Jun 29, 2012 · In a dispatch from Oslo earlier this month I reported Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, whose hair is always adorned with flowers, does so as a tribute to her father who...

Aug 8, 2019 · At 67, Suu Kyi was poised and striking, a flower tucked into her long black hair, which was streaked with gray.

Jun 19, 2021 · Supporters of Myanmar's detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi wore flowers in their hair and paraded with them at street demonstrations on Saturday as she marked her 76th birthday locked up by the...

Jun 19, 2021 · Protesters across Myanmar wore flowers in their hair as they protested against the detention of the country's elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi on her 76th birthday Saturday. The flowers were...

Jun 19, 2021 · Anti-coup protesters in Myanmar donned flowers in their hair Saturday to mark the birthday of ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who remains under house arrest and is due to face...

Jun 20, 2021 · Anti-coup protesters in Myanmar donned flowers in their hair Saturday to mark the birthday of ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who remains under house arrest and is due to face court again next week.

Jun 19, 2021 · YANGON (REUTERS, AFP) - Supporters of Myanmar's detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi wore flowers in their hair and paraded with them at street demonstrations on Saturday (June 19) as she...

YANGON, June 19 ― Supporters of Myanmar's detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi wore flowers in their hair and paraded with them at street demonstrations today as she marked her 76th birthday locked up by the generals who overthrew her.

This photograph of a powerful woman, Burmese activist Aung San Suu Kyi, shows her use of national dress in a Southeast Asian political context. Aung San Suu Kyi was educated overseas and married to an Englishman. Yet she always wears Burmese national dress complete with a flower in her hair.

Her appearance abounds in history and meaning, but what do we really see when we look at Burmese political leader Aung San Suu Kyi