Street performers Keris Munandar (right) and his neighbour Riyan Ahmad Fazriyansah painting their bodies silver in Jakarta. - AFP
JAKARTA: On a rainy day in Indonesia's capital Jakarta, three men coated in metallic paint known as the "manusia silver", or silvermen, brave the elements at an intersection near a mall to ask drivers for change.
It is an arresting act that comes with health risks, one some young Indonesians feel is necessary to make ends meet as the cost of living worsens and jobs dwindle after the Covid pandemic.
