Taungpyone Nat (Spirit) Festival, Myanmar

Taungpyone Nat (Spirit) Festival

👉 It is most famous Nat (Spirits) Festival in Myanmar. The festival holds 8 days for the honor of two TaungPyone Brothers. 
👉 Most of Myanmar People who believed in Nat (Spirits) go to this annual festival to consult their future fortune to the mediums. 
👉 The festival's main date is 10th & 11th Waxing Day of Wagaung Month where can enjoy taking bath of two TaungPyone Brothers. 
👉 People offer food, flowers, cash and alcohol to the series of 37 Nat (Spirits) including TaungPyone Brother Statues. The mediums of 37 Nat (Spirits) entertain with traditional dance and music day & night. 
👉 You may get new experience of Myanmar’s traditional culture, local life style, local community and local products/snacks (no pork products). 
👉 May get experience of Donation & taking sweets from children along villages.

Where: locate in Madaya Township; 10 km away from Mandalay Division, Myanmar.

When: start from 8^th Waxing Day to full moon Day of Wagaung Month (Myanmar Lunar Calendar), Normally in August.

Duration: 8 Days

How to get there:

By Car: It takes about 45 minutes from Manadalay. But expects more traffic about 2 hr during Fesitval Days.

By Train: Myanmar Railway runs from Mandalay Station to Madaya Station more often than usual opreating during Fesitval Days.

Warning: It is very crowded people. You need to take care of your valuable things.

Video credit to Moe Oo Pann