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Nat Temple
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Mount Popa, Bagan, Myanmar

The nats are spirits worshipped in Myanmar in conjunction with Buddhism. They are divided between the 37 Great Nats and all the rest . Almost all of the 37 Great Nats were human beings who met violent deaths . They may thus also be called nat sein . The word 'sein', while meaning 'green', is being used to mean 'raw' in this context. There are however two types of nats in Burmese Buddhist belief. Nat spirits are termed lower nats or auk nats , whether named or unnamed, whereas ahtet nats or higher nat dewas inhabit the six heavens. Much like sainthood, nats can be designated for a variety of reasons, including those only known in certain regions in Burma. Nat worship is less common in urban areas than in rural areas, and is practised among ethnic minorities of Myanmar as well as in the mainstream Bamar society. It is however among the Theravada Buddhist Bamar that the most highly developed form of ceremony and ritual is seen.Every Burmese village has a nat sin which essentially serves as a shrine to the village guardian nat called the ywa saung nat . An offertory coconut is often hung on the main southeast post in the house, wearing a gaung baung and surrounded by perfume, as an offering to the Min Mahagiri , also known as the ein dwin or ein saung nat. One may inherit a certain member or in some instances two of the 37 Nats as mi hsaing hpa hsaing from one or both parents' side to worship depending on where their families originally come from. One also has a personal guardian spirit called ko saung nat .
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