Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Why 'kecoh-kecoh' over poco-poco?

Would I be un-Islamic if I disagree with Perak Mufti Tan Sri Harussani Zakaria's decision to ban the poco-poco? 
The reason for giving the fatwa is that the poco-poco has elements of Christianity and spirit worship.
Why all these years no ulama has declared it as such and why now?
And during all these years our Malaysian women were really having so much fun sweating it out to the song made popular by Indonesian singer, Jopie Latul:
"Belenggang pata-pata,
( berlenggang).........
cuma ngana suka bikin pusing.
(Hanya kamu suka buat aku pening). "
Is it wrong to have some fun? Have you seen these women chanting some holy or un holy words, as if they are in some kind of a trance? Or have our women converted to Christianity after these sessions?
Why do we have to take this seriously? Poco-poco is just a form of exercise, a close cousin of the aerobics. You will enjoy more during your workouts with fast and catchy numbers.
Jopie Latul's version is the most popular among Malaysians.
Over the years too, some Malaysians have created their own dance steps, and produced their own version of poco-poco, or better still Malaysian (or OneMalaysia) poco-poco.
Thank God, our Indonesian neighbour has not cooked up a storm with Malaysia over the rights to poco-poco!
Let us all not start a row over poco-poco. 
We girls just wanna have fun when we get together.
I can vouch for that. I was the one who introduced and taught our Bernama ladies to dance the poco-poco. I was the women association (Benita) president then until my retirement on March 1.  
Our GM's wife, Datin Suriani has since taken over this portfolio.
I could see the enthusiasm among the women when they joined these sessions. Benita immediately received new members especially the younger generation, to join our association.
But like many new things, the interest peaked when it was still hot, and dwindled later.
What's important is these women had so much fun.
This year, Benita will have aerobics sessions in its calendar of events.
With all the kecoh-kecoh over the poco-poco, it looks like many women associations are lying low and scrapping the poco-poco from their gatherings.
Let us hope that Selangor and KL will not follow Perak's footsteps.








 



    

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