In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then beleive them to be true.
-- The Buddha
His 'war paint' is talcum mixed to a paste with water and is traditionally spread around on people, vehicles, buildings, dogs cats and sausages during songkran. Bangkok has taken almost four days to remove the worst of the talcum from theur signage etc. this year.