 During the British colonial era, clothing gained new meaning in Burmese life, as an expression of anti-colonial sentiment.Burmese nationalists associated traditional clothing, in particular "Yaw longyi" (), a type of longyi from the Yaw region, and "pinni taikpon" (), a fawn-coloured collarless jacket, with anti-colonialism and nationalist sentiment; Burmese who wore this characteristic outfit were arrested by British police.The wearing of "traditional" clothing was now seen as a mode of passive anti-colonial resistance among the Burmese.