 To judge by 14th-century patterns, sacrifices to nat spirits mediated by shamans, were still a central village ritual.As elsewhere in Southeast Asia, homosexuals or transvestites (who already inhabited two "incompatible" realms) as well as women with appropriate powers provided a shamanic bridge from the human world to that of the spirits.Pagan is well known today for its architecture, and over 2000 remaining temples that dot the Pagan plains today.