
"Is this an urban legend here, aunt?" ask Zef
"Kum-kum ghost is a modern ghost story that began to roam around the 1980s when the revival of Islamic re-awareness among the Malays. At that time, the girls started wearing hijabs and this was not liked by the group wearing mini skirts. Thus the ghost of kum-kum was created as an allusion to the group that held to the teachings of Islam at that time. Kum-kum ghosts also regained popularity when the al-Arqam group (already banned but still active as the Rufaqa' group) began to be active in Malaysia ...