Australian men who stripped to underwear at Malaysia F1 racetrack let off with warning
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"nine Australians who stripped down to swimming trunks emblazoned with the Malaysian flag
The men, including a staff member of Australian Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne, also had quaffed beer from their shoes to emulate Ricciardo, who celebrated his win by chugging champagne from his shoe on the podium.
After pictures and video of the boisterous scenes went viral, the nine men were arrested Sunday at the Sepang racing circuit and ordered held in remand for four days pending possible charges.
they were unaware of local sensitivities and that stripping down to Malaysian swimming trunks would be construed as offensive."
Recall a similar incident some time back in Sarawak where some Canadian ascended the summit of Mt Kinabalu and stripped down to their 'birthday suit' (i.e. naked) to take selfies....This caused unhappiness among the locals as Mt Kinabalu is considered a sacred mountain inhabited by their gods....It is akin to stripping naked in a cathedral or church....
Relate to the tourism compre/AQ we did not too long ago about the unruly behaviour of tourists...but note that sometimes, we can't blame the tourists as they are unaware of the local culture.....and it is inevitable that we bring some of our country's norms into the country we are visiting without realising that it is inappropriate and can even be insulting to the locals....regarding having the national flag emblazoned on underwear, this is considered ok and common in Australia and the US, but not so in more 'serious' countries like those in the East, where respect must be accorded to the national flag....
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"nine Australians who stripped down to swimming trunks emblazoned with the Malaysian flag
The men, including a staff member of Australian Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne, also had quaffed beer from their shoes to emulate Ricciardo, who celebrated his win by chugging champagne from his shoe on the podium.
After pictures and video of the boisterous scenes went viral, the nine men were arrested Sunday at the Sepang racing circuit and ordered held in remand for four days pending possible charges.
they were unaware of local sensitivities and that stripping down to Malaysian swimming trunks would be construed as offensive."
Recall a similar incident some time back in Sarawak where some Canadian ascended the summit of Mt Kinabalu and stripped down to their 'birthday suit' (i.e. naked) to take selfies....This caused unhappiness among the locals as Mt Kinabalu is considered a sacred mountain inhabited by their gods....It is akin to stripping naked in a cathedral or church....
Relate to the tourism compre/AQ we did not too long ago about the unruly behaviour of tourists...but note that sometimes, we can't blame the tourists as they are unaware of the local culture.....and it is inevitable that we bring some of our country's norms into the country we are visiting without realising that it is inappropriate and can even be insulting to the locals....regarding having the national flag emblazoned on underwear, this is considered ok and common in Australia and the US, but not so in more 'serious' countries like those in the East, where respect must be accorded to the national flag....
For qns on tourism (problems brought about by tourists)
posted by Dark Shadow | 2:18 PM
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