the district of Mount Kidul, Yogyakarta. Problem occurrence suicides often occur sequentially in the South Mountain area, already known from a few dozen last year. Leaves a lot of mystery, a lot of questions for the professional and scientific, and leave sadness for the families left behind. The incidence of suicide in the district Gunungkidul by 9 per 100 000 population per year, the case is much higher than the incidence in Jakarta, which is less than 2 per 100 000 per year.
Many areas reported that after the visit is a common pulung hanging suicides, stress, mental disorders by some local researcher reported as a result of distress due to economic hardship.
Many people are also doubts hanging pulung this phenomenon as the cause of suicide. In his analysis of a researcher from the UGM concluded that cases of suicides Gunungkidul more closely related to poverty, drought and difficulties daily living.
Cases of suicide are more prevalent in the area is very dry, poor and difficult. In the sixties is famous Gunungkidul barren and vulnerable to hunger. But the economic recovery in recent years was not also able to prevent the suicide. There are many psychological and psychiatric factors are not merely just improve with the economic recovery.
Regarding pulung the eyes we see it as a glowing ball of fire, while the people there call it pulung Gunungkidul. Her presence is always inviting horror. The reason, he is believed to be carriers of sasmita unseen. There's just unfortunate that happened when he appears. Even before the earthquake in Yogyakarta was not separated from the appearance pulung hanging.
According to some people pulung there are two types, one as a messenger of death which always bring disaster on his appearance and has a characteristic bright red lights while the second type of pulung colored white and turquoise brings good, according to myth anyone whose house collapse or see pulung will get fortune or revelation such as the Javanese myth, a person's home village head candidate pulung this fall will be confirmed as the elected village head.
Regardless of the myths about pulung suspension occurred at Mount Kidul what I just caught a little below may give you an idea of what the light may also be seen by the people who had witnessed the hanging pulung obvious after seeing the light, I felt sick, and the whole body such as tingling , fur hands, feet and neck, too, does not stand any sound is heard even the crickets were gone and ringing in the ears.
