No matter how bright the moon in the sea is, it cannot illuminate the depth of the sea, and no matter how bright your eyes are, you can't see your face - Burmese proverb
Different countries have completely different customs and customs, for example, in India, everyone will choose pilaf, the use of chopsticks or knives and forks is very rare, and in Japan, the special bathing culture is also completely unacceptable to other countries, as for the Myanmar region, their preference for dress is incredible.
On the streets of Myanmar, men, women and children, will wear a pair of slippers to the side of the street, if you only look at the lower body, you can't even distinguish their gender and age, why Burmese people like to wear slippers so much.
Full coverage of slippers
Myanmar slippers have a magical power, here, slippers not only achieve full coverage of age and crowd, but also achieve full coverage of occasions, in China, perhaps the streets can wear slippers, but in formal occasions few people wear slippers, but in Myanmar is different, Myanmar slippers can appear on any occasion, such as solemn funerals can wear slippers, even when the national leader meets foreign guests will also wear slippers, why Myanmar slippers are so popular.
As an Asian country, Myanmar's climate has two major characteristics, one is perennial constant temperature, one is humid, most of the country's territory is in the tropics, surrounded by mountains on three sides, one facing the sea, this topography makes Myanmar people rarely encounter cold, hot air in summer is constantly wandering here, and cold air in winter is blocked by mountains.
According to records, even in winter, Myanmar rarely encounters temperatures below 20 degrees, and in the summer, because of the terrain, it will stay within 30 degrees, it can be said that Myanmar is really spring in all seasons, or the most comfortable kind of spring, so Myanmar people rarely change their dress all year round, basically a T-shirt can walk through spring, summer, autumn and winter, the shoes on the feet are naturally no exception, excellent climate change makes their choice in shoes very willful.
But the comfortable climate is only one of them, Myanmar's frequent rainfall is the main reason for their choice of slippers, Myanmar's rainfall is very large, almost half of the time every year is raining, and the rainfall is very impressive, long rain makes the ground always in a wet condition, wearing shoes will be very inconvenient.
So the Burmese finally chose the slippers, no matter what it looks like, as long as you take the water to flush can become clean, very convenient, when the sun comes out, simply rinse the slippers can be dried, comfortable to wear, simple to clean, coupled with low prices, so slippers have always been the treasure of the Burmese, like the world's popular shoes, there is no market in Myanmar.
However, in addition to the climate, Myanmar's slipper culture is also related to the local religion.
Religious influences
As early as the 11th century AD, Buddhism was introduced to the Myanmar region, and now it has long become the state religion of Myanmar, almost everyone believes, and the temples in Myanmar are also very evenly distributed, no matter where you are, you can come to the temple to pray in a very short time, unlike In China, the temples in Myanmar are required to enter barefoot, so wearing and taking off convenient slippers has become the first choice for everyone to go to the temple.
And Buddhism pays attention to the equality of all sentient beings, which is also vividly reflected in the slippers, no matter what status you are, how much money you have, when you wear slippers, you are like everyone else, like other countries in the shoes of the situation is rare in Myanmar, people will not look down on you because you wear slippers, this is very similar to the school requires everyone to wear school uniforms.
Because of the influence of religion, Myanmar also appeared some special places, first of all, the slippers culture associated with the slippers business, in Myanmar, buying slippers is definitely a business that will never disappear, whether on the street or in the store, the sales of slippers will never be low, after all, slippers belong to consumables, even the best quality slippers will be damaged, Chinese businessmen have long seen the business opportunities, in Myanmar, those expensive slippers can not compete with the slippers of the Chinese factory.
In addition to the good sales of slippers, Myanmar people have been wearing slippers and barefoot for a long time, their feet are also very flexible, many industries have foot participation, such as common fishing, Myanmar may be the only country in the world that can cast a net with feet.
Although slippers have too many advantages, slippers have also brought disasters to Myanmar.
In the history of Myanmar, there are many cases of wars because of the slipper problem, and slippers have also seriously affected the combat effectiveness of the Myanmar army, although the military has repeatedly asked soldiers to wear special combat boots, but in private, Burmese soldiers still like to wear slippers, which makes them greatly reduced their combat effectiveness in the face of sudden battles.
Financial troubles
Myanmar people have two major characteristics, one is that everyone likes to wear slippers, one is that men will also wear skirts, it can be said that Myanmar is the country with the lowest cost of dressing, which makes most of the Burmese people have no desire to compare, because the slippers are still slippers, and the idea of losing the comparison will naturally lose the motivation to make money.
According to the survey, Myanmar not only does not have enough economic pillars, most of the national page number with the encounter, there is no motivation to make money, selling slippers is the largest pillar industry in the country, which makes Myanmar's economic development has always been in a slow state, although fashion can not become a pillar industry, but can stimulate the domestic economy and everyone's mentality in disguise.
Take the mainland as an example, the earliest batch of rich people on the mainland, almost all have a direct relationship with dressing, before the reform and opening up, the mainland is also a country without comparison, everyone's clothes are almost the same, a few expensive clothes, but also have a direct relationship with the family, but after the reform and opening up everything is different.
All kinds of fashionable clothes began to slowly enter our country, those who were the first to get rich, the first to change is their own dress, and those who did not do business, also began to slowly learn the dress of the rich, and produced a desire to make money, it can be said that the take-off of the mainland economy, but also has a lot to do with the change of dress.
The so-called people rely on clothing, if a person does not want to buy clothes, there is no desire to consume, naturally there is no desire to make money, so that the country's economy can not develop, just like the current young people, almost each has a set of their own standards for wearing, in order to buy the clothes they want, they are also willing to struggle.
However, in Myanmar, slippers, skirts, T-shirts can meet all the needs of a young person, this set does not add up to much money, young people's desire to make money is extremely scarce, the national economy naturally can not be developed, if one day Myanmar wants to develop the economy, changing the slipper culture is the most important aspect, slippers are indeed comfortable, but at the same time this is also the biggest trap.