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Main Nat (Spirit) Festivals of Myanmar

Myanmar Nat Festival

Myanmar Nat Festival

Ahlone – 7th day of waning moon to new moon of Tabaung (March) for Ma Ngwe Daung.
Amarapura – 7th day of waning moon to new moon of Wagaung (Aug) for Popa Medaw.
Ava – 10th day of waxing moon to full moon of Tabaung (March) for Thon Ban Hla.

Delta – various places for U Shin Gyi.
Sameikkon – 10th day of waxing moon to full moon of Tabaung (March) for Shin Nemi.
Kyaukse – 1st to 3rd day of waxing moon of Wagaung (Aug.) and 14th day of waning moon to new moon of Tagu (April) for Shwe Sagadaw.
Legyi – 2nd to 5th day of waning moon of Tabaung (March) for Mahagiri.
Maymyo – 1st to 5th days of waxing moon of Tabaung (March) for Ko Myo Shin.

Maymyo Nat Festival

Mingun – 5th to 10th days of waxing moon of Tabaung (March) for the Brother and Sister of the Teak Tree.
Myittha – 8th day of waxing moon to full moon of Tawthalin (Sept.) for Shwe Nabe.
Monywa – from full moon of Tabaung (March) to 8th day of the waning moon Ye Yin Gadaw.
Pakkhan – 1 st to 16th days of the waxing moon of Tabaung (March) for U Min Kyaw.
Kamebyin – 13th day of waxing moon to full moon of Tawthalin (Sept.) for Kamebyin Bo Bo Gyi.
Popa – from full moon of Nadaw (Dec.) to its sixth day of waning for Mahagiri; from 9th to 13th days of waning moon of Wagaung (August).

Rendition of Nat spirits at Mount Popa

Prome – Full moon to 5th day of waning moon of Nadaw (Dec.) for the Prome Brothers
Sagaing – (not know) for Htibyusaung Medaw.
Shwe-gu-ni – 1 st to 5th days of waxing moon to Tabaung (March) for U Min Kyaw
Taungbyone – 10th day of waxing to full moon of Wagaung (Aug.), 14th day of waxing to full moon of Nadaw (December), 10th and 11th days of the waxing moon of Tabaung (March) for the Taungbyon Brothers.

Spiritual Taungbyone Nat Festival

Zee Daw – 8th day of the waning moon to the new moon and 1 st to 7th days of the waxing moon of Tabaung (March) for Ye Yin Gadaw.