I was reading today’s Kompas, on which a photo capturing a meeting between Suu Kyi and junta’s representative is at top of its international page, when I saw something really interesting, and cute.
It was their feet. I didn’t see any pair of shoes there. Instead I found simple, black pairs of sandals.
Provided the context of their meeting was of the state’s affair, a good guess is that there should be a kind of protocol. A pair of sandals is unlikely to be included in such a meeting. Interestingly, the photo shows us that very fact; it is true anywhere else but in Burma. This makes Burma in all of a sudden looks mightily exotic to me. Off course, besides its bald revolutionary monks.
Talking about being revolutionary, don’t you think it is a good idea to have people wears a pair of sandal in our ‘istana negara’? A pair of shoes is not very indigenous, after all.
It happened, actually.
But in doing so, you have to be born as a street kid and better live around the neighborhood when Mr. President invite you to the state’s open house which is nothing but a propaganda to let him looks more popular.
