xoxoxoBruce Sunday Jan 16 12:39 PMJan 16, 2011: Sapeurs
UT found this article in the Guardian, about a book called, "Gentlemen of Bacongo".
The article calls them "sapeurs", but they look like pimps to me.
The strangest part of the story is their location, Bacongo is a small suburb of Brazzaville in Congo, Africa.
These "sapeurs" would certainly stand out in any city, but in Bacongo, "like a sore thumb", would certainly apply.
In the middle of that poverty, I can't help but wonder what these guys do for a living?
Other questions come to mind also;
Are they laughed at?
Are they envied?
Are they hated?
Are they targets?
A lot more questions than answers.
footfootfoot Sunday Jan 16 01:24 PMI think their job is to dig a tunnel under the foundation of the castle then burn away the supporting framework of their tunnel so the castle wall collapses.
I didn't know they had castles in the Congo. Cool. How do they keep their clothes so clean?
Nirvana Sunday Jan 16 01:55 PMhttp://www.sabotagetimes.com/fashion...being-elegant/
xoxoxoBruce Sunday Jan 16 02:04 PMGood link, Nirvana.
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Eminent Sapeurs show greenhorn, Sapeurs, the ropes: how to behave socially, how to perfect their decorum and maintain their propriety, how to dress, how to talk, how to walk. Exalted by their community, Le Sapeurs are treated like out-and-out celebrities and wallow in the warmth of exaltation like the poseurs they indubitably are. Often paid to attend weddings, funerals and anniversaries their role is to confer events with a certain je n-est sais quoi that, inherited from an infinitely more courteous age, is entirely deficient in this the 21st Century
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Cloud Sunday Jan 16 03:15 PMfrog bois?
Sundae Sunday Jan 16 03:35 PMI know of these people from a BBC documentary about Papa Wemba and his influence on the fashion and music scene in Zaire (The Importance of Being Elegant).
Well worth watching if you have access to it.
limey Monday Jan 17 04:21 AMElegantly dressed people paid to attend an event in order to be decorative ... hmmmmmmmm ... ain't that usually a job for the girls?
TheMercenary Monday Jan 17 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by limey
Elegantly dressed people paid to attend an event in order to be decorative ... hmmmmmmmm ... ain't that usually a job for the girls?
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aka wife.
BigV Monday Jan 17 11:33 AMmust....not ask... how much for wife.......aaarrrrghhh
: snicker :
jimhelm Monday Jan 17 05:06 PMlike Geisha
I wonder if they play musical instruments or recite poetry or anything
monster Monday Jan 17 07:27 PMLike Roman times
hampor Tuesday Jan 18 12:09 AMLike Beau Brummel
Gravdigr Saturday Jan 22 12:01 PMWARNING: THE NEXT POST CONTAINS GORE. CARRY ON.
Gravdigr Saturday Jan 22 12:02 PM*** GORE WARNING ***
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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
...I can't help but wonder what these guys do for a living?
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Apparently at least one of them is a butcher...we hope.
Or a rodeo star.
Apologies for the gore.
GunMaster357 Saturday Jan 22 02:03 PMFor your information, Congo was a place where people used to speak French and probably still do.
In French slang, the word "sape" designates clothes to be worn, at first formal clothes and then by extension all kind of clothes.
SPUCK Sunday Jan 23 05:55 AMSeems like a good way to mess up your clothes - holding buffalo lungs on your shoulder.
monster Sunday Jan 23 10:48 AMBuffalo Shoulder..... in the heart of America
Stolen from Africa....
I'll get my coat.....
glatt Sunday Jan 23 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by monster
Buffalo Shoulder..... in the heart of America
Stolen from Africa....
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*chortle*
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