August 21, 2011
I wrote about this earlier on in my trip and then decided to write a page on it.
I have to comment on a major cultural difference that I have noticed along the way. Ukrainian women love to pose for photos looking outrageously sultry. They stand next to what they want to be pictured by and then strike a pose – hand on the hip, head tilted just a little, one foot pointed – smelling a flower, draped over a statue, caressing an animal – they all look like they are going for the pin-up look. In the 80’s, it was called vogue-ing and it was done on the dance floor.
I noticed when I travelled in Asian countries that the Asian cultures like to do “quirky” things in front of the camera – holding the sun/moon, jumping , have their hands on top of the pyramid – fun things. In Yalta, this phenomena reached a new level. There was a huge area where women could dress up in 18th Century Costumes to Hell’s Angels biker chicks (with motorcycles to sit on). There were also doves, falcons, monkeys, rabbits, dogs and cats in what appeared to be the world’s largest outdoor photography studio.
At one point, I turned the corner to see six or seven woman lined seductively posing for pictures.
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