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Devotees gather in front of the main shrine during the spirit festival last week in Taungbyone, a village 20 miles (32 kilometres) north of Mandalay in Upper Burma. From August 18 to 25, the village filled with merchants, pilgrims and hundreds of nat (spirit) mediums, or Natkadaw, believed able to communicate with the spirits of Taungbyone brothers Shwe Phyin Gyi and Shwe Phyin Nge, thought able to bring prosperity and tell fortunes. The festival’s focus is the shrine to the brothers, beaten to death with bamboo at the order of Pagan ruler King Anawrahta (1044-1077) for failing to donate bricks for a pagoda he was building. The festival, with its dancing mediums and traditional music is considered the loudest in Burma. Photo: Mizzima

 
 
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