Riots broke out, so fierce was the Muslim opposition to Lady Gaga’s sold-out performances in Indonesia, which had to be cancelled. In the videos below, you’ll see ‘Dangdut,’ a very sexually provocative form of entertainment that is wildly popular with both the masses as well as children.
BBC Dangdut sounds like a cross between techno and Bollywood, but it is 100% Indonesian. With influences from Indian, Arabic and Malay music, it has traditionally been extremely popular with the working classes and lower income groups, but it can be heard in train stations, police offices and even the bank, if your teller likes it.
Dangdut is an integral part of Indonesian life. The world’s most populous Muslim nation even wants to register it as part of its musical heritage with Unesco.
During a live performance of Indonesia’s highest-rated morning television show Dahsyat, it was evident that dangdut songs ruled the roost. Even teenage sensation Justin Bieber’s songs are Indonesianised on the show – his chart-topper “Baby” set to a dangdut score resulted in peals of laughter from the crowd watching the show.
Yahya Iwan Wel, the executive producer of Dahsyat, said dangdut had been modernised to suit Indonesians’ changing tastes, but rejected criticism that it was vulgar. “Nowadays there are singers who perform in small towns and villages who use very erotic and sexy moves,” he said. “And yes, certainly some of their lyrics are suggestive. But it is toned down for TV performances.”
Critics say dangdut performers like Julia Perez – or JuPe as she is known – do not demonstrate any Kind of control. JuPe contests that she is not vulgar – she is just sexy. Her entrance on the Dahsyat show was greeted with loud applause and wolf whistles from her fans. Known as Indonesia’s “sex-bomb,” she did not disappoint, wearing a skin-tight black leather outfit with an embossed skeleton, which left little to the imagination.
Hiding her eyes behind sunglasses studded with crystals, she gyrated to her popular number “What JuPe likes the most”, ending her performance being dragged across the floor of the studio in a rather precarious and suggestive fashion by one of the TV hosts.
Dangdut singer Malinda said, “This is my creation,” she said in her dressing room, “so either you like it or not. I’m doing something to make people happy.” She rejected the suggestion her music could be misinterpreted by others as being far too sexually suggestive for Muslim-majority Indonesia. “It’s because I’m sexy, that’s why they don’t like me,” the singer said, referring to the Muslim clerics who have spoken out against her. But how come the ratings are always high? The people like me because I don’t have to pretend that I’m a good Muslim – when I talk about my faith it’s between me and my God.”
Dangdut has always been the music of the masses and has, even in the past, had racy undertones. Now, though, conservative groups feel it has moved too far from its roots and risks corrupting Indonesian society. But the majority of Indonesians are dancing to a different tune – and they are not complaining.
HAHAHA!!! This s**t’s better than PORN! *LOL*
Jokes aside, it seems to me that as there is currently ONLY one province of Indonesia that is shari’a-enslaved, that the rest of the country is still RELATIVELY free. Of course, the true Mohammedans will crush THAT when it suits them and they can get away with it.
DS, it is getting more Islamic by the day
One of the side effects of flooding saudi arabia with more money then they have any use for.
As Anton LaVey always said, “Man’s carnal nature will out!” Once again, the hypocrisy of Christianity, Islam, Judaism rears its ugly head. I am not surprised by the hypocrisy of Islamic Indonesia.
Actually, I think GAGA would fit right in with these dancers.
However I do’nt understand what they’re shaking over there. Is’nt Indonesia one of those countries that clitorectizes it’s little girls? So what’s there to shake?
Reminds me of the old carnivals with the burlesque or girly shows when I was a kid. I agree, it must be the color of your skin they don’t want performing in their country. Why Gaga wanted to perform there is another question I’d want to be asking. Are things that bad for her that she needs to go to some dirt pile to perform? I never saw any of her performances and don’t care to see any. Just the name makes me gag. lol
What could you expect from a cult that would stone a person charged for adultery but think that it is being like mohamad and revered if they were to marry a 6 year old girl and to sexually abuse a child bride of 9 years of age. This is a bazarre, 7th century draconian cult of evil.
Wait until the Caliphate is in full swing, this will be punished fast and furious. That music and dancing of women will cease. They are only biding their time to drop the cloak of pure evil over the people.
Banning Lady Gaga is one thing; banning an indigenous Indonesian form of entertainment is another, and the people will likely take it as the last straw.
Dangdut sounds a hell of a lot like a mixture of Mexican and Cuban music. I was in Mexico once for six months and this really sounds like the music played in small towns.
Indonesia is known for its debauchery. Islam and hypocrisy are definitely interrelated.
Apparently it’s only haram when the filthy kaffir do it!
Idiot Muslims.
Three kippa-wearing Jews attacked in southeast France
The attackers, who used a hammer and an iron bar, injured two of the Jewish men, who were sent to the hospital. The attackers are being described as “of North-African origin,” according to reports.
http://www.jta.org/news/article/2012/06/03/3097176/three-kippa-wearing-jews-attacked-in-southeast-france