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Islands in focus: Official dismissed for Bollywood dance
Banda Aceh Mayor Illiza Saâaduddin Djamal announced on Saturday the dismissal of the cityâs culture and tourism agency head, Fadhil, for approving the performance of an Indian Bollywood dance at a cultural event held last week in the Aceh provincial capital
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anda Aceh Mayor Illiza Sa'aduddin Djamal announced on Saturday the dismissal of the city's culture and tourism agency head, Fadhil, for approving the performance of an Indian Bollywood dance at a cultural event held last week in the Aceh provincial capital.
Illiza considered the Indian dance performed during the event erotic and in violation of sharia implemented in the region.
'[We] cannot be paradoxical about the [implementation of] sharia and hamper our propagation mission to establish Banda Aceh as a madani [civil] city,' she said as quoted by tempo.co.
Earlier on Sept. 14, two dancers representing the Indian community in Banda Aceh performed a Bollywood dance during the opening ceremony of the 2015 Banda Aceh Art Festival, which was organized by the agency.
