Palasik Ghost

Palasik according to stories, legends or beliefs of the Minangkabau is a kind of magical creature. According to Minangkabau belief palasik not a ghost but a black man who has a high level of knowledge. Palasik greatly feared by mothers who have toddlers in Minangkabau palasik because the food is baby / toddler, both of which are still in the womb or the dead (buried), depending on the type of palasik.
Science palasik believed hereditary nature. If the parents are a child palasik it would be so palasik.
In general palasik works by releasing head. There are agencies that run its search for food and there is also a head.
Types palasik
Palasik type was different. According to the type of food palasik can be divided as follows:
* That takes the baby so the baby is born without the crown / die in the womb* That takes the baby so the baby's fragile frequently ill / dying* That took a dead baby that was buried
Palasik the loose head called Palasik Kuduang. Kuduang means to cut or maimed. Bungle in Minang discuss is "kuduang".
It was a piece of the story Palasik ....
Andi was so happy when the shrill cry of a baby from behind the booth in a clinic. Well she had just fought life and death, has given birth to her first child. But the happiness it instantly vanished, after experiencing pain a year later his son, shortly after an elderly woman greeted.
If a sick baby is normal. Immune system is not stable to salau the trigger. But it did not last long, after being taken to the doctor, less than 1 week baby will recover. But Andi experienced by children is not so. Her illness never healed after 1 month. Not only doctors, smart people and physicians were visited, but the child's illness was nevertheless cured.
His body temperature is high, the body becomes thin, wrinkled skin and continue to remove dirt from his eyes. Pretty pathetic. While the doctor in charge had raised his hand to treat it. Finally, the weak, children died. According to the neighbors where Andi places settled, children affected palasik.
Palasik very famous in the Minang Kabau, West Sumatra. Society believes, affected infants palasik very difficult to treat, but instead there is no antidote.
Palasik is called a cannibal, who has a penchant for eating meat and bones of the dead. His form like a normal human being, just have a weird temperament.
According to the public trust, if a woman is carrying a baby to meet palasik, should not be shunned, on the contrary, take palasik hands and say "It's your son or your grandson." And general characteristics palasik, has no ditch on the lips.
A baby gets sick, just by gaze palasik only. And if not treated promptly smart people, there is a possibility the child died. It is believed, too, when the child died, and then buried, palasik will steal the child to eat.