Myanmar coup: How citizens are protesting through art

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An atmosphere of fear and anger spread across Myanmar this week as millions of people awoke to find out the military had taken control, ousting the elected government.

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"But how do you fight back in a country where protests have been violently supressed before? For some, it has meant putting pen to paper and taking the battle online. Clanging pots and pans One Burmese artist, known only by the pseudonym Pen Holder, says they believed it was their "duty" to protest through art. "We will continue to oppose the government until the real leader of our people is restored," they said. Their drawing depicts an entire Burmese family - from young to old - all gathering together to bang pots and pans in protest, a scene seen across the country in the evenings since the coup. The picture has since gone viral, shared thousands of times by those on social media. "Our people have no weapons - we aren't able to access this. Instead, as an artist, I fight with a pen," they told the BBC. "I am scared. But I also don't want to regret what I didn't do. I want to fight against this."...."

Creator/author: 

Yvette Tan

Source/publisher: 

"BBC News" (London)

Date of Publication: 

2021-02-07

Date of entry: 

2021-02-07

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  • Individual Documents

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Countries: 

Myanmar

Language: 

English

Resource Type: 

text

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    • Good