CELEBRATIONS, ORANGES, DRUGS, VALYANKY and a PORTABLE CHURCH

I have posted three new photographs:

Celebrating the Supreme Court Decision – was taken last night in Maidan (Independence Square)
Portable Church on Khreshchatyk Street – title is self explanatory.
Of Oranges, Drugs and Valyanky – requires some explaination.

Background:

The sign in the middle of the picture says:
Пункт обміну - американських валянків на наколоті апельсини
(Punkt obminu - amerykanskyh valyankiv na nakoloti apelsyny)
Exchange point – American valyanky for drugged oranges

The photo on the left of the poster is of Ludmilla Yanukovych, the wife of Victor Yanukovych. The word коза under her picture means goat.

The boot shaped object is a valyanky, a boot made of felt for the cold weather, well known in Russia and Ukraine. (But unknown in the US.)

Explanation:

This poster is making fun of Victor Yanukovych’s repeated reference to the protesters and Yushchenko as goats. Also, the poster pokes fun at Ludmilla Yanukovych who made a speech where she told the Yanukovych supporters that the oranges that the pro-Yushchenko supporters were carrying were filled with drugs and that the valyanky, that some protesters were using to keep their feet warm, were manufactured in the US.

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