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At the entrance to
Mt. Popa's staircase some guys are selling
bananas for the monkeys who rush around there,
always out to grab something, mostly food but if
they see something exiting, they try to grab it,
better be careful because its almost impossible
to get it back, the monkeys are extremely fast.
 
Other vendors selling various religious flower
arrangements
and incense to be used as religious offerings.
One can climb up the steep stairs and arrive at
the top after between 30 and 60 minutes, it only
depends on your condition, if you are not in
good physical condition don't do it because it
takes a real effort to get up to the monastery
and also to get down ! on top of it you have to
do it barefoot, shoes are not allowed.
Opposite of the entrance to the staircase is a
prayer hall (picture below) to make offerings to
the nats, very colorful, be careful lots of
mosquitoes are around.
The red fans
pictured here are very special gifts offered to
Mahagiri, the Lord of the
Mountain, the Popa Nat who functions as
guardian for every household.
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Mt. Popa, Popa mountain, Mahagiri, the Lord of the
Mountain, Popa Nat, household guardian, nat prayer hall,
monastery, nats, Buddhism, Patalipootra in 241 BC, spirit / nats
worship, animism, ghosts, demons, Burmese
spirit world, thirty-seven nats.
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