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Coronavirus: Indonesian Neighborhood Uses 'ghosts' To Scare People Back Home by domesifa(m): 12:07pm On Apr 14, 2020
In Indonesia

A neighborhood in central Java province has deployed a group of volunteer “ghosts” to patrol the streets and scare people into staying home in compliance with the region’s stay-at-home rules designed to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

Leaders in the Kepuh village neighborhood in Sukoharjo say residents lacked awareness of the coronavirus threat and had been ignoring rules requiring them to stay in their homes.

They wrap themselves in white cloth resembling corpses wrapped in burial shrouds and roam the neighborhood of about 5,000 people, ‘scaring” people into going home — or at least providing a reminder of the stay-at-home rules.

When the patrols first began in early April, organizers told Reuters news agency that the effort initially backfired, when reports of their efforts on social media brought more people out to see the ghosts. The volunteers changed their schedules and began carrying out surprise patrols. Their efforts have proven effective.

Reuters reported that as of Sunday, Indonesia reported 4,241 cases of COVID-19, with 373 dead. The country has the highest official death toll in East Asia after China.

A group of volunteers — working in coordination with local law enforcement —pocong developed the idea of dressing up “pocong,” or “shroud ghosts,” from Indonesia and Malaysian folklore.

https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/indonesian-neighborhood-uses-ghosts-scare-people-back-home

Re: Coronavirus: Indonesian Neighborhood Uses 'ghosts' To Scare People Back Home by Mutemenot(m): 12:17pm On Apr 14, 2020
If this ones see real ghost them go change gear

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