{"id":77335,"date":"2026-08-18T07:43:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T23:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=77335"},"modified":"2026-08-18T07:43:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T23:43:03","slug":"pontianak-at-marina-barrage-netizens-amused-by-sighting-during-hungry-ghost-festival-lifestyle-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=77335","title":{"rendered":"Pontianak at Marina Barrage? Netizens amused by &#8216;sighting&#8217; during Hungry Ghost Festival, Lifestyle News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/hungry-ghost-festival-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hungry Ghost Festival has just begun<\/a>, and there&#8217;s already a &#8216;spooky&#8217; sighting in Singapore \u2014 though this one seems to have left netizens more amused than terrified.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a TikTok video posted by user Jovan on Saturday (Aug 15), a kite resembling a pontianak could be seen soaring in the skies above Marina Barrage.<\/p>\n<p>Sporting long, messy black hair, a white dress and glowing red eyes, the kite bore an eerie resemblance to the popular mythical spirit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Guys, seventh month can fly this kind of kite meh?&#8221; Jovan asked in the video.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@jobanmian\/video\/7674281054475193618\" data-video-id=\"7674281054475193618\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\">\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@jobanmian\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@jobanmian?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">@jobanmian<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>kinda cute though. <\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - jovan - jovan\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-jovan-7674281086478977812?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">\u266c original sound &#8211; jovan &#8211; jovan<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And while ghostly sightings are typically associated with scares, the kite drew more laughs than screams from netizens, with many taking to the comments section to crack jokes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s not a kite, she just does that sometimes,&#8221; one quipped, while another teased: &#8220;How do you know it&#8217;s a kite?&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It seems this wasn&#8217;t even the first sighting of the &#8216;pontianak&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sharing a photo of what appears to be the same kite, one netizen said: &#8220;Can confirm that it was already flying before seventh month.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a social media post shared during the Hungry Ghost Festival last year, a similar-looking pontianak kite could also be seen taking to the skies at the popular kite-flying spot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@thesgdaily\/video\/7543473405102771463\" data-video-id=\"7543473405102771463\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\">\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@thesgdaily\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@thesgdaily?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">@thesgdaily<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>@Social Chamber \ud83d\udcfa $9.90 Private Studios  <a title=\"sgfyp\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/sgfyp?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#sgfyp<\/a> <a title=\"singapore\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/singapore?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#singapore<\/a> <a title=\"sgviral\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/sgviral?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#sgviral<\/a> <a title=\"sgtiktok\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/sgtiktok?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#sgtiktok<\/a> <a title=\"sgnews\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/sgnews?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#sgnews<\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - SG Daily \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddec - SG Daily \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddec\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-SG-Daily-\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddec-7543473438741007105?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">\u266c original sound &#8211; SG Daily \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddec &#8211; SG Daily \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddec<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>For the uninitiated, a pontianak is a female spirit in Southeast Asian folklore, commonly depicted with long black hair and dressed in white.<\/p>\n<p>It is said to be born of women who have died while pregnant or giving birth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>[[nid:742547]]<\/p>\n<p>carol.ong@asiaone.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/lifestyle\/pontianak-kite-marina-barrage-hungry-ghost-festival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hungry Ghost Festival has just begun, and there&#8217;s already a &#8216;spooky&#8217; sighting in Singapore \u2014 though this one seems to have left netizens more amused&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":77338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/77338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}