Keeping away extra color

PEKANBARU, Riau: Election campaign days are proving to be a windfall for sunblock sellers.

Traders flock to campaign grounds, not to listen politicians' election promises but to meet the soaring rally participants' demand for sunblock.

Hundreds of people unable to bear the scorching sun during rallies scramble to buy sunblock.

"We know people will not let their skin get sunburned in this steaming whether," said Syamsuar, a roadside vendor who offered sunblock during a United Development Party campaign in a soccer field here Tuesday.

About 7,000 people attended the party's campaign. (pan)