The city of Jeddah, in Saudi Arabia, commissioned a great deal of public art. The sculptures are more-or-less abstract, quite playful, and rather weird.
When I was last there, after a very luxurious trip across the country, I was thoroughly sick of being wined-and-dined. Since Jeddah is one of the few places where a vaguely Arab-looking man in Western clothes can walk around unnoticed, that's what I proceeded to do. That led to an impromptu basketball game with a group of Filipino expats. I automatically blurted out "Kumusta-ka!" when their car pulled up in front of me as I watched other people toss a ball around on some public courts, and an invitation to play naturally followed.
So when they told me that the below sculpture had, in fact, been designed by a Filipino, I was not surprised. I have also been unable to stop laughing.
And a close up:
Brought to you by the country that named its first independence movement the "KKK." I am not surprised, and I am still laughing.
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