In Indonesia, every August is the month of festival as a nation-state. It is about the Independence Day of 17 August. Early in the month, or even since late July, the mood of national celebration has, in a way, always been started. Everywhere you go, you will find flag vendors, the stand-by or roving ones. The national flags, the red and white, blow with the wind in every size. There are the outdoor-, indoor-, table- or triangle-size flags. Wood or bamboo flag poles are in display together. The roving sellers would push their carts around the housing areas. All red-and-white.
True that once awhile you will wonder: is there still any household in the whole country that is yet to own a flag? Would the case be that those flags made of cotton clothes are not reusable? Would all the good citizens throw their flags away after August last year? Do we need to buy all new flags this year?