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Did you know... that the folk ritual jailangkung originates from the Chinese practice of spirit basket
divination and has been featured in
Indonesian horror films?
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... that the folk ritual jailangkung originates from the Chinese practice of spirit basket
divination and has been featured in
Indonesian horror films? Source:
[1] (Chinese spirit-basket divination, which dates to the fifth century, would have been lost to the world had it not been reincarnated as Indonesian jailangkung. The term is the homophonic rendition of the Chinese cai lan gong [菜篮公, vegetable basket deity] and unambiguously links the Indonesian practice with the Chinese.)
[2] (Jelangkung has even featured in Indonesian horror movies. [...] Mantovani and Poernomo’s Jelangkung (2001) was the top box office hit of its year, drawing the highest sales record in Indonesian history at that time.)
VRT note: The ticket for the mentioned images is
ticket:2023012310002632, in case any VRT agent wishes to take care of it. However, unfortunately, VRT has not heard back from the copyright's claimant since last 23 days and in such a case I'd suggest that images not be taken in consideration while reviewing this nomination. Best, ─
The Aafī(talk)08:12, 16 February 2023 (UTC)reply
New enough, long enough, QPQ done. Spotchecks passed, including hook. I have duplicated the source along the relevant sentences, noting the hook pulls from different sentences. I was most interested that the practice has died out in China itself and only remains in this form, however the current hook works for me. If the nominator or another user wishes to propose new hooks I am happy to evaluate, but absent that this is a pass.
CMD (
talk)
11:51, 23 February 2023 (UTC)reply
A fact from Jailangkung appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 March 2023 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the folk ritual jailangkung originates from the Chinese practice of spirit basket
divination and has been featured in
Indonesian horror films?
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Indonesia, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of
Indonesia and
Indonesia-related topics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
the discussion and see a list of open tasks.IndonesiaWikipedia:WikiProject IndonesiaTemplate:WikiProject IndonesiaIndonesia articles
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paranormal and
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This article is within the scope of WikiProject Horror, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to fictional horror in
film,
literature and other media on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit one of the articles mentioned below, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and contribute to the general Project discussion to talk over new ideas and suggestions.HorrorWikipedia:WikiProject HorrorTemplate:WikiProject Horrorhorror articles
The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
this nomination's talk page,
the article's talk page or
Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
... that the folk ritual jailangkung originates from the Chinese practice of spirit basket
divination and has been featured in
Indonesian horror films? Source:
[1] (Chinese spirit-basket divination, which dates to the fifth century, would have been lost to the world had it not been reincarnated as Indonesian jailangkung. The term is the homophonic rendition of the Chinese cai lan gong [菜篮公, vegetable basket deity] and unambiguously links the Indonesian practice with the Chinese.)
[2] (Jelangkung has even featured in Indonesian horror movies. [...] Mantovani and Poernomo’s Jelangkung (2001) was the top box office hit of its year, drawing the highest sales record in Indonesian history at that time.)
VRT note: The ticket for the mentioned images is
ticket:2023012310002632, in case any VRT agent wishes to take care of it. However, unfortunately, VRT has not heard back from the copyright's claimant since last 23 days and in such a case I'd suggest that images not be taken in consideration while reviewing this nomination. Best, ─
The Aafī(talk)08:12, 16 February 2023 (UTC)reply
New enough, long enough, QPQ done. Spotchecks passed, including hook. I have duplicated the source along the relevant sentences, noting the hook pulls from different sentences. I was most interested that the practice has died out in China itself and only remains in this form, however the current hook works for me. If the nominator or another user wishes to propose new hooks I am happy to evaluate, but absent that this is a pass.
CMD (
talk)
11:51, 23 February 2023 (UTC)reply