Indonesian single mother Puryanti and her five-year-old son painted their bodies silver to appeal to passersby for an occasional coin at a busy intersection outside the capital Jakarta.<br /><br />The mother and son are among a group of people dubbed "manusia silver", or "silver people" who use the strategy to draw attention, while struggling to make ends meet after Covid-19 pushed Southeast Asia's largest economy into recession last year.<br /><br />WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news<br />SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar<br />LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline
