Hunza Bans Music Festivals After Controversial Rave “Sabotaging the Native Tradition”
Within the aftermath of a polarizing rave that passed off in Hunza, a valley within the northern a part of the Gilgit-Baltistan area of Pakistan, authorities officers have banned music festivals within the space.
Daily Pakistan studies the edict was enacted after a youth group lodged an official grievance about alleged drug use on the occasion, which passed off June eleventh to thirteenth. The grievance additionally reportedly famous some girls had been “seen in indecent garments” that “opposed the traditions of Hunza.”
A memo from the Deputy Commissioner’s workplace denounced the occasion for “sabotaging the native tradition” earlier than promising authorized motion towards its organizers. The directive, which successfully banned concert events within the area, additionally cited “many complaints obtained from the general public” for inflicting “discomfort and nuisance” with loud music and voices.
A directive from the Deputy Commissioner’s workplace of Hunza banning music festivals within the area.
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The information of the ban follows a viral Instagram publish by Canadian influencer Rosie Gabrielle, who not directly known as out the occasion’s organizers for “destroying Hunza’s tradition” and “bringing dangerous behaviours, medicine, vulgarity, rave events and leaving loads of trash.”
As Gabrielle’s publish circulated on the internet, an attendee of the rave, Khaqan Shahnawaz, shared his personal account on social media. As first reported by the Express Tribune, Shahnawaz bemoaned the backlash to the occasion and repudiated the influencer’s feedback.
“We didn’t litter. We didn’t do medicine,” Shahnawaz wrote. “If some folks did, how’s that our fault or the organisers? There was a transparent no drug coverage. We didn’t trigger any ruckus. Competition was distant from the inhabitants.”
Gulf News studies Pakistani actress Ushna Shaw additionally condemned Gabrielle, writing in an Instagram Story publish, “We don’t want you to ‘repair us.’ Govt. of Pakistan must cease handing out YouTube visas [sic].” Shah ultimately went on to expound her remark in an ensuing assertion shared to Instagram.