Dancing and bare-haired girls defy the Iranian government
- March 14, 2023
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Young Iranians have found a new way to defy the authorities: to dance to a song “Calm Down” Nigerian Rema published on social networks. It all started on
Young Iranians have found a new way to defy the authorities: to dance to a song “Calm Down” Nigerian Rema published on social networks.
It all started on the last women’s day, when five young people from the Ecbatan metropolitan area published in social media video dancing to a Nigerian song, four of them with long hair in the air.
The video went viral and made a splash in the country where it was it is illegal for women to dance or sing in public.
V Islamic Republic of Iranwomen can only give concerts or dance for a female audience, without video or photo cameras, so that men do not see or listen to it later.
Soon after the Ekbatan video was posted, young people from other Iranian cities started sharing videos of themselves dancing to the same song, either solo or in a group.
The authorities did not keep themselves waiting long, and a few days later Five young women were arrested. of the original video, who spent two days locked up and were forced to make a public confession, according to the report Twitter from an area with 19,000 followers.
Ekbatan, a neighborhood known for its underground art and music, was one of the epicenters of the protests sparked by the death of Masha Amini in September.
death of 22-year-old detained by police After being arrested for not wearing the veil properly, she unleashed the largest anti-Islamic Republic protests in decades, led by young people shouting “woman, life, freedom” in a strong feminist tone.
For several months, young Iranians improvised ways protestfrom shouting at windows, listening to protest songs, or removing clergy’s turbans and recording them for distribution on the net.
Many women continue their struggle by leaving their long hair in the air in a gesture disobedience before some laws that they consider unjust.
The protests have almost subsided after a violent state repression which resulted in the death of about 500 people and four were hanged. protestersone of them is in public.
But in recent days, calls have been made to return to the streets, timed to coincide with the thousand-year-old Charshanbe Suri fire festival, which has been celebrated since today.
“Charshanbe Suri” has Zoroastrian roots and Iranians they celebrate it from now on at dusk by jumping and dancing around fires to bring good luck in the Persian New Year which starts on March 21st.
The authorities warned the population not to hold demonstrations and announced the deployment of police in cities such as Tehran.
EFE
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