The Goethe Institut is showcasing works by 11 well-known Myanmar modernists; audio files are available so visitors can hear the artists discuss works in their own words.
A protestor in Myanmar holding up the three-finger salute of opposition to military dictatorship from the film “Hunger Games” which was popularised by the democracy protests in Hong Kong and Thailand. Courtesy: CC BY-SA 4.0
BANGKOK, Feb 8 2021 (IPS) - Myanmar is in a deep political crisis. Over the past week reminiscent of the pro-democracy demonstrations of 1988 Myanmar’s citizens are openly and publicly challenging the country’s powerful military, whose coup earlier this month now threatens to stifle the country’s fledgling democracy.
Since the weekend, thousands of people have come out onto the streets in most of the country’s major cities in defiance of the military authorities: noisily opposing the coup and demanding that Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD), which overwhelmingly won the November election, be allowed to form a civilian government.