Scores of people in Myanmar's largest city of Yangon honked car horns and banged pots and pans on Tuesday evening in the first known public protest against the military coup.
What was initially planned to take place for just a few minutes extended to more than a quarter hour in several neighborhoods of Yangon. Shouts could be heard wishing detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi good health and calling for freedom.
Beating a drum in Myanmar culture signifies kicking out the devils.
Several pro-democracy groups had asked people to make noise at 8 p.m. to show their opposition to the coup. A senior politician and close confidante of Suu Kyi also urged citizens to defy the military through civil disobedience.