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 August
21, 2011I 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.
Here is a picture of a lineup - I turned the corner and the women are lined up to have their picture taken.
An Old Car to get your picture taken in and a girl does a glamour shot at the Palace.
The following is rather funny. A moment later our tour guide asked the rest of the group to come down the stairs. There are a lot of elderly people and of course they wanted to go down the stairs where they could hang on to something and get support. The model did not like the 30 or so Sr. Citizens getting in her shot and tried to shoo them away. It came to a stand off where they were asking her to move. She was not going to relinquish her shot. She went on to do various poses including one draped over the lion but the moment she was ready, another elder person got in the way of the picture. She finally stormed off like a real supermodel.
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Last Updated 08/25/2011 Created by Jim Gaidula
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