[steveo]

In the time I lived in Bali Indonesia local women wore full sleeve sweaters to prevent tanning of their skin. 90 degrees with high humidity they kept covered. Skin bleaching creams big sellers.

[elcid1970]

Balinese women used to walk around naked from the waist up.

Then Bali came under the control of a Muslim nation, Indonesia.

In Vietnam I saw women shading their faces with conical hats or parasols. Dark skin is for peasants.

[blam]

"In the time I lived in Bali Indonesia local women wore full sleeve sweaters to prevent tanning of their skin. 90 degrees with high humidity they kept covered. "

My neighbor married a woman from China...she does the same thing here in south Alabama.