Street games as Myanmar marks 70 years of independence

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Street games as Myanmar marks 70 years of independence

YANGON: Children clambered up oiled banana stalks as teenagers wrestled for greasy coconuts in Street fairs held around Yangon on Thursday to celebrate Myanmar?s 70 years of independence.
The national holiday saw roads blocked off with pop music and live commentary blasting from sound systems in a cross between a Street festival and a public sports day.
In Yangon?s northern suburb of Insein, onlookers cheered a young boy as he endeavoured to climb up an oiled, suspended banana trunk to reach the Myanmar flag at the top -- a symbol of the nation?s long struggle for independence.
"We need to remember this day every year. It?s important for the whole country," organiser Ye Yint, 27, told AFP, sporting a Manchester United top. "Younger generations need to remember the older generation that fought for our freedom."
Myanmar declared independence from British colonial rule on 4 January 1948 after a long fight championed by General Aung San, the father of the country?s current civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.
Yet official celebrations for the 70th anniversary were kept low-key despite the renewed patriotic fervour that has gripped Myanmar as it faces global condemnation of military atrocities committed against the country?s Rohingya Muslim minority.Vice President Myint Swe was the highest-ranking official to attend a solemn ceremony that started before dawn broke in the capital Naypyidaw.



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