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Cultural performances during the Chinese New
Years should not be erotic shows exposing breasts and hips and pornography is
never a Chinese culture. Once again, the rights of women has been played
with, culture has been trampled and issues have been exploited by
politicians.
By Tay Tian Yan, Sin Chew Daily
An erotic dance in conjunction with the Chinese New Year
had recently been staged in Kulim, Kedah.
Sexy showgirls indistinctly exposed their breasts and hips
while drastically shaking to the music at a corner of the street.
Some of the crowd were shocked to see an uncle wearing a
political party shirt actually became so high and stepped forward to approach
the girls, and shook his 50-inch hips with them.
The showgirls went further to drag a few little boys and
girls to join them shaking their hips after a burst of clamour.
It reminded me of the novel Big Breasts and Wide Hips
written by Chinese novelist Mo Yan. If the Nobel Prize for Literature winner
were there, he might be able to write another award-winning novel after
watching the obscene scene.
The scene did not only reflect the human nature of erotic
desire, but as well show the absurd political show of Malaysia.
The performance was initiated by a Kedah PKR Chinese state
executive councilor. He invited showgirls for the erotic dance to prove that
the PAS state government respected Chinese culture and did not forbid
performances by female performers.
Some people might think that, as a Chinese and a man, we
should be proud of the move of upholding the "Chinese culture",
while our heart beating fast for the dance.
However, I did not know why, my heart sank without even a
trace of excitement. Instead, I felt the surge of lingering sorrow.
The ignorance of politicians and the absurdity of
political shows have actually come to this point.
Months ago, the Chinese community expressed their
collective dissatisfaction over the Chinese New Year celebration guidelines
of the PAS state government.
The people opposed to the restrictions of the guidelines,
including banning adult female performers and live bands while limiting only
to religious and specific songs.
The guidelines were said to have discriminated against
women and people were worried that it was part of the state government's move
of Islamisation, which was applied also to non-Muslims.
However, no one said that Chinese New Year celebrations
should have sexy performers and erotic performances and no one takes
pornography and obscenity as Chinese culture.
It is strange that when the state government announced the
guidelines, the Chinese exco did not say a word. After being chased after by
reporters for a few days and was finally contacted, he claimed that he knew
nothing about it.
We actually do not understand what is he doing as an exco.
After the state government revoked the guidelines out of
pressure, the exco suddenly became so brave and took the initiative to
organise a show to prove that the state government is very open-minded and
respects Chinese culture.
To show his justness, leaders of confronting parties were
invited to attend the show.
In fact, he should invite Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Azizan
Abdul Razak and Datuk Hamdan Mohd Khalid, the state executive councillor in
charge of culture and arts, to appreciate the so-called "Chinese
cultural show".
If Azizan and Hamdan were there, from the view of being
responsible, they should be remorseful for revoking the guidelines.
Cultural performances during the Chinese New Years should
not be erotic shows exposing breasts and hips and pornography is never a Chinese
culture. Once again, the rights of women has been played with, culture has
been trampled and issues have been exploited by politicians.
Honestly, as a Chinese, I feel humiliated.
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