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groundloop

(11,487 posts)
Fri Apr 24, 2015, 08:36 AM Apr 2015

China cracking down on strippers at rural funerals

I felt a need to post this after I read it (and wiped the coffee off my keyboard from laughing so hard). Hell, I'd never even thought about having a nude or semi-nude display at my funeral but it certainly sounds like a lot more fun than everyone sitting around feeling sorry for themselves that I'm gone. Oh, and there needs to be plenty of alcohol involved as well. Also, so as not to be sexist there will be both male and female performers.



http://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-cracking-down-on-strippers-at-rural-funerals/


BEIJING -- Chinese officials are launching a campaign to crack down on stripteases and other lewd shows that have become popular at funerals in some rural areas, the Ministry of Culture said Thursday.

The ministry said in a statement that it will tighten control over rural culture, where vulgar performances have been thriving because of a general lack of cultural events........

In the last several months, people who have returned to their rural homes for funerals have complained on social media about lewd shows, remarking that troupes hired to play dirges suddenly changed their tune and began to peel off their clothes.

The ministry cited a performance by six strippers at a funeral in the northern province of Hebei and a lewd show by three performers at a funeral in the eastern province of Jiangsu. Those responsible for vulgar acts will be punished, it said.

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China cracking down on strippers at rural funerals (Original Post) groundloop Apr 2015 OP
Fabulous concept BeyondGeography Apr 2015 #1
China is "Cracking" down on people showing their crack. If the rural people don't mind it... BlueJazz Apr 2015 #2
 

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)
2. China is "Cracking" down on people showing their crack. If the rural people don't mind it...
Fri Apr 24, 2015, 08:56 AM
Apr 2015

..., more power to them.

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