jelangkung

== Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Hokkien 伽籃公／伽篮公. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /d͡ʒəˈlaŋkuŋ/ [d͡ʒəˈlaŋ.kʊŋ] Rhymes: -aŋkuŋ Syllabification: je‧lang‧kung === Noun === jelangkung (plural jelangkung-jelangkung) (folklore) an Indonesian folk ritual of communicating with spirits of the dead. It uses an effigy that a spirit is said to possess after being summoned ==== Alternative forms ==== jailangkung === Further reading === “jelangkung”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016