subversive aspects and similar supernatural powers of the two brothers. Felling Trees 'Felling trees' represents that the two brothers of Taungbyone and the local people disapprove of the other tree-guardian nat who caused the death of king Anawrahta according to legend. It is thus a symbolic retaliation against the tree-guardian nat. The tree is traditionally considered to be Htein, a large hardwood tree bearing winged-fruit pods (Nauclea parviflora). The Glass Palace Chronicle, however, mentions the legendary account of how king Anawrahta was killed, in which the nat who put the king to death is a lein tree-spirit. The name Felling Htein Trees or Htein Tree-cutting () is traditionally used and held on the fourteenth day of the month but the symbolic objects to be cut down are not actually trees; just two large branches are erected somewhere in the palace compound in advance. On the ritual day, water is first poured on the ground around the tree and some dignitaries come out and circumambulate the tree, holding the swords. As a final step, the nat chieftain stands alone and suddenly cuts the top of the branch with his sword. He quickly runs into the palace holding the piece he cut from the branch. The crowd jump on the remains of the branch and struggle and fight with one another to get a piece, no matter how small it is. The branch is torn to bits and gone. The piece of the branch is believed to bring good luck and good harvests if buried in the fields. The last events It is the full moon day when two hundred Buddhist monks are invited to offer a meal, on which the income got from the paddy fields owned by the two brothers is spent. As the last event of the festival, on the night of the full moon day, an event of giving the send-off for a famous nat called Pakhanmin U Min Kyaw is held. U Min Kyaw nat is one of the significant that belongs to the pantheon of '37' nats and a popular solo dance performed in honour of him, known as 'bets on the cock fights', is renowned among the nat-dance and his specific festival is held during the month Tabaung, Guni village () near Pakhan in Magway Region. After the good send-off for the U Min Kyaw nat, the festival is said to be over. The next