How an Average Individual Earned $1346 Just Through His Natural Afro Hair?

You often see hair as a reflection of the identity because it is both personal and public. When hair is too fine, too dry, too frizzy, turning grey or start falling, their self-esteem starts shattering. This deep personal relationship between hair and an individual is related throughout history, science and even religion. Hair and beauty is a multibillion-dollar industry. For centuries, people have been able to play different roles by just changing hairstyles, and from their tales, we can observe that hair contributes greatly to their behavior, actions and motives.

African hair has always been in highlights. Real Afro hair is frizzy and puffed also black and thick comparatively. Though people have always been judgmental about Afro hair, it has always attracted people.

One such guy Michael Petrolini, 23 years of age and from Italy, managed to gain more than 1200 euro in the 4 months spent around Japan and Taiwan just through his attractive Afro hair. This may sound weird and suspicious, but Michael Petrolini just patrolling around Taiwan and Japan earned approx $1346 (1200 Euros). He got himself intimidated by the culture of Japan. The people there were fascinated by his Afro hair and attracted attention. His hair is Italian- African and are consequently typical curly and dark. Just like children, people could not wait to touch them and play with them; also people treated him like an anti depressant.

He was called Mr. Microphone, Mr. Broccoli, Mr. Noodles also Sideshow because of the unusual appearance of the hair. So, he decided to become a kind of "street artist”. He just took a sign in his hand and with big Afro hair, he just started taking 5 TND in Taiwan (20 approximately cents) in Japan to touch the crown. He shot the entire Taiwan and Japan with minimum expenses and documenting in an original way one of many cultural differences between the Eastern and Western world.

People started taking selfies with him in order to show the great ethnic diversity and demonstrate how a simple physical trait can be used to get a financial gain, become an attraction and socialize with someone who appears unusual. He had a desire to motivate people and he chose his hair as medium.