All the 10 National Service (NS) training camps in Perak have ceased doing the "poco-poco" exercise in adherence to the edict of the Perak Fatwa Committee banning the line dance.
NS Training Department Director-General Datuk Abdul Hadi Awang Kechil said today the 4,000 trainees of these camps were now doing another exercise routine.
There was no restriction on the dance being performed at the NS camps in the other states, he told reporters here.
The Perak Fatwa Committee chaired by Perak Mufti Tan Sri Harussani Zakaria banned the line dance in the state after its research showed that the dance contained elements contrary to Islam.
The National Fatwa Council decided, however, that Muslims in the other states can continue doing the dance as long as they do not do anything contrary to Islam.
When Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen became Tourism Minister she introduced the " poco-poco " at a MATTA Annual Dinner at PWTC by actually leading the dance on stage. Those with her had a great time. But the idea of making it a tourism highlight never took off. Just like putting your palm on your chest when greeting tourists.
Some things just do not have a tourism value, but what is there to stop anyone from doing it just for the fun if it. Why all the fuss?
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