Burmese folk religion

Burmese folk religion (also known as Nat Worship by locals) refers to the animistic and polytheistic religious worship of nats (deities of local and Hindu origin) and ancestors in Myanmar (Burma). The beliefs of nats differ across different regions and villages in Burma. A nat is a god-like spirit. There are two main types of nats: nat sein (နတ်စိမ်း), which are humans who were deified after their deaths, and all the other nats, which are spirits of nature (spirits of water, trees, etc).