Best use of vuvuzela in Hong Kong: Protests against political reform package
Large screens are set up outside the Legislative Council building broadcasting the proceedings live.
Amongst the crowd were protestors against the reform package using creative ways to express their negative sentiments towards the pro-package camp, including the use of what is becoming the World Cup 2010 icon, the vuvuzela.
The unmistakable, paint-stripping sound of the long plastic horn turned all heads in Central toward the Legco building -- the protestors certainly understood the how-tos of the vuvuzela -- even as supporters staged a carnival complete with song and dance performances, and free lunch handouts, inside neighboring Chater Garden.
Other dramatic Hong Kong protest stunts outside Legco, sure to make another appearance today as the debates rage towards a climax inside the Legco building:
1. Silent-walk: The buddhist pilgrimage-inspired walk was firstadopted by post-1980s protestors during the anti-express rail protests in January. This time the "bitter walk," as it is literally called in Cantonese, was done by blind-folded activists. The walk is fast becoming a must-do on protest agendas for the post-80s activists.
2. Donning Guy Fawkes masks: Made popular as a protest prop by the comic "V for Vendetta," the Guy Fawkes masks are appropriate for a protest against lawmakes housed inside Hong Kong mini-parliament.
3. Bum smacking: Protestors wearing fake bums were smacked with clothes hangers to symbolise the punishment for the pan-Democrats who are seen as "traitors" by the anti-package camp.
