A viral dance group has been filmed performing in multiple public spaces across Singapore, sporting bold movements while dressed in what appeared to be Peranakan-inspired outfits, with one onlooker left flabbergasted at their “vulgar” moves.
Stomper Anonymous said that she spotted the group on the opposite side of the road while waiting for the traffic light on her way to Chinatown Complex.
When the light turned green, the group “danced across the road” towards her.
“My impression was that the dancers were very loud and vulgar,” the 72-year-old told Stomp, pointing out that the clothing they donned was not representative of Peranakan culture.
“Nonyas were very refined. They never behaved like this,” she explained, describing the dance group’s patterned attire as “cultural appropriation”.
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The Stomper did not identify the costumes that the dancers were wearing, but said she was “familiar” with them as they were “similar” to what her grandmother wore every day.
“It is OK to use it in the right way, but to use it and prance and gesticulate with violent gestures, like going to war, is not acceptable,” the Stomper said.
“I was very disgusted,” she added.
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