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Introduction: "Myanmar
has
had
the
prosperous
religion,
traditional,
and
other
forms
of
culture
in
their
ways
of
life.
Regarding
of
the
religion,
the
long-‐standing
and
extensive
belief
in
holy
and
tutelary
spirits
(Nat)
among
Myanmese
could
be
generally
cited
as
the
Myanmar?s
tradition
prior
the
Theravada.
Then
Buddhism
has
become
to
the
official
faith
since
King
Anawrahta
of
Bagan
dynasty
instituted
Theravada?
a
school
of
Buddhism?
to
be
the
principal
religion
in
11th
century.
Like
Myanmar,
other
societies
in
Southeast-‐Asia
and
all
where
the
ancient
belief
and
religion
is
respected
and
followed
by
those
local
people.
Among
the
several
Myanmar
primitive
cults,
this
article
would
like
to
raise
the
topic
of
the
existence
of
colorful
ritual
which
fully
contains
of
high
respect;
Nat
and
Nat
Kadaw
(spirit
and
spirit
medium).
Actually,
this
traditional
belief
has
been
gradually
illustrated
by
the
scholars
in
different
aspects,
the
classic
one
was
written
by
the
American
anthropologist;
Melford
E.
Spiro
(1967).
Three
decades
later,
the
specifically
ritual
book
about
the
well-‐known
Myanmar
local
festival
was
completed
by
Yves
Rodrigue
(1995)
and
other
views
such
as
the
intensive
of
this
ritual,
spirit
and
spirit
medium
have
been
still
described
by
Bénédicte
Brac
de
la
Perrière
(2009)
and
the
other
authors.
This
attractive
cult,
however,
has
still
remained
interesting
phenomenon
because
the
existence
of
the
local
be
lief
and
rite
has
closely
been
in
Myanmese
ways
of
life
from
Buddhism
belief,
strict
Buddhists
and
non-‐Buddhist
alliances.
In
addition,
some
interesting
aspects
are
that
how
the
Myanmar?s
socio-‐economic
changing
into
the
modern
society
effects
to
their
local
belief
and
spirit
worship,
how
their
social
transition
would
affect
to
the
people
appealing,
and
how
the
Nat
Kadaws
play
their
roles
and
have
relations
under
this context.".....Paper delivered at the International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies: Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges: University Academic Service Centre (UNISERV), Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 24-26 July 2015.
Source/publisher:
International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies: Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges: University Academic Service Centre (UNISERV), Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 24-26 July 2015
Date of Publication:
2015-07-26
Date of entry:
2015-08-21
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