Let us raise a flag with little to say and no, or perhaps every, country to promote.

A grand piano was being played in the street, dogs gathered to listen.

The uniformed children were playing officially sanctioned games, with rules and restrictions.

Elderly, well-known local residents were robbing the fountains, taking little cans full of water as gifts for old friends.

We wonder what else was there. What were people thinking. Where were people going. And why. We wondered.

They all knew.

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