Floor lickers (Lame-suelos)
Greetings, dear Steemians,
Saludos, mi estimada gente de Steemit.
Pictures were taken by my friend, Francisco, who will shortly be posting his own stories. I am using them with his permission.
The kid in the picture is not a Muslim. He is not praying to Mecca.
He is a Venezuelan kid, part of the new-man generation promised by Chavez and Fidel. He is one of the many kids who beg by the entrance of a downtown mall in Cumaná (Express Mall). Two more kids participated of this sad spectacle (you can still see them standing, hidden by the phone stands). Unfortunately my friend Francisco took some time to react and could not take pictures of the seconds prior to this.
One of the good things they sell at the supermarket (now a mini-market) is Chicha, a delicious drink made with rice, vanilla and milk. Chichas used to be very common and cheap. Now with 1kg of powder milk costing a whole month of salary, one cup of Chicha is out of the budget of the average Venezuelan. Still, some people sacrifice other priorities to, once in a while, indulge themselves a treat like this.
One lady was leaving the mall holding a Chicha when she stumble and dropped it. Immediately, three kids rush to kneel on the floor and lick from it the precious drink.
For those still thinking we have not falling so down, think it twice (no time for that, actually). With yesterday's "economic measures" president Maduro oficialized the possibility that any Venezuelan maybe shortly doing what this poor kid in the picture was.
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