Alexander Lukashenko, the President of Belarus, didn’t intend to start the nude flash mob sweeping social networks when making a speech on Thursday last week. The President talked to the 5th Belarus People’s Congress about economic development.
How the nude flash mob started
“Innovations, IT-technilogies, privatization, it’s all understandable. We have managed that. But all, including our life, is in the simpicity: [We] need to develop and work,” Lukashenko stated.
However, the last sentence sounded more like “get undressed and work“, which quickly was picked up by social media trend setters, KP.ua reported.
Residents of Belarus and the whole Russian-speaking social Internet decided to listen to the President and posted their photos where they were pictured “undressed and working”.
The flash mob keeps going getting more pictures supporting the trend under the hashtag #раздеватьсяиработать.
Instagram lists 1,418 photos under the tag.
Belarus people seem to respect advice of their president. Plenty of young and not so youthful people took it on board and decided to spice up their usual working routines. Some companies took the chance of getting their names out there, adding their URL’s and phone numbers in the pictures.
Belarus women and men appear to enjoy the chance to demonstrate their loyalty to the President. From office workers to music band members, the undressing fever took over.
Video: Belarus President calls people to “undress and work”
When listening to the speech of the Belarus leader, it does sound like a call to take clothes off and then perform their duties. No wonder people are excited about the new way of improving their productivity.
President ordered — We have to execute!
How Internet users reacted to the unusual suggestion.
“President said – we have to execute! No excuses,” Christina Santi wrote next to her picture. Photo: Instagram.com/anti_santi
“I am a simple person,” Ksusha Gadeckaya wrote on her Instagram. “If the president said undress and work, I am doing it.” Photo: Instagram.com/milkamirage
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Photo: Instagram.com/olyakashkevich
Photo: Instagram.com/leshamur
Photo: Instagram.com/pavel_leontiev
Photo: Instagram.com/cibaalex
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Photo: Instagram.com/larisachet
Photo: Instagram.com/_barcevka_
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Instagram lists 1418 post under the tag.
Next time you can skip the pictures of the naked men 😉
There were for some reason 10 times more men’s pics than girls’ snaps! I guess guys are just hotter in the warm Belarus summer weather 😉
Skip the pictures of the naked men? This is discrimination. I protest!
😉
I would never call in sick or be late for work ever again!
I think it’s an amazing experiment for these people and their colleagues 🙂 It’s ok to show your body when you are young and attractive like all these boys and girls. But don’t even ask me to look at my naked 60-years old boss! And thanks God it’s summertime now, as I know Belarus isn’t a tropical country!
Yes it is amazing
Oh my God! what is going on in this country. I would never have agreed to such a flash mob. and I wouldn’t like to see man “thing” near my eyes. it’s disgusting. maybe they’re just all crazy? then everything is fine!
Oh my God! Those Belarus people are crazy! I don’t think that anyone can easily work near naked bodies. I wonder if the President of Belarus has seen all these photos… it would be funny to see his reaction 😀
I guess their president mean something different, but these people understood him literally. But I always thought that law did not allow being undressed at public places. I hope those people did not have any problems with police for their flash mob)