State of the Union (SOTU) Address

     I am watching the first State of the Union (SOTU) address of US President Joe Biden, similar to the State of the Nation (SONA) in the Philippines. I can't help but notice the huge difference to local SONA. In the US, it is very business-like and formal, very dissimilar to the pomp in Philippine SONA which looks like a gala.

Formal, business-like get-up

    Philippine SONA is dominated by the gowns of women, the wives of politicians highlighted as they walk in to the hall. It shouldn't be the highlight, but the media is playing it up thus it becomes an unwanted highlight for a formal event.