Youths play a traditional pillow fight game on a bamboo pole during festivities marking the 69th anniversary of Myanmar Independence Day on the outskirts of Yangon on January 4, 2017. Various traditional and local events were held on the holiday which marks the 69th anniversary of the country known before as Burma when British colonial rule ended on January 4, 1948. (Photo by Ye Aung Thu/AFP Photo)





A picture taken with a drone shows people trying to climb to the top of a slippery bamboo pole, with oil applied onto it, as they participate in a game during a fair to mark the 69th anniversary of the Independence Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 04 January 2017. Myanmar, also known as Burma, was colonized by Britain in 1824, and became an independent republic on 04 January 1948. (Photo by Hein Htet/EPA)





Youths play a traditional pillow fight game on a bamboo pole during festivities marking the 69 th anniversary of Myanmar Independence Day on the outskirts of Yangon on January 4, 2017. (Photo by Ye Aung Thu/AFP Photo)





Men try to climb an oiled bamboo pole during a festival to mark Myanmar's 69th Independence Day in Yangon, Myanmar January 4, 2017. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Men try to climb an oiled bamboo pole during a festival to mark Myanmar's 69th Independence Day in Yangon, Myanmar January 4, 2017. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





A man laughs after he fell while trying to climb an oiled bamboo pole during a festival to mark Myanmar's 69th Independence Day in Yangon, Myanmar January 4, 2017. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





A man laughs after he fell while trying to climb an oiled bamboo pole during a festival to mark Myanmar's 69th Independence Day in Yangon, Myanmar January 4, 2017. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Men fight for an oiled coconut as they play American Football during a festival to mark Myanmar's 69th Independence Day in Yangon, Myanmar January 4, 2017. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Men fight for an oiled coconut as they play American Football during a festival to mark Myanmar's 69th Independence Day in Yangon, Myanmar January 4, 2017. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Men fight for an oiled coconut as they play American Football during a festival to mark Myanmar's 69th Independence Day in Yangon, Myanmar January 4, 2017. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Men fight for an oiled coconut as they play American Football during a festival to mark Myanmar's 69th Independence Day in Yangon, Myanmar January 4, 2017. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)