But as each week passes and more are jailed, the protests are taking on an even more nationalistic tone.
Since the 1950s the cult of Kataragama has taken a nationalistic tone amongst the Sinhalese people.
For a while, the nationalistic tone became ugly.
At the same time, many left-wing German historians disliked what they saw as the nationalistic tone of the Kohl government.
Another aspect of the criticism against him takes on a nationalistic tone, particularly in Toronto, Canada's media capital.
First, its advertisements adopt a nationalistic tone.
Elements of the Indian media struck a more nationalistic and triumphalist tone.
Since then, historical studies in both North and South have displayed a "pervasive and intense nationalistic tone" despite ideological differences between the two countries.
The first to break with the nationalistic and political tone of the muralist movement was Rufino Tamayo.
There was a distinctly nationalistic tone to the debate in 2000, which analysts and bankers said was less evident this time.