Ya, just back from Jogja, where I read the barongsai story with appalled dismay. Whether it is banned or not is almost secondary to the display of infantile Islamofascism from the twit who held forth on the ‘unreadiness’ of Acehnese to enjoy the entertainment. That ignoramus should be fired forthwith.
A similarly depressing report also popped up in the Globe a few days earlier, re the ‘tight trouser’ ban in one district of the benighted province.
Are we really in ‘the world’s largest Muslim democracy?’ Who do these gauleiters think they are?
Acehnese can make up their own minds what to wear, and what to watch, or are they truly subject to Islamist primitives’ thought control?
When will the seemingly sensible governor and his new majority in the provincial legislature act to restore real freedom to their citizens, or, if not, when will SBY step in to redeem his country’s good name?
belum pernah liat barongsai tampil di jalan
Hmmm …..
It seems that the officials in Aceh are uncertain about barongsai.
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