On my trip to Bolivia 2 years ago I took this picture of some of the locals at the border town between Bolivia and Peru. While it was most common for the women to usually wear bowler hats with this kind of traditional dress, coming of the times has seen a little flexibility in this as you can see....nether the less the big dresses "polleras" and peticoats they continue to wear show pride in their indegineous heritage as it is not something european decented women of boliva would wear and sets them apart.
2. NSW Police Ranks.
I always wondered about the ranks of police officers because I always knew those triangles on their shoulders stood for their ranks so I found the following. It turns out that the ranks are loosely based on the ranks of UK police.
They ascend by superiority from left to right.
3. Car Enthusiasts.
Now their are the usual people that would just buy a car and leave it as it is. But these people take in one step further. This is usually seen with their cars done up with new mufflers, Engine customisations, chromo or alloy wheels, and maybe even a custom paint job...
Every year these people would come together to show off their 'work' in an event called "Autosalon" or even if you just walked along george street saturday night at midnight you would see a few of these cars.
4. Lads/ Chavs.
Generally these 2 groups are very similar but are from different countries. Lads from Australia and Chavs from England. I have put them in the same catagory as they act the same way as wikipedia puts it well "aggressive teenagers, of working class background, who repeatedly engage in anti-social behaviour such as street drinking, drug abuse and rowdiness, or other forms of juvenile delinquency"
they also have a similar way of dressing which is usually a sports cap, striped polo tops, short shorts or track pants, nike TN's, a bumbag, and usually an item of clothing that is of the 'nautica' label.
t 5. Iphone Users.
Nearly everyone i know has an iphone and if they don't it's usually because they broke theirs and/or just waiting for the iphone 5 (like me :) ) but still their are other people around i see who have the other options: blackberry, htc, and other's who do not want to conform to the smartphone thing. Even so this still makes iphone it's own very strong group. A group that business have seen and have catered to by producing itunes apps for the iphone users.
A group that gives you weird looks when you say you don't have one and may even make you feel alientated as you can not communicate with the same apps as their other friends do.
Here is a pic of a stack of my friends
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