The Moustache Brothers

The Moustache Brothers are a comedic trio from Mandalay, Burma known for live performances that combine screwball comedy, classic Burmese dance, and sharply satirical criticism of the totalitarian Burmese military regime.

Par Par Lay and Lu Maw were real life brothers, while the trio's third member, Lu Zaw, is their cousin.

[1] Lay and Zaw served almost six years of a sentence to seven years in labour camp for criticizing the government in a performance at the home of Aung San Suu Kyi in Rangoon in 1996.

Two National League for Democracy members who had arranged the performance were also arrested and served the same time.

[2][3] In August 2013, Par Par Lay died from kidney disease, allegedly caused by the lead paint on the walls of a water tank that he drank from in prison.