Anti-coup demonstrators in Myanmar take to streets in painted Easter egg protest

Anti-coup demonstrators took to the streets in Yangon, Myanmar on Easter Sunday singing protest songs and cradling eggs bearing the slogan “Spring revolution.”

Many of the eggs also bore a drawing of the three-fingered salute, which has become a symbol of resistance to Myanmar’s military rulers following the Feb. 1 coup that ousted the nation’s elected government.

Myanmar is overwhelmingly Buddhist at 88 per cent, according to a 2014 census, with only six per cent of its population Christian. But some symbols associated with Christianity, such as the Christmas tree and the Easter egg, have recognition beyond their own religion.

Sunday’s so-called “Easter egg strike” follows other themed days.

Threats of lethal violence and arrests of protesters have failed to suppress daily demonstrations across Myanmar demanding the military step down and reinstate the democratically elected government.

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