Posted by sigismund on December 19, 2011, at 22:34:26
In reply to Re: It's Monday, posted by sigismund on December 19, 2011, at 22:24:36
There's a theme for a holiday. Buy a round the world ticket and go to each and every embalmed dictator.
This is only five
http://www.everseradio.com/top-five-people-embalmed-for-display-not-all-totalitarian-dictators-but-mostly/Typical western self preoccupation (though I had not heard about Marcos).
I'm sure there are some in Africa and Central Asia, not all of which are mentioned here....
http://atlasobscura.com/blog/atlas-obscura-s-guide-to-communist-mummies
I have seen Ho Chi Minh. The guards told me to get my hands out of my pockets, which a rather bracing. It was like Holy Communion, but has become less reverent over the years.
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