sábado, 13 de setembro de 2008

Cada um com os seus costumes

Cumpre aqui lembrar duas gafes cometidas por esse que vos escreve em suas perambulacoes pelo sudeste asiatico.

A primeira aconteceu ainda em Halong Bay, balneario paradisiaco perto de Hanoi. Estava passeando por uma das formacoes rochosas, quando uma local tentou me impingir algum badulaque. Conversei um pouco com ela e vi seu filho pequeno ao lado. Foi inevitavel passar a mao na cabeca dele.

Ela nao gostou nada. Fechou cara, puxou a crianca e foi embora. Descobri depois que para os vietnamitas (pelo menos para alguns deles), a cabeca e um local sagrado e nao pode ser tocada impunemente.

Essa outra, bem pior, aconteceu ja no Camboja. Estava em Siem Reap no final da tarde, apos mais uma longa caminhada pelo complexo de templos de Angkor.

Tinha tomado uma baixa chuva e molhado toda a minha bermuda. Minhas opcoes para sair na rua eram uma calca jeans (descartada de cara diante do calor local) e um shorts. Pus esse ultimo e sai todo alegre a perambular pelo mercado velho, local onde e farta a oferta de souvenires.

Parei em uma das lojas e resolvi comprar uma camisa do Camboja. Paguei e descobri que tinha virado atracao entre as vendedoras. Muitas delas chegavam perto de mim com saias e diziam para eu experimentar.

No comeco achei que era brincadeira. Mas diante da insistencia e da galhofa geral em relacao a mim, comecei a me irritar. Descobri que para os pudicos costumes locais, so um gay assumido andaria na rua no Camboja de shorts.

Sai de la, mas a coisa havia ficado insuportavel. Por onde passava ouvia as pessoas comentando em seu estranho idioma. Decidi correr para o hotel para por a bermuda molhada mesmo.

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