The owners of the shops surrounding the synagogue -- mostly men wearing traditional Burmese
longyi and Muslim kufi and thawb -- are not hawking Judaica but super glue and paint, among other utility products.
I want them to wear
longyi. I do not want to lose my traditions.
* Both men and women wear
longyi, a wraparound skirt tied at the waist.
I scanned its cheap cardstock cover; on it was an image of a young Burmese woman wearing the traditional pair of ingyi and
longyi, with the pages printed on thin bond paper.
A Facebook page run by the Yangon Police Force posted photos of a man suspected of involvement, as well as the charred remains of the bottle that apparently served as the vessel for the incendiary device, often referred to as a 'Molotov cocktail.' The post urged anyone with knowledge of the incident to report it to police, providing several phone numbers as well as two images of a man dressed in a pink short-sleeved shirt and
longyi, described as in his 40s.
Shuo Lin [ID], (1) Mu Chen, (2) Wanling Chen, (3) Keyi Lin, (1) Panwei Mu, (1) Bilian Zhu, (1) Wen Xu, (1) Manman Wang, (1) Jianping Weng, (1) and
Longyi Zeng [ID] (1)
Additionally, some voters reported that they were denied the national race constituency ballot on the basis of arbitrary markers of identity (for example, whether one was wearing a
longyi [sarong] associated with the national race on the ballot).
(22) On such ritual occasions, the leaders should wear ceremonial courtly attire: a long white 'coat' like those worn by princes and ministers during the Konbaung Dynasty, a Burmese turban, and a long silk
longyi. Seated inside and around the hollow pagoda, according to the pre-colonial ternary order (leaders and monks inside the pagoda, and the commoners outside), a local leader, serving as a representative of Sekya Min, recites texts and the participants recite after him.
Chaw Sandi Tun's mocking post compared the light green new uniform for army officers with that of a "
longyi", a traditional Myanmar skirt worn by politician Suu Kyi.
One security officer wearing a
longyi read my passport upside down for about five minutes.