Sri Lanka president鈥檚 fury over concert
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Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday said that organizers of a recent concert by pop star Enrique Iglesias in Colombo should be 鈥渨hipped with toxic stingray tails鈥 because it was 鈥渦ncivilized.鈥
The December 20 concert in capital Colombo saw ecstatic local women running on stage to hug and kiss the 鈥淗ero鈥 singer while others threw their underwear at him, Sirisena told a public meeting in the eastern district of Ampara.
鈥淭his is most uncivilized behavior that goes against our culture,鈥 the president said. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 advocate that these uncivilized women who removed their brassieres should be beaten with toxic stingray tails, but those who organized such an event should be,鈥 he added.
Whipping with the tails of stingrays was reserved for hardened criminals in medieval Sri Lanka and is used as a popular idiom for extreme punishment of wrongdoing.
There was no immediate comment from the local organiser, Live Events, a company co-owned by Sri Lankan cricket stars Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene. Public displays of affection, even among married couples, is still frowned upon.
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