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Yadana Gu Spirit Festival, Myanmar
August 27, 2024 - September 3, 2024
This celebration lasts for eight days and is celebrated in Amarapura, Mandalay every August. This festival involves a huge gathering of spirit mediums who intend to honour Nat (spirits). Several rituals are conducted and the mediums are believed to be posessed by the Nats. This festival is also a tribute to the Goddess of Popa who is known better by the locals as the protector of women. Her shrine is situated on Popa Crest. Spirit mediums perform dances and songs accompanied by ritualistic music while attendees of the festival provide offerings to Nat and the Goddess in the forms of food, drinks, flowers, and money.
Highlights: Spirit mediums dance and get possessed by Nat. Pilgrims offer food, drinks, flowers, and money to the Nat and Goddess of Popa.
Location: Amarapura, Mandalay Region
Date: Celebrated from 8 days in August from the 1st to 8th Wanning of Wagaung
(Myanmar Tourism Ministry)
