Jakarta, 8 August (BelTA - ANTARA News) - Indonesia has been declared successful in breaking a world record after 65,000 people participated in the poco-poco line dance in Jakarta. A committee member ...

Malaysians will be allowed to perform a controversial "poco-poco" line dance after top clerics ruled that its benefits to health outweigh concerns about taste and decency. The decision came after a ...

During the final weeks of Gen. Suharto’s dictatorial rule four years ago, as thousands of student protesters streamed into the streets demanding his ouster, Indonesia’s riot police found that force ...

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Indonesian students perform the Poco-Poco dance in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record. Source: AAP Indonesian president Joko Widodo led some 65,000 of his compatriots in a mass dance ...

NEW RUSSIA TOWNSHIP — Instructor Chuck Thodt cues up the song “I’m Yours” at a practice for the Poco Loco Dancers early Monday morning. As music fills the air, the 40 to 45 senior citizens in ...

Top clerics have ruled that the dance's benefits to health outweigh concerns about taste and decency. The decision came after a mufti in the predominantly Muslim nation outlawed the dance in his state ...

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KUALA LUMPUR, MalaysiaKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Islamic clerics in a Malaysian state want Muslims to avoid a popular dance they claim has Christian influences. The “poco-poco” is a line dance that is ...

Ipoh (Malaysia), Apr 2(ANI): Muslim clerics in Malaysia have issued a fatwa banning the "poco-poco", a popular line dance, saying that it is 'haram for Muslims' because of its Christian roots. In ...