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Chechen wedding police to tackle drunkenness and 'incorrect' dancing
Source: The Guardian
Chechen wedding police to tackle drunkenness and 'incorrect' dancing
Special vice squads to be set up to enforce guidelines
forbidding firing of weapons and ‘non-traditional’ dance
moves
Shaun Walker in Moscow
Thursday 27 October 2016 13.36 BST
Authorities in Chechnya plan to set up wedding vice squads to patrol nuptials in the region ensuring nobody gets drunk or performs inappropriate dance moves.
The region, which is part of Russia, is run by Ramzan Kadyrov, who critics say is becoming increasingly dictatorial. The latest crackdown will target any weddings held outside private homes in the republic.
Russia’s Tass news agency said guidelines drawn up by the mayor of Grozny had been sent to restaurants and other wedding venues. The guidelines forbid the firing of weapons, drunkenness, and allowing the bride to dance. A number of “non-traditional” dance moves are banned, such as swapping partners.
“We will set up special working groups, whose representatives will be present at weddings in public places, and check that the demands of a traditional wedding are met. If they see clothes that do not match our mentality, or incorrect dance movements, they will intervene,” a representative of the Chechen ministry of culture told Tass.
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Special vice squads to be set up to enforce guidelines
forbidding firing of weapons and ‘non-traditional’ dance
moves
Shaun Walker in Moscow
Thursday 27 October 2016 13.36 BST
Authorities in Chechnya plan to set up wedding vice squads to patrol nuptials in the region ensuring nobody gets drunk or performs inappropriate dance moves.
The region, which is part of Russia, is run by Ramzan Kadyrov, who critics say is becoming increasingly dictatorial. The latest crackdown will target any weddings held outside private homes in the republic.
Russia’s Tass news agency said guidelines drawn up by the mayor of Grozny had been sent to restaurants and other wedding venues. The guidelines forbid the firing of weapons, drunkenness, and allowing the bride to dance. A number of “non-traditional” dance moves are banned, such as swapping partners.
“We will set up special working groups, whose representatives will be present at weddings in public places, and check that the demands of a traditional wedding are met. If they see clothes that do not match our mentality, or incorrect dance movements, they will intervene,” a representative of the Chechen ministry of culture told Tass.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/27/chechen-wedding-police-to-tackle-drunkenness-and-incorrect-dancing
