Ma Ngwe Taung ( my, မငွေတောင်) is a Burmese

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. She is the spirit of a

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woman of

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descent, who died near

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. An annual festival is held every year in her honor. As Ngwe Taung was Hindu, beef offerings are forbidden. She was seduced by

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when they were both humans and abandoned. She pined for him so much that her brother, who did not approve of Min Kyawzwa, became angry and pushed her off a cliff. She helps women abandoned by husbands or lovers.

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