Politics of personality cult

What type of culture is this? I am not aware of any democratic country that has this type of practice. I am sure those who went to the airport to receive her had to go because they were asked to do so by means of obsolete protocols. US president or prime minister of India or heads of state of any democratic countries don't drag their cabinet colleagues or diplomatic heads to the airport to receive them at dead of night or any other time. They leave inconspicuously and come back the same way.

Aside from the waste of money in providing security for the VIPS, this type of practice seems to me nothing but institutionalised promotion of personality cult. This should be abolished immediately. The prime minister should go abroad without any fanfare and also come back the same way.