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| 2004-11-03 |
| India's northwestern state of Rajasthan has punished local officials after residents complained a group of Israeli women motorists had danced in the nude near a town revered by Hindus, a newspaper reported on Wednesday. The Indian Express said the incident took place during a party organized just outside the temple-studded town of Pushkar last month to celebrate the end of the Desert Queen rally in which 45 women rallyists from Israel took part. Local lawmakers and residents said the Israeli women "got drunk, threw their clothes on the stage and danced naked under the moonlight," the Indian Express reported. The local administrator and tourism officials have since been replaced. But organizers of the Indian leg of the motor rally denied there was any nude dancing and said the incident had been blown out of proportion. The newspaper quoted an official as saying one group of Israeli women had presented a skit enacting an Indian village scene in which women were bathing behind a curtain. "This particular group got carried away in the excitement and exuberance and dropped the curtain, thereby showing three girls partially undressed," the paper quoted Arik Braz of Israel's Geographical Tours as saying in a letter of apology to the Rajasthan government. Indian television showed an image of two bikini-clad women dancing behind a bedspread, shot by an amateur cameraman. Girls Gone Wild - India? Consumption of alcohol and meat is banned in Pushkar, best known for its camel fair that attracts tourists from around the world. I missed it this year. The Dixie Chicks were in concert. |
| Posted by:Chuck Simmins |
| #3 ok where's the pics? |
| Posted by: anon 2004-11-03 9:27:31 PM |
| #2 Pushkar is actually a very interesting place to visit, one of the top Hindu pilgrimage destinations. Many Israelis go there on holiday, I believe most of them after being done with military service. To do there: sip lemon and ginger tea at the Sunset Cafe while watching the sunset on the lake. |
| Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever) 2004-11-03 8:16:18 PM |
| #1 Why doesn't this stuff ever happen where I live ? Oh, right, it's New Hampshire: even if the locals did strip down, you do *not* want to be within eyesight. |
| Posted by: Carl in N.H. 2004-11-03 6:40:34 PM |