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AUGUST, 1906.] A NATIVE ACOOUNT OF THE THIRTY-SEVER. NATS.
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his fate as a man and Nat and the loathsome disease with which he is afflicted. As a leper he abstsins from all flesh that tends to aggravate his condition, and in making offerings to him all flesh has to be escbewed. Even as a Nat his abode is in the hearth. Anyone ponsessed by him itches all over the body. He is propitiated by offerings of rice-cakes placed on the hearth. In Burma he is as familiar as Mahagiri and others.
17. Tabin Shwedi Nat. He was the son of King Kyinyo, the founder of Taung-ngủ (Tonghoo). While he was reigning in Hanthawadi, he was advised by Thamain Sawdut to remove his capital, in order to escape from misfortune. He removed to a temporary residence, where he was treacherously murdered by one of his guards, the brother of Thamain Sawdut.
In the festival to this Nat the medium wears a paso, fringed with a border of foreign manufacture, a gold embroidered turban, and a gold embroidered scarf and a white shawl round the neck. He also wears á jacket and a gilt purple hat. Holding an unsheathed sword in the right hand, he chaunts an ode, in which be recounts his owu life. Lastly he thrusts the point of his sword into two bunches of plantain and lays them down, after liiting them up in the air.
18. Minyè Aungdin Nat. He was the son of King Anankpet Thalan Mindayê and son-in-law of King Thalun Mindaya. He died of excessive drinking and became a Nat.
In the festival to this Nat the medium is dressed in the same way as that of Tabin Shwedi. He walks with a sword covered with the pasó in one hand and chaunts an ode, in which he bewails his own fate and exhorts others not to follow his example. After this he dances while playing on a harp.
19. Shwa Thate [ Sitthin] Net. He was the son of Sawmun of Pagan, He was sent by his father to suppress the rising of the Shans at Kyaing thin. On reaching Hlaingdet he proceeded no further, but amused himself with cock-fighting. He was in consequence punished by his father for disobeying his orders by having his legs buried in the earth. He died of grief soon after in that position and became a Nat.
In the festival to this Nat the medium wears a scarlet pasó, one end of which is thrown round his neck, a scarlet jacket, a gold embroidered tarban and a gilt purple bat, coloured red on the top. He takes off his turban and, laying it down on the ground, he bows down three times and chaunts an ode, in which he bewails the cruel fate be met with at his father's hands for disobedionce of orders.
20. Modaw Shw@saga Nat. She was the queen of Sawmun of Pagân and mother of the governor of Hlaingdet. She died of grief at the terrible fate of ber son and became a Nat at Hlaingdet along with her son.
. In the festival to this Nat the medium wears & skirt, fringed with a border of foreign manufacture, a long jacket (court-dress), a white shawl and a white scarf on her head. Walking with a rosary in her hand, she chaunts on ode, in which she narrates the story of her own life.
21. Maung PO TO Nat. He was a native of Pinya. By profession he was a trader in tes. On bis return from Thonze, Mômek, Thibaw, Taungbeing and other places, with which he was trading during the reign of King Mingaung I., he was killed by a tiger at the foot of a bill near Ongyaw and Lekkaung villages.
