SAGAING DIVISION – In a village in Kani Township, while being attacked by terrorist forces, they protested in the full moon day of “War So” against the military dictatorship as a revolutionary “War So”.
“On the full moon of War So, which marks 2 years and 6 months of the military coup, the people of Kani region are not able to offer War So robes to the monks, and the monks are also fleeing the war,” said one of the strike leaders.
“Because the junta troops are launching offensive, the monks in the village are also avoiding the war even during the month of War so. Monks are not allowed to travel and required to dwell in the same monastery for the 3 months of War so, starting from the day of the full moon. But, the monks have to go to another safe monastery while fleeing,” he said.
Even though everyone had to flee the war during War so month, the revolutionary people are showing their sympathy as they pray for the people unlawfully abducted by junta and fallen heroes of Burma’s history all ages.
“It is a custom on the full moon night, they light candles in the village’s monastery and pagodas. They go around the village with pots and pans. They offer War So robes to the monks. In the villages, every house in the village cooks fried beans and fried noodles of chick peas using their own oil. Then they start making homage to the elderly parents. But now we cannot do any of these things,” said a local.
Since the people are making a revolution to completely destroy notorious junta, not wanting just a mere change of government only, they shouted the slogan “Revolutionary War So that will root out the bad systems!”