Ukrainian pumpkin roll
My application to be an election monitor in the Ukrainian election was rejected out of hand due to my poor Ukrainian (read: none) and scant electoral experience. Aside from defending democracy and liberalisation, I sure would have enjoyed spectacles like this.
According to a Ukrainian custom, a woman rejects an unwanted suitor by handing him a pumpkin. So it was that pro-democracy supporters said “no” to corruption and autocratic rule by dumping pumpkins on a street in Kiev Sunday - and voting for the reform-minded Viktor Yushchenko for president.