________________________________________________"Just song and healthy dance common in social interaction or festival as it shall be there for everyone to appreciate life with joy than anything else"
(Sources: TheSunDaily - / Columnists :: Abiding Times - By Tunku ’Abidin Muhriz)
We all remember the anti-tomboy and anti-yoga fatwas, but new depths of idiocy were this week reached when Perak declared that it would uphold a declaration that poco-poco, the popular line dance, is haram. Anyone who has ever participated in a poco-poco session – whether by choice or compulsion – will appreciate its benefits to physical health, memory recall and social interaction. But frankly, defending the merits of each and every thing that some within the religious "elite" deem unacceptable is too much hard work. They are clearly bent on destroying everything that is fun about life. Rather, there must be a concerted effort to stand up to the social authoritarians who invoke religion to legitimise their prejudices.
Indeed, there are plenty of people who aren’t tomboys, who don’t do yoga, who don’t smoke, or drink, or listen to Najwa – but nonetheless do the poco-poco. And yet, it is only when their dance is under threat that they galvanise into action, ready to lobby the government to halt this infringement upon their personal freedoms. It is reminiscent of Pastor Martin Niemöller’s statement in which no one else remained to "speak for me" because others had already been silenced. Everyone, regardless of their preferences, must be reminded that with each passing day, the concept of individual liberty in this country lies buried under ever deeper layers of excrement, with the joget-loving Tunku Abdul Rahman turning once more in his grave.
....read more from Tunku ’Abidin Muhriz letters to thesundaily.com
Also, listen to the broadcasting by RadioSabahTV for the song 'Poco-Poco'
