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\u2018LET A THOUSAND UMBRELLAS BLOOM\u2019 A prodemocracy demonstrator gestures in front of a police line near the Hong Kong government headquarters. Police fired tear gas as tens of thousands of prodemocracy demonstrators brought parts of central Hong Kong to a standstill on Sunday in a dramatic escalation of protests that have gripped the semi-autonomous Chinese city for days. AFP<\/p><\/div>\n

HONG KONG\u2014For six days, umbrellas, yellow ribbons, cartoon takedowns of politicians and song lyrics have been festooned across a city whose streets have been cleared of traffic to make way for a new wave of political protest.<\/p>\n\n

Flyovers are plastered with hundreds of multicolored notes voicing encouragement; posters of the city\u2019s leader characterized as a zombie or vampire hang from bridges; lampposts, footbridges and signs are tied with yellow ribbon\u2014one of the most widespread symbols of the protest movement.<\/p>\n\n

Sympathizers at home and abroad have changed their social media profile pictures to an image of the ribbon, also used by other movements as a sign representing solidarity and freedom.<\/p>\n

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Umbrella Revolution<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

In a city that veers between scorching sunshine and torrential rain in summer and early autumn, umbrellas are a Hong Kong essential, which have now transcended the mundane after protesters used them to protect themselves from pepper spray. The movement earned a new name: the Umbrella Revolution.<\/p>\n\n

Rows of umbrellas pinned with ribbons line the roads, while some have been turned into sculptures. A tree of umbrellas was defiantly erected just outside the central government offices.<\/p>\n\n

Open-air art galleries<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Surfaces in the city have been transformed into an opportunity for self-expression with many of the protest sites turning themselves into spontaneous open-air art galleries.<\/p>\n\n

Roads have become a canvas for chalk drawings and slogans, tram stops that line the shopping and business districts hung with sketches and paintings, covering the promotional billboards.<\/p>\n\n

Cartoons of Hong Kong\u2019s vilified leader Leung Chun-ying as a devil and a vampire and one of the leader with a baby\u2019s dummy and the slogan \u201cGood baby,\u201d a reference to Leung being what many consider Beijing\u2019s stooge have also appeared.<\/p>\n\n

The Umbrella Revolution in Hong Kong has also inspired an outburst of creativity by like-minded artists around the world with a number of artistic renditions of the protests trending on social media sites.<\/p>\n\n

Music has also played a major part in uniting protesters, with a soundtrack of two or three key protest songs resonating among the crowds.<\/p>\n\n

Rallying anthem<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Hanging from one central footbridge is a yellow banner with words from John Lennon\u2019s \u201cImagine,\u201d reading \u201cSome may say I\u2019m a dreamer, but I\u2019m not the only one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

But it is \u201980s ballad \u201cHoi Fut Tin Hung\u201d (Under a Vast Sky) by Hong Kong band Beyond that has become the most popular rallying anthem of the protesters and the grave of its singer, Wong Ka Kui, a pilgrimage site.<\/p>\n\n

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