Moving ghosts in Myanamar

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Nay Pyi Taw is the capital city of Myanmar but hardly anyone lives there. 

The capital was moved from Yangon about 10 years ago on the advice of soothsayers and mystics and in a land where superstitions and belief in spirits abound, the advice was taken seriously.

Problem was, there was a cemetery in the way and the not uncommon task of moving it was undertaken ad after moving more than 1000 graves, it was time to move the ghosts and so a 'spirit master' or natsaya was employed by the government to oversee the operation.........

You have to read this excellent account by Will Buckingham of BBC travel as he interviews a former Army Captain who was in charge of the logistics.

Imagine in a Western nation if the government was using tax payers money to pay for experts in Ghost transportation!

I really enjoyed reading this and it just goes to show, even at my old age you can still learn something new everyday!


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