Pole Dancing for the Gods

[Randy W]

in the SCMP

 

In pictures: pole dancing for the gods in Taiwan

Performing scantily clad atop moving vehicles at religious ceremonies may sound like a bad life choice but, in Taiwan, pole dancing has a divine purpose

 

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The general public see this type of enter­tainment as being part of the Buddhist/Taoist religious culture, a way of giving thanks to the gods, who are no doubt as partial to the young female form as their human counterparts.

 

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“There were [once] probably 150 groups, and the business was booming,” says Chu Yuan-horng, a professor of cultural studies at National Chiao Tung University, in Hsinchu, who has devoted his career to studying Taiwanese culture. Government disapproval, however, means they are now increasingly rare.

 

[dnoblett]

Where is Bai Ling the actress? She would fit right in.

 

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[Allon]

Dancing for the Gods. I have to remember that one next time I hit Vegas with the wife.

 

"But I am watching them dance for the gods." Smack.

[jonathantwu]

pole dancing at funeral to entertain the dead. i did not make this up.