Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Regarding the phenomenon Pocong oath



Pocong oath is said to be a tradition of rural communities is the oath made by a person with the condition of the shroud swathed like a person who has died.

This oath was rarely practiced by different procedures, such as actors oath not dipocongi but only veiled shroud in a sitting position.
Pocong oath is usually done by people of faith and equipped with witnesses and conducted in places of worship (mosques). In Islamic law is not actually a vow to wear a shroud like this. This oath is still strong local traditions and norms apply. This oath was to prove an accusation or a case that little or no evidence at all.
In the Indonesian court system, this is known as the sworn oath pulpit and is one proof that is run by the courts in examining civil matters, although the form pocong oath itself is not regulated in the Civil Code and the Civil Procedure Code. Oath pulpit was born due to a dispute between a person as plaintiff against others as a defendant, usually in the form of seizure of property inheritance, land rights, debts, and so on.
In a civil case there are some decent levels of evidence presented, the first and the second letter is proof evidence of witnesses. There are times when both sides difficult to provide such evidence, as a matter of inheritance, down-temurunnya property, or debts that carried the deceased parents of both parties decades ago. If this is the case then the third evidence is the evidence presented by examining the allegation that the series of events in the past. This evidence somewhat prone done. When all three kinds of evidence is still not enough for the judge to decide a case the fourth proof is requested recognition. Given its location, most recently, the oath was to be the only tool to decide the dispute. So the oath direct impact to the termination of the performed judges.

Oath there are are two kinds of namely Oath Suppletoir and Oath Decisoir. Supletoir additional oath or vow made when there is evidence of the beginning but can not convince the truth of the fact, therefore need to be supplemented oath. In a state with no proof at all, the judge will give the oath or oath breaker decisoir that are complete, finish the case. By using decisoir oath, the judge's decision will solely depend on the courage and reciter of oath swearing. In order to obtain the ultimate truth, because the decision is based solely on oath, the oath was associated with pocong oath.
Pocong oath is made to give a psychological boost to reciter oath not to lie.
Sources:
http://www.beritaunik.net/misteri-dunia/fenomena-seputar-sumpah-pocong.html

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