{"id":568328,"date":"2026-08-15T11:11:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T08:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=568328"},"modified":"2026-08-15T12:04:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T09:04:01","slug":"chamadanava-has-been-making-frequent-trips-to-myanmar-and-again-in-a-dress-in-the-white-red-white-pattern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/chamadanava-has-been-making-frequent-trips-to-myanmar-and-again-in-a-dress-in-the-white-red-white-pattern","title":{"rendered":"Chamadanava Has Been Making Frequent Trips To Myanmar. And Again In A Dress In The \u201cWhite-Red-White Pattern\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Remarkable transformations take place among Belarusian officials abroad \u2014 they turn into true patriots. For example, pro-Lukashenka Belarusian political party Belaya Rus Chairwoman <strong>Volha Chamadanava<\/strong> (Olga Chemodanova) has spent years fighting against national symbols, yet during trips to Myanmar she wears striking linen embroidered dresses in the traditional national white-red-white colors.<\/p>\n<p>Another visit by a Belaya Rus delegation to Myanmar is taking place these days. Local media are covering the visit.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, Aug. 14, the Belarusian delegation met in Naypyidaw with Speaker of the House of Representatives <strong>U Khin Yi<\/strong>. Chamadanava wore a white dress embroidered with red thread to the meeting. When Chamadanava was head of the press service of Belarus\u2019 Interior Ministry, such an outfit could have been considered a \u201ccrime\u201d \u2014 police reports treated similar clothing as picketing \u201cin the white-red-white pattern.\u201d \u201cPicketing\u201d included white-red-white socks, white-red-white stickers on a bicycle, a car decorated in \u201copposition\u201d colors and a gable painted white and red.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/14.8.2026.-friendly-relations-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-568254\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/14.8.2026.-friendly-relations-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/14.8.2026.-friendly-relations-3.jpg 840w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/14.8.2026.-friendly-relations-3-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/14.8.2026.-friendly-relations-3-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/14.8.2026.-friendly-relations-3-800x400.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-568328 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/14.8.2026.-friendly-relations-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/14.8.2026.-friendly-relations-1-300x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/14.8.2026.-friendly-relations-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/14.8.2026.-friendly-relations-1-768x384.jpg 768w, 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https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/14.8.2026.-friendly-relations-6-800x400.jpg 800w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/14.8.2026.-friendly-relations-6.jpg 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>On Friday, the Belarusian delegation was also received by Union Minister for Hotels, Tourism and Culture <strong>U Maung Myint<\/strong>. Representatives of Belaya Rus advised the minister to distribute <em>\u201cthrough the Myanmar Embassy in Belarus videos and photographs telling about Myanmar\u2019s famous tourist attractions, culture and natural beauty, in order to raise awareness of the country among residents of Belarus and Belarusian tour operators\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-568328 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/14.8.2026.-bilateral-relations-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/14.8.2026.-bilateral-relations-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/14.8.2026.-bilateral-relations-2.jpg 840w, 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https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/14.8.2026.-bilateral-relations-5-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/14.8.2026.-bilateral-relations-5-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/14.8.2026.-bilateral-relations-5-1-800x400.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The last time Chamadanava headed a Belarusian delegation to <a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/chemodanova-dresses-according-to-the-white-red-white-scheme-for-elections-in-myanmar\">Myanmar was in January 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-568328 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-15-10.06.38.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-15-10.06.38-1200x900.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-15-10.06.38-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-15-10.06.38-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-15-10.06.38-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-15-10.06.38-533x400.jpg 533w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-15-10.06.38-1067x800.jpg 1067w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-15-10.06.38.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-15-10.06.41.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-15-10.06.41-1200x900.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-15-10.06.41-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-15-10.06.41-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-15-10.06.41-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-15-10.06.41-533x400.jpg 533w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-15-10.06.41-1067x800.jpg 1067w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-15-10.06.41.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-15-10.06.45.jpg'><img 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For example, pro-Lukashenka Belarusian political party Belaya Rus Chairwoman Volha Chamadanava (Olga Chemodanova) has spent years fighting against national symbols, yet during trips to Myanmar she wears striking linen embroidered dresses in the traditional national white-red-white colors. Another visit by a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":568314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6a802b85ce020.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Chamadanava Has Been Making Frequent Trips To Myanmar. And Again In A Dress In The \u201cWhite-Red-White Pattern\u201d"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338,143127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-568328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-society"],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}