Glen goes for a run every morning at 5am. What I didn't realize was that is the same time that in every Vietnamese village loudspeakers broadcast an hour's worth of propaganda.
It is like something out of a 1950's movie - a bullhorn on a pole at each end and the center of every village blaring (in Vietnamese) about the wonders of Communism...plus stock market results and local news and weather ("very hot, may rain").
Over several days, it seemed these broadcasts were slowly changing my friend ... and fashion-wise it was clearly not pretty:
Another contrast to Vietnam is the loud broadcast of religious songs ( often noisy and enough to wake everyone up in the neighborhood!) in many Indian villages ( atleast in South India).
The noise becomes a menace especially during some of the more religiously active months.This happens even in the big cities.
Posted by: Krishna | December 26, 2006 at 01:35 PM