Burma's hip-hop resistance spreads message of freedom

Thxa Soe's music gives country's youth a focus for dissatisfaction with the junta despite strict censorshipThey know every word. Boys, bare-chested and sweating in the April heat. Girls clutching digital cameras, their faces streaked with paste to protect them from the sun. They answer the call-and-response lines with increasing excitement. By the time Thxa Soe reaches the chorus, the crowd have taken over. With fists pumping the air, they roar his words back at him.This is a summer music festiv...

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