Wearing a helmet while riding a motorbike seems to be mandatory in Myanmar. Some drivers don't even take them off when walking the streets. And, apparently, one of most popular head protection devices among Burmese people is WWII Wehrmacht helmet with Nazi emblems. They explain they love them so much because swastika - symbol used by Hitler - comes from the ancient (Indo-European) religious background most of them follow within Buddhism.
On the photograph: a young Burmese motorbike driver from Pyin Oo Lwin (Maymyo) in Mandalay Division, Burma.
© Grzegorz Ostrega / Babel Images
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