Myanmar boycotts water festival to protest junta

By Agence France-Presse

Apr 15, 2022 12:41 am

YANGON: Myanmar marked its normally boisterous new year water festival with silence and boycotts on Wednesday, as fighting between the military and opponents of the coup the former staged last year raged across the country.

The Southeast Asian nation has been in turmoil since the military ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's government in February 2021, sparking huge protests and a bloody crackdown.

SILENT STREET A woman crosses an empty street during the Thingyan water festival, which marks the Buddhist new year, in Yangon on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. AFP PHOTO

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