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The Moustache Brothers are three brave men, Lu Maw, Lu Zaw and Par Par Lay, who for years have given live vaudeville performances combining comedy, classic Burmese dance and satirical comments about the repressive military regime. Lay and Zaw served almost six years of a seven year sentence in a labour camp for criticising the government. After that they were largely left alone on the condition they only perform in English for foreign tourists. Lu Maw, who is the only English speaker, does the commentary using an antique microphone, makes jokes, explains when his wife demonstrates classic Burmese dance routines and the group poses with signs displaying that they are under surveillance by the FBI, the KGB and Mossad and, when Aung San Suu Kyi was under house arrest, displayed her photo and made fun of the generals. As long as the audience only consisted of foreigners who would leave the country anyway, they got away with it.

Video by Ludo Kuipers, Sat Dec 30, 2006
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