what is that you usually do or see in your country or area but is weird to do in other area you have traveled or vice versa?? like it is unusual to wear footwear indoors in asia.
what is that you usually do or see in your country or area but is weird to do in other area you have traveled or vice versa?? like it is unusual to wear footwear indoors in asia.
I haven’t seen anyone using parasols/umbrellas when it’s too sunny in UK, but it’s pretty common in Korea. I don’t think I’ve seen them in Europe in general either. No idea for anywhere else to be honest.
Only a matter of time until it is adopted globally.
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Is that the British term for “it stopped raining for five seconds”?
I remember a British ad where police is in front of a bank where a robbery with hostages is taking place.
The sun shines and both police and criminals enjoy it and together (I think they were doing a BBQ and the ad was for a BBQ sauce)
East and Southeast Asia in general. Umbrellas are not just for rain, but protection from the sun as well.
They don’t protect you against the sun, unless you’ve got one with a special layer on it.
A lot of umbrellas in Asia have a UV protection layer on them. Also, like the other comment said, it protects against heat and direct exposure.
Pretty sure they meant it protects you from the heat of the sun. Like a cowboy hat or rice hat protects you from the sun
That’s also due to the still very widespread asian beauty ideal of white/pale skin.
We europeans used to idolize that too, if you look at old paintings and portraits the women have porcelain skin almost every time, because it meant you were of high enough status and wealth to not labor in the sun as the well tanned peasantry.
Seen it in the Caribbean, I expect it’s plenty common in places where the sun is a deadly laser.
Southern Europe here where the sun is also a deadly laser. Only parasols you can see are held by Asian tourists. Most people don’t even wear sunscreen.
I live in Spain, when I started to use an umbrella in my way to work during the worst days of summer I expected to receive weird looks, nope, a couple neighbours even copied me.
Oh believe me it’s coming. UK pays weather roulette a lot, and an umbrella is the perfect weapon
I saw a college student walking with an umbrella in plain daylight.
My first thought was, “That’s a bit dorky. Is this guy cosplaying a Victorian lady?”
My second thought was, “You know what, it’s hot as hell outside. You do you, my guy.”