🇲🇲 Facebook posts shared repeatedly in Myanmar have mocked the ruling military junta for apparently using a misspelled banner at a Buddhist new year water festival. In fact, the posts shared doctored images
The posts shared two photos of water festival celebrations in front of the city hall in Yangon, Myanmar's largest city.
They appeared to show a stage with a sign in Burmese that reads:"The Water Festival Stage for Corpses".'s mocking Burmese-language caption read on April 14, 2023.The photo circulated online during the Thingyan festival, usually a joyful celebration involving public water fights that welcomes in the new year in Myanmar.
The festival has become politicised since the coup in 2021, with pro-democracy advocates calling for boycotts of junta-supported events, as AFP has
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