Armed Forces Day (Myanmar)

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The 2021 parade

Armed Forces Day (Burmese: တပ်မတော်နေ့), formerly known as Resistance Day (Burmese: တော်လှန်ရေးနေ့), is the professional holiday of the Tatmadaw (lit. 'Armed Forces'), celebrated annually on 27 March. It commemorates the start of Burmese army's resistance to Japanese occupation in 1945.[1]

The holiday has been referred to as Anti-Fascist-Resistance Day by participants in the 2021 Myanmar protests.[2]

Holiday events[]

Military parade[]

The main event of the holiday is a military parade in central Naypyidaw, the capital, and formerly held in Yangon.[1] The reviewing officer of the parade is the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, a billet of a general ranked officer usually holding Senior General (equivalent to Field Marshal) rank.

Parades in past years:

Other events[]

A nighttime dinner is among the other events that are held on 27 March.[11]

Gallery[]

2021 incidents on Armed Forces Day[]

On 27 March 2021, during the annual Armed Forces Day holiday, at least 107 were reported to have been killed, with news outlet Myanmar Now reporting 114 deaths, the highest death toll of any individual day since the Myanmar protests began after the coup d'état on 1 February, staged by Min Aung Hlaing, the commander-in-chief of the armed forces.

Earlier that day, the Myanmar military launched airstrikes on a village controlled by ethnic army the Karen National Union, which had earlier taken over an army post near the Myanmar–Thailand border, killing ten people including a lieutenant colonel.[12][13] General Yawd Serk of the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army-South stated during an interview "The Myanmar Armed Forces Day isn't an armed forces day, it's more like the day they killed people", and "If they continue to shoot at protesters and bully the people, I think all the ethnic groups would not just stand by and do nothing."[14]

The European Union delegation to Myanmar has stated "This 76th Myanmar armed forces day will stay engraved as a day of terror and dishonour", with U.S. Ambassador Thomas Vajda saying "security forces are murdering unarmed civilians" and calling for "an immediate end to the violence and the restoration of the democratically elected government".[12][14]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Armed Forces Day in Myanmar in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
  2. ^ "'My son is dead'- Regime murders 11 children on Anti-Fascist Resistance Day".
  3. ^ Fuller, Thomas (2013-03-27). "Myanmar Jarred by Peace Laureate at Military Parade (Published 2013)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
  4. ^ a b "Myanmar Military to Mark Armed Forces Day Despite COVID-19". The Irrawaddy. 2021-01-18. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
  5. ^ "Myanmar postpones annual military parade due to coronavirus fears". CNN. 2020-03-03. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
  6. ^ "Myanmar Military Postpones Armed Forces Day Parade Over Coronavirus". The Irrawaddy. 2020-03-03. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
  7. ^ "COVID-19 rains on Tatmadaw diamond jubilee parade". The Myanmar Times. 2020-03-03. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
  8. ^ "Замминистра обороны Российской Федерации генерал-полковник Александр Фомин принял участие в параде, который прошёл в г. Нейпьидо, Республика Союз Мьянма : Министерство обороны Российской Федерации".
  9. ^ "Myanmar junta holds military parade with Russian attendance".
  10. ^ "Мьянма: парад на фоне протестов". 27 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Dinner To Mark 73rd Anniversary Of Armed Forces Day - Global New Light Of Myanmar". Retrieved 2021-02-06.
  12. ^ a b "Myanmar forces kill scores in deadliest day since coup". AP NEWS. 2021-03-27. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
  13. ^ Reuters Staff (2021-03-27). "Myanmar security forces kill over 100 protesters in 'horrifying' day of bloodshed". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
  14. ^ a b "At Least 114 People Killed In Myanmar As Violence Continues To Escalate". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
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