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Does the kuntilanak have a hole in her back?

It is a trait of the sundel bolong, popularised from 1981. In Skeat the hole is in the nape of the neck. And the kuntilanak should not be equated with the Malay penanggalan.

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This source check also appears at the foot of the entry for Kuntilanak, where the fact is set out in its context rather than in the form of a question.

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