We found this charming photo on Flickr – a colourful display of canes in the market in Kuwait.

What particularly made me smile was this exchange in the comments for the photo between a viewer and e photographer:

“This is certainly a large mix of styles and colors. Don’t often see any display of canes these days. Are these made for actual use, or are they directed more for interior decorative elements?”

“I’m guessing they are made for use more so than for decoration. Some of the more colorful ones may be used for dancing perhaps although canes aren’t used in any Kuwaiti dances but perhaps like Egyptian dances.”

Not the answer the viewer had been hoping for, I’m sure.