TEROWONGAN CASABLANCA - The Legendary Scarriest Tunnel in Indonesia

One of the most scariest urban legend in Indonesia is the legend of Terowongan Casablanca (Casablanca Tunnel) that located in the center of Jakarta. This legend has been told and very popular around 1970's, and become urband legend when it's been made into a movie called Terowongan Casablanca (2007). Today, the

The Center of Casablanca Tunnel

haunted story still frightening everybody, especially people who pass the tunnell in the middle of the night.

So what is the legend say about this tunnell?

THE LOCATION OF CASABLANCA TUNNEL

Casablanca Tunnel is an underpass tunnel that located in Basuki Rahmat Street, near Kunian Area, East Jakarta Region. There is no complete details about the date of the tunnel has been built (judging from the structure of the tunnel, I assumed it's been built somewhere around 1980's). In earlier day, the location of Casablanca Tunnel was a graveyard. The graveyard had been moved to another place, near the tunnel. However, because it was not done in proper way,  the spirits were very upset and disturbing people who come across the tunnel.

The sudden shut-off's vehicles right after enteringCasablanca Tunnel

 

 

 

It's been told that since the tunnel been made and open for public, a lot of strange accidents happen within the tunnel. Some witnesses said that they saw a lady suddenly appeared and accross the street. To avoid it, they stop the car in a sudden that make the series of vehicles' crash.

Other witnesses told that their vehicles's machine suddenly stop in the middle of the tunnel, meanwhile the machine's condition is in good condition.

The legend become much more scarier when someone hang himself at the entrance of the tunnel. The incident happened around end of 90's.

THE RED ROBE LADY

Most of the witnesses who encountered the supernatural accident in Casablanca Tunnel, confirmed that they usually saw a lady in red robe. The lady either only stand still at the edge of the tunnel or suddenly appear and cross-over the street. Nobody ever saw her face.

According to Ki Joko Bodo, one of the most famous Indonesia's paranormal, the lady that people saw was called Kuntilanak Merah (The Red Kuntilanak. You can read about "Kuntilanak" in this link : http://theghost-zone.blogspot.com/2010/04/kuntilanak-revenge-of-beauty.html), the most scariest and fiercest ghost. The legend said that she was a girl who burried alive by her boyfriend after he found out she was pregnant after, they were sleep together. Soon the girl died and turn into The Red Kuntilanak, seeking for revenge.

Kuntilanak... not the real one...

People said that while you are entering the tunnel, if you want to avoid The Red Kuntilanak, honk the tunnel three times. By doing this way, you asked a permission to the spirit to entering "its territory". If you did not honk, either they will suddenly show up or your vehicle's machine will suddenly shut-off. Believe it or not, you should try it for yourself.

SUSUK - The Most Powerful Charm in Asia

In every country, it is very common for people to have lucky charm. Some believes that wearing the charm will protect them from any harm. Charms like silver coins, chicken claws, bones, or skeleton dust are very common to be used in Western country. But in Asia, there is a very most famous and powerful charm called Susuk.

Susuk made from iron needles

Susuk (Malay's word, literally means "charm needles") are needles made of gold, steel, diamond, or any other hard and precious objects, which are inserted into the soft tissues of the body to act as talismans. In some countries, like Indonesia, they are not only using metal object but also other things, such as bones, seeds / rice, bullet, small piece of wood, and mercury.

In the past, the used of susuk is for treatment of joint pains and protection againts injury and accidents. But in the present, susuk has been used for a lot of things concerning wealthy, power, and beauty. People believe that having susuk will make them more powerful, richer, handsomer or younger than their own age.

Rumors said that a lot of celebrities and government officials use susuk to get their fame. However, only some of them admit they are using susuk and usually it is only for their own personal protection, not for fame.

THE USES OF SUSUK
There is no any record that shown when susuk has been practised for the first time. But people believed it has been practised long ago within Islamization Era in Asia. In the beginning, susuk was used to heal the illness. Because of its ability to cure, people starting to believe that susuk can make them younger. Then many people (especially female) are using susuk. They not only use 1 but a lot in any part of their body. There is an artist that use susuk in 32 points of her body. In the present, susuk has been used not only female but also male.

INSERTING SUSUK AND ITS PROHIBITIONS

There are three ways to inserting susuk into the body :
First, susuk can be direct insert into any part of the body.
Second, susuk can be swallowed or drank.
The third, is using supernatural way to inserting susuk. Usually paranormal is transfering the susuk into their client's body in mystical way. This is the popular method because faster and easier (the clients have not need to meet the paranormal and doing a ritual).

To make the power of susuk can work perfectly, there are some prohibitions that need to be avoided, depending on the needs of the user. Usually the bigger power the user needed, the bigger prohibitions he / she should avoid. The regular prohibitions are :
1. The user can't eat some variants of banana (mostly golden banana and horn banana) and barbeque on stick.
2. The user also can't walk under cloth string or walk near soiled road (e.g.wet mud).
3. The user is not allow walking under any stairs.

The regular outer parts of body that been inserting susuk are:
1. The area between eye-brows.
2. Cheek
3, Chin
4. The edge of lips
5. Chest or breast
6. Hips
6. Biseps
7. Under navel
8. Genitalia
9. Thigh
10. Calf

The insertion of susuk at the chin

According to most beliefs, susuk must be removed before the person is becoming old or falls into serious ill condition. If not, he / she will have difficulty dying. Even they can die, but their dead will be very torturing and painfull. Removing susuk also need the skill of a knowledgeable person, and usually only the same person who insterted it in the first place can remove it. Imagine if that person has die.....

The most difficult way to removing susuk if its inserted using supernatural transfer, because the placement is not visible and very hard to be found (even using X-ray), and not many paranormal can detected its present in the user's body and lift it.

SUSUK IN PRESENT DAY
Althought the presence of susuk is controversial in many countries in Asia - and some religions are forbidding the using of susuk - but the users of susuk is keep on growing every day.Using susuk will give them more confident. They felt must stronger, more brave, more beauty, and more powerful. Susuk can also cure their ability in sex-life, cure the frigidity, and protect their husband / wife from having affair with others. And susuk can open their "third eyes" and make them able to see the unseen. This way can help them avoiding unvisible danger that being done by their nemesis.