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Nat Mahagiri. Burmese folk religion refers to the animistic and polytheistic religious worship of nats (deities of local and Hindu origin) and ancestors in Myanmar (Burma). Although the beliefs of nats differ across different regions and villages in Burma, there are a handful of beliefs that are universal in Burmese folk religion. A nat is a ...
A nat kadaw dressed as U Min Gyaw at a nat pwè in Mingun, August 1989. Academic opinions vary as to whether Burmese Buddhism and Burmese spirit worship are two separate entities, or merged into a single religion. [citation needed] As with a rise of globalization, the
Nat worship is common in Myanmar. Nats are named spirits and shrines can be seen around the country, either standing alone, or as part of Buddhist temples. Nat worship has a relationship with Myanmar Buddhism and there is a recognised pantheon of 37 nats.
Thagyamin (Burmese: သိကြားမင်း, pronounced [ðədʑámɪ́ɰ̃]; from Sanskrit ၐကြ Śakra) is the highest-ranking nat (deity) in traditional Burmese Buddhist belief. Considered as the king of Heaven, [5] he is the Burmese adaptation of the Hindu deities Indra. [6] [7] [8]
Min Kyawzwa Nat Offerings of alcohol and liquor to U Min Kyawzwa. Min Kyawzwa (Burmese: မင်းကျော်စွာ, pronounced [mɪ́ɰ̃ tɕɔ̀zwà]; also known as U Min Gyaw and Ko Gyi Kyaw), is one of the 37 nats in the official pantheon of Burmese nats. He is a composite representation of multiple historical personalities.
Hnamadawgyi nat. Hnamadawgyi (Burmese: နှမတော်ကြီး, pronounced [n̥əma̰dɔ̀dʑí]; lit. "Royal Sister"; also known as Shwemyethna) is one of the 37 nats in the Burmese pantheon of nats. She is the nat representation of Myat Hla, sister of Maung Tint De. According to tradition, she was a queen of the King of Tagaung.
Samson is a prominent advocate of the human rights of the ethnic and religious minorities in Myanmar and in 2019 was part of a delegation that met the U.S. President Trump at the White House to ...
Girls dressed in ceremonial attire, ready to partake in the ear-boring rite, c. 1912. The Twelve Auspicious Rites (Burmese: လောကီမင်္ဂလာဆယ့်နှစ်ပါး, လောကီမင်္ဂလာဆယ့်နှစ်ခန်း, and လောကီမင်္ဂလာဆယ့်နှစ်ဖြာ) are a series of worldly rites of passage recognized ...