What do you do when people in your town refuse to social distance? If you are in Indonesia you organize a group of volunteers to wander the streets pretending to be ghosts.
The village on Java island has deployed a cast of "ghosts" to patrol the streets, hoping that age-old superstition will keep people indoors and safely away from the coronavirus.
"We wanted to be different and create a deterrent effect because 'pocong' are spooky and scary,” said Anjar Pancaningtyas, head of a village youth group that coordinated with the police on the unconventional initiative to promote social distancing as the coronavirus spreads.
Known as "pocong", the ghostly figures are typically wrapped in white shrouds with powdered faces and kohl-rimmed eyes. In Indonesian folklore they represent the trapped souls of the dead.
When the threat of ghosts didn't work well enough to keep people indoors the group got even more creative. Now the troop of actors is encouraged to jump scare people who fail to social distance.
Via - CNA
Photo - Reuters
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