I am well aware of Winston's V sign being a Brit. But why would the Khmers use this when having their photo's taken? rozzieoz said it was a peace sign.

AndyKK wrote: ↑Tue Jul 18, 2017 12:38 pm I am well aware of Winston's V sign being a Brit. But why would the Khmers use this when having their photo's taken? rozzieoz said it was a peace sign.

In the 70s it was used as a peace sign.

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These days, the habit is everywhere that Asians are. However, most young Asians who make the gesture in photos do so without thinking and are baffled when asked why they do it. Some say they're aping celebrities, while others say it's a mannerism that alleviates awkwardness when posing. “I need something to do with my hands,” says Suhiyuh Seo, a young student from Busan, South Korea. Little children do it without even being taught.

http://time.com/2980357/asia-photos-pea ... jun-inoue/

AndyKK wrote: ↑Tue Jul 18, 2017 12:38 pm I am well aware of Winston's V sign being a Brit. But why would the Khmers use this when having their photo's taken? rozzieoz said it was a peace sign.

It just never went away. In the '60s Ringo Star started to use it as the peace sign. Then there was the David Lynch Foundation, Ringo Star Peace and love fund. I think since then because of the advent of social media it went viral (as it were)

Since launching a social media contest on July 7, fashion brand John Varvatos and agency Yard raised $2,317 for the Ringo Starr Peace & Love Fund. The #PeaceRocks effort is part of a bigger marketing deal that capitalizes on The Beatles drummer’s famous peace sign.

The fashion label’s social campaign uses the #PeaceRocks hashtag to spur photo sharing on Instagram, Twitter, Vine and Facebook. In exchange for tagging a picture with the hashtag, the brand will donate $1 to the Ringo Starr Peace & Love Fund. The cause is part of the David Lynch Foundation that provides meditation resources and runs through Dec. 31.

Ok I get it, It don't seem to be used as much in the west. But I only wondered why so many Asians used it when being photographed

timmydownawell wrote: ↑Mon Jul 17, 2017 8:15 pm

rozzieoz wrote: ↑Mon Jul 17, 2017 8:09 pm Thank you! I'm so glad we got to see them.


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The ones for the King Mother's birthday were better, and obviously closer to Riverside. I should check when the King's birthday is. Wait, we already had that, were there fireworks?

yeah they were great!

AndyKK wrote: ↑Tue Jul 18, 2017 2:11 pm Ok I get it, It don't seem to be used as much in the west. But I only wondered why so many Asians used it when being photographed

I've asked local kids/ teenagers/ etc over the years why they did it, and they never mentioned peace or victory or any deep meaning. It's like asking why girls do duck lips in photos, it's just a style thing, as the TIME article I quoted above also says.

hanno wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2017 6:28 am

John Bingham wrote: ↑Tue Jul 18, 2017 9:45 pm

AndyKK wrote: ↑Tue Jul 18, 2017 2:11 pm Ok I get it, It don't seem to be used as much in the west. But I only wondered why so many Asians used it when being photographed

I've asked local kids/ teenagers/ etc over the years why they did it, and they never mentioned peace or victory or any deep meaning. It's like asking why girls do duck lips in photos, it's just a style thing, as the TIME article I quoted above also says.

This. Purely a fashion thing. Come on, most Khmer don't know what happened in their own backyard last week; they have never hard of Churchill, the peace movement, or free love.

Well here's an opportunity for someone to start educating a few bar girls.