Skilled craftsmen carving wooden
statuettes of increasing sizes of
natsaw,
i.e. Burmese angelic beings, that are used to
protect certain buildings,
as well as the people residing within it.
These will replace the existing yet
dilapidated ones on the corners of the terrace balustrade of
Shwenandaw Kyaung
(fig.).
natsaw
natsaw
The roof of
this wooden edifice
in Mandalay,
in English referred to as the
Golden Palace
Monastery, is also covered with countless statuettes of natsaw,
mostly of the same size.