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| See-through mujras in Lahore! |
| 2004-07-10 |
| Lahore ... The name says it all! Cultural depravity seems the order of the day in Lahore. A city that was once famous for its historicity, monuments and culture, is now pegged as one of the seediest cities in South Asia. The free hand given to the city’s theatre owners by the Punjab Home Department through its new June 29 Standing Operation Procedure (SOP) has resulted in an aggressive and vulgar promotion of script dialogues and dances by female artistes. If a report of The Nation is to be believed, the vulgarity of the dances or Mujras has now crossed all acceptable limits of human decency and social propriety as the city’s administration stands by impotently, powerless to rectify the situation. Those who have watched the dance shows said they were highly vulgar, filthy in language and excessively provocative in gestures. There have even been several instances of "see through" dance sequences that have left the audience shocked with revulsion. Allah save us all, a visible female body! Run Hassan, the sky is falling! "The dances were more than mujras and female artistes exposed their bodies", the paper quoted one witness as saying, adding that the dialogues were unethical, abusive and beyond the scope of the script. According to The Nation , the Punjab Home Department has directed the Lahore City administration not to interfere in the performances, and only to report discrepancies. The morals police have had to review the performance on a daily basis to better understand the dire threat this dance show represents to national security. |
| Posted by:Zenster |