DOE A YAE III

DOE A YAE III, Eid al-Adha, 12/08/19

 Photo © Béatrice Didier 

Happy Eid ul-Adha Thyitar! 

Happy Eid ul-Adha to you dear Thyitar Happy Eid ul-Adha to you and to your family and to your community 

Happy Eid ul-Adha to all muslims in Yangoon in Burma in Asia in the world

25/09/2015, someone wrote that “Muslims in Myanmar have been forced to keep celebrations Eid al-Adha low key, fearing reprisals from a Budhist nationalist group pressuring local governments to ban cattle slaughters that are central to the festivites ucanews.com reported on 28th september. Local authorities appear to be targetting Muslims celebrating Eid al-Adha in smaller townships such as Yamethin and Tharzi in Madalay Division, according to Muslim community members who spoke with ucanews.com Aung Thein, a Muslim leader, said local member of the influential Budhist nationalist group, Ma Ba Tha, have gone around town checking on whether cattle slaughters have taken place. Ma Ba Tha, or the Committee for the Protection of Race and Religion, has intensified anti-muslim rhetoric in recent months. This has raised fears that religion will be used as a political tool as the country gears up for the 8th november elections”. 

What about politics today? What about the country today? 

Zaw Min Naing told me yesterday that now even when people know the thrue, they can not speak freely. Army controls everything. What about their rights?

“We have no rights to say something to the army today or they can arrest us. 25% of army is part of the Parliament…. Aung San Suu Kyi tries to change the situation, by putting them out of the Parliament, by sending soldiers to their original places….” 

What about religion today?

This performance was created by Béatrice Didier in the context of the project Performance Art y Resiliencia, conceived by Elvira Santamaria, hosted by New Zero Art Space

With the support of Walllonie Bruxelles International