  Nat-Pwe
illuminates the still active nat cults of present-day Myanmar. Many people,
men and women, choose to dedicate their lives by marrying a nat through
lengthy and elaborate initiation rites. Beneath the surface of Myanmar's
austere anti-ritualistic Theravada Buddhist faith lies this fantastic world
of extravagant costume, ecstatic music and flamboyant dance, a sub-culture
peopled by transsexuals who perform their theatrical rites that so beautifully
blend music and dance with iconography and mysticism.
Noel
F Singer has contributed a full set of colour paintings of the 37 lords.
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