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Thai schoolchildren join protest movement with defiant salute

Three-fingered gesture proves shocking in culture that teaches deference to protocol

It is a morning ritual at every Thai school, steeped in tradition and nationalist decorum: children stand stock still and sing the national anthem as the kingdom’s blue, white and red flag is raised. 

But this week, amid a growing “Free People” youth protest movement, children across Thailand raised their hands during the ceremony to make the protesters’ trademark, defiant three-fingered salute. 

The gesture originated in The Hunger Games, the dystopian young adult franchise of books and films, but has been adopted across Thailand as an emblem of a movement that has spread from university campuses to secondary schools. 

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