This photo taken and received courtesy of an anonymous source via Facebook on April 13, 2021 shows protesters carrying A-taui pots filled with Thingyan festival flowers during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon's Hlaing township. - AFP
YANGON, April 13 (AFP): Anti-coup protesters turned Myanmar's New Year festival of Thingyan into a rallying point Tuesday, painting pro-democracy messages on traditional clay pots and collecting flowers.
Myanmar is in chaos and its economy paralysed since the military seized power from civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1.
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