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Indonesia porn law under fire
Labels: Indonesia» Porn Study» West Java
Gyrating her hips to traditional gamelan music on a makeshift village stage, Indonesian folk dancer Sri Wulandari ignores the leers and wolf whistles of the drunk men below as sheplucks grimy rupiah notes from their outstretched hands.Her nightly routines rage into the wee hours in villages across West Javaprovince but the 30-year-old dancer said the excited punters respected the golden rule of "look but don't touch." "The men say naughty things and ask me to marry them but I'm a professional dancer, not a prostitute. Dancing jaipong is not a dirty job," she said. The jaipong dance is one of several Indonesian art forms in the sights of social and religious conservatives after parliament passed a controversial anti-porn law in December.Indonesia's constitutional court is set to decide whether to finalise a controversial anti-pornography law, or ask parliament to review it. The law has been criticised by many traditional Indonesian artists, who say it could threaten their artistic freedom.