Now to be honest, a lot of the material in this article seems geared towards a person or persons engaged in some kind of undercover work of some sort. Especially if operating in a foreign country. Still, there are several recommendations that can be used for the average person when (far) away from home.
So, to paraphrase the old saying, "take what's useful, and leave the rest behind".
The Way of the Tijuana Donkey – Ed Calderon’s Gray Man Mindset
How to Educate Yourself on Local Customs to Enhance Your Safety in an Unfamiliar Environment
Written by Ed Calderon on November 2, 2019
“If
necessary you should choose to disguise yourself as a shukke [monk],
yamabushi [hermit], merchant or anything else that you feel is
appropriate to the situation. Pilgrims have a good reason to move around
shrines and temples. For this purpose, which is different from other
cases, it may be better for you to move as a company of two or three
people. In such cases, the technique of dakkÅ, to understand all the
local customs and dialects, is used.” — Quote taken from the Shoninki, as written in 1681 by Master Ninja Natori Masazumi
I
recently found myself standing on a corner in downtown Tijuana, waiting
for the light to change so I could cross the street, when I saw a man
walking a donkey painted as a zebra. He was on his way to work at one of
the famous picture stands on Revolution Avenue. Anywhere else on the
planet, a man walking down the street with a donkey covered in zebra
stripes would certainly draw attention. But the famed “zonkeys” of
Tijuana have been a familiar sight in the tourist districts of this city
since the 1930s, when gambling was outlawed in Mexico and the
industrious local track owners had to find a new way to procure American
dollars from tourists.
No one batted an eye at this spectacle, no one took a cell phone
picture, no one looked and pointed. No one except an American standing
next to me, that is. This zonkey was in its natural environment. It was
part of the baseline normal and no matter how outlandish, the majority
of the people around me didn’t even acknowledge it.
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