A footwear museum in Marikina City in the Phillipines rescued the footwear collection of the infamous Imedla Marcos from the flood that have greatly affected the country in the past week or so.
At first I was almost offended. People are dying, and you care about that woman's shoes?! However, upon further investigation I learned that the collection was saved to save the jobs of the museums employees.
Moreover, do these shoes even deserve to be in a museum? Do some things deserve to be in museums and others discarded? Imedla Marcos was a stain on Filipino history and yet she is immoritialized in a museum.
On the other hand, Imedla Marcos is a famous part of Filipino cultural history. This collection at the footwear museum represents something much more than shoes.
From article: "The 200 pairs that had been on display there were among Imelda’s collection of 1,220 pairs—a subject of international amusement and ridicule. The shoes were uncovered in Malacañang after her husband, the dictator Ferdinand Marcos, was ousted in the 1986 People Power Revolution. "
Yes it ensures jobs when the Phillipines gets back on its feet. This article just puts into presepective what some cultures find important and worthy of being in a museum.
However, I believe this article is much more newsworthy: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1216643/Philippines-floods-Hero-teenager-saves-30-lives-swept-away.html
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