During the dictature of Salazar it became forbideen to go barefoot,
even poor people had to pay a fine if they were walking on the "via publica"
Many reasons for that, the main one is the will to become a "civiliezd" country
http://trajesdeportugal.blogspot.pt/2013/10/pe-descalco.html
http://calhabecirculacao.blogspot.pt/2012/01/pe-descalco.html
http://www.portal.ecclesia.pt/pub/14/noticia.asp?jornalid=14¬iciaid=36429
one more proof that shoes are a jail for the mind
I dont know if the law still exists,
but I know that until last year it was still forbidden for women to wear pants in the streets of Paris !!
even poor people had to pay a fine if they were walking on the "via publica"
Many reasons for that, the main one is the will to become a "civiliezd" country
http://trajesdeportugal.blogspot.pt/2013/10/pe-descalco.html
http://calhabecirculacao.blogspot.pt/2012/01/pe-descalco.html
http://www.portal.ecclesia.pt/pub/14/noticia.asp?jornalid=14¬iciaid=36429
one more proof that shoes are a jail for the mind
I dont know if the law still exists,
but I know that until last year it was still forbidden for women to wear pants in the streets of Paris !!