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Yangon,
Myanmar


Only in Myanamar have I seen faces and bodies decorated with tanakah. Has anyone seen this practise in other lands?
A face on the Yangon streets on Martyrs Day.
Martyrs' day is to remember late General Aung San, father of the country's independence.
Aung San, along with eight other martyrs, were all assassinated 59 years ago on July 19, 1947 before the country regained independence from the British in 1948.
The eight other martyrs, assassinated along with General Aung San, include his bodyguard and seven councilor members