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Bolivia Congress Clock Altered to Turn Anti-Clockwise

posted by n1 on Friday June 27 2014, @03:18AM   Printer-friendly
from the how-does-it-work-on-a-digital-clock dept.

dryriver writes:

The BBC reports:

The clock on the facade of the building housing the Bolivian congress in La Paz has been reversed. Its hands turn left and the numbers have been inverted to go from one to 12 anti-clockwise.

Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca dubbed it the "clock of the south". He said the change had been made to get Bolivians to treasure their heritage and show them that they could question established norms and think creatively.

"Who says that the clock always has to turn one way? Why do we always have to obey? Why can't we be creative?", he asked at a news conference on Tuesday. "We don't have to complicate matters, we just have to be conscious that we live in the south, not in the north," Mr Choquehuanca added.

 
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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by maxwell demon on Friday June 27 2014, @06:44AM

    by maxwell demon (1608) Subscriber Badge on Friday June 27 2014, @06:44AM (#60750) Journal

    So Bolivia is now officially Bavarian? [everything2.com] ;-)

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