Till today I don't really know if the movement of the coin was due to one of us moving it or perhaps it was a prank cooked up by one of the older girls in the group." Keeping the Penang Peranakan culture alive.
I remember feeling so extremely afraid because I thought if he refused to go home that would mean he might attach himself to one of us. One of the girls panicked and yelled for someone to bring sugar to lure the spirit home. "When it was time for him to go home, he refused to, for the longest time the coin kept circling around the board. Through the session, Kopi Soh and her friends found out that the ghost was a young boy who apparently died in a car crash. The spirit came and we asked him who he was and how he died." IMAGE: Kopi Soh. "There were four of us altogether, we each placed our finger on the coin and the eldest girl in the group started calling the spirit. We had closed all the curtains, windows, and doors to create a quiet atmosphere to call on the spirit. "I think it was when I was about 10 years old and we (the neighborhood kids, and I) were playing spirit of the coin. Kopi Soh, a pseudonym to the Malaysian artist and writer who prefers to keep her identity a secret, recalls a spooky moment from her childhood which served as inspiration for one of the stories in her book.
Based on personal supernatural experiences.
I believe ghosts also generally haunt for good reasons, maybe to avenge an injustice, or perhaps a forced suicide, murder, or a preventable tragedy." Kopi Soh's book explores the dying Penang Peranakan culture. "It can serve as a reminder for people to live an ethical life or they may have to bear the consequences in the afterlife. Anyway, I think most Chinese religions believe in the continued existence after death."ĭue to this, Kopi Soh explains that ghost stories in folklore also sometimes have a strong moral message. "These spirits are believed to be able to help us if they were properly respected. The book is illustrated by Malaysian artist KULI t. She explains that in Taoism, it is believed that the spirits of deceased loved ones or ancestors can be contacted through a medium. "I think our belief in ghosts and the supernatural is closely tied to ancestral worship," Kopi Soh tells Mashable Southeast Asia. The book takes inspiration from some of the supernatural events of the artist-turned-writer's childhood. Taking inspiration from spooky Malaysian stories. Kopi Soh had cold submitted the manuscript of the book to several publishers before agreeing to go with Penguin Random House SEA. Malaysian artist Kopi Soh recently released an anthology of spooky Malaysian stories in her first debut fiction book, Looking After The Ashes: Old Wives’ Tales, Taboos, Supernatural And Childhood Superstitions. Halloween is right around the corner and if you're looking to get spooked, well look no further.
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