Party Symbols
The party flag features the peacock, a prominent symbol of Burma. The Dancing Peacock (the Peacock in courtship or in display of his feathers) was numerously featured in Burma monarchic flags as well as other nationalist symbols in the country. The Fighting Peacock is associated with decades-long democratic struggle against military dictatorship in the country. The latter closely resembles a Green Peafowl, as it has a tufted crest. The NLD party symbol is adopted from the Myanmar (Burmese) Student Union flag. This student union organized since the uprising against the British colonys in Burma, years before the independence of Burma in 1948, had played a major political role in Burma and Daw Aung San Su u Kyi's late father Bogyoke Aung San (General AUng San) was one of the former presidents of the Rangoon University Student Union.
The party emblem is a traditional bamboo hat (ခမောက်).
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