The violence by the military has forced many Myanmar citizens to think of novel ways to express their rejection of a return to army rule without exposing themselves to bloodshed.

In downtown areas of the commercial capital Yangon, motorists honked car horns in response to a call on social media to mark the one-month anniversary of the launch of one of the biggest demonstrations since the Feb 1 coup which deposed the civilian government led by Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.