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I wrote recently about the Pokemones in Chile. They are the youths who dress in outrageous fashion, have fun in the bushes and pose for pictures while striking cartoon-ish poses. I dug up some photos of the Pokemones on the net.

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Cool teenagers

Newsweek magazine has an article about the supposedly scandalous behaviour of young people in Santiago, Chile. They gather in the parks and do all sorts of things while wearing outrageous fashion. Will this come to Lumpini Park, I wonder?

Same-gender interactions are commonplace, as the lines between hetero- and homosexuality are blurred, partly by the alcohol and drugs consumed, but also by shifting social mores held by Chilean youth, in contrast to their conservative parents. “Ponceo is about having fun,” says Natalia Fernandez, a 15-year-old with pink hair and a pierced chin. “This time I had seven partners.”

Fernandez, like many others in the park, is wearing an anime T-shirt. Drawing inspiration from Japanese anime culture, the teens refer to themselves as “Pokemones.” Their behavior, though, doesn’t quite resemble that of the cartoon characters that once obsessed young TV watchers around the world. “It’s shameless,” says Gina Mazzini Aliste, a middle-aged woman in the park that day. “They act like ponceo is a competitive sport.”

Link to Newsweek article >>