***Germany’s national garden show accuses AWO Ballet of cultural insensitivity with concerns their six outfits could offend the audience***
A dance troupe for female pensioners has been forbidden from performing in sombreros and pharaoh costumes by Germany’s national garden show after being accused of cultural insensitivity.
The AWO Ballet, which has been performing since the 1980s, was set up by a charity for the elderly and disabled to give women in their 60s, many of whom are widows, an outlet to socialise and dance.
The group was scheduled to take their “world cruise on a dream ship” show to the biennial garden show in Mannheim this month.But the garden show intervened at the last minute to tell them that six of their costumes were inappropriate, troupe leader, Erika Schmaltz, told The Telegraph.
The organisers were apparently concerned that the costumes, which included Japanese kimonos, Indian saris and Mexican sombreros, could offend the audience.
This is so stupid. Seems like directly out of a South Park episode.
But by now they found a compromise. They altered the costumes a bit (the pharaos are Egyptian workers now, the Mexicans only wear a poncho but not a sombrero) and there will be a critical discussion on stage afterwards.
For fuck sake, please don’t bring this bullshit in EU…
Oh just fuck off already
I am in some groups that are against afrocentrism (some wewuzery is hilarious) and there are fuckload of Egyptians in those groups. They are not offended when someone dresses like them, from what I’ve seen people are actually glad others are enjoying their culture in the positive way. However they have a big problem when someone is stealing or rewriting their history. Did these people claim Egyptian history as their own? No, so fuck off
I’m just waiting when the Americans stop wearing Disney princess costumes.
Oh wait, it’s only if you rip off a black people’s culture.
This three thousand years old Ramses guy with the Egyptian passport could certainly have taken offense
Oh yes, god forbid then OFFEND ANY 4000 YEAR OLD EGYPTIAN FUCKING PHAROES -_- SORRY KHUFU! SORRY CLEOPATRA!!!!!!!!
MADDDNESSS
>has been forbidden from performing in sombreros and pharaoh costumes **by Germany’s national garden show**
So they weren’t “banned”. A private event told them they weren’t going to perform in those costumes. End of story. Nobody forbade them from doing their show the way they want elsewhere. But of course, that wouldn’t be the outrage story that the Telegraph wants to sell to their idiotic readers.
Who ban this women maybe have mental illness.
Will it trigger the Ptolemaic Dynasty or what?
Cleopatra was Greek..
Pharaohface, fucking racist.
Who’s supposed to be offended now? The freakin mummies?
All those ancient Egyptians found this very offensive
Because Egyptians nowadays walk around dressed like Pharaons
This is culturally insensitive against the Ancient Egyptians!
cant wait for them to do an easter island themed show just to be banned for using 🗿
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Like who they gonna offend?? they are all dead by there own demise…
The ancient Egyptians no longer exist. Their culture is up for grabs for anyone, and the modern Egyptians are very explicit about the fact that they do not identify with their pagan ancestors.
There are no victims here.
That said, cultural insensitivity is very, very common in Germany even today. Good fight, wrong target.
r/firstworldproblems
LoL, how does something like this make for international news?
Those ballets are done by some now old people. They organize this like someone else would thier wedding. If they think something is inappropiate, then let it be. It isnt about cancel culture or anything. Just some old gals, who think this is thier lifes work and who want to make it “perfect”
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***Germany’s national garden show accuses AWO Ballet of cultural insensitivity with concerns their six outfits could offend the audience***
A dance troupe for female pensioners has been forbidden from performing in sombreros and pharaoh costumes by Germany’s national garden show after being accused of cultural insensitivity.
The AWO Ballet, which has been performing since the 1980s, was set up by a charity for the elderly and disabled to give women in their 60s, many of whom are widows, an outlet to socialise and dance.
The group was scheduled to take their “world cruise on a dream ship” show to the biennial garden show in Mannheim this month.But the garden show intervened at the last minute to tell them that six of their costumes were inappropriate, troupe leader, Erika Schmaltz, told The Telegraph.
The organisers were apparently concerned that the costumes, which included Japanese kimonos, Indian saris and Mexican sombreros, could offend the audience.
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**Continue reading:**[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/04/18/german-pensioners-dance-group-banned-wearing-sombrero/](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/04/18/german-pensioners-dance-group-banned-wearing-sombrero/)
This is so stupid. Seems like directly out of a South Park episode.
But by now they found a compromise. They altered the costumes a bit (the pharaos are Egyptian workers now, the Mexicans only wear a poncho but not a sombrero) and there will be a critical discussion on stage afterwards.
For fuck sake, please don’t bring this bullshit in EU…
Oh just fuck off already
I am in some groups that are against afrocentrism (some wewuzery is hilarious) and there are fuckload of Egyptians in those groups. They are not offended when someone dresses like them, from what I’ve seen people are actually glad others are enjoying their culture in the positive way. However they have a big problem when someone is stealing or rewriting their history. Did these people claim Egyptian history as their own? No, so fuck off
I’m just waiting when the Americans stop wearing Disney princess costumes.
Oh wait, it’s only if you rip off a black people’s culture.
This three thousand years old Ramses guy with the Egyptian passport could certainly have taken offense
Oh yes, god forbid then OFFEND ANY 4000 YEAR OLD EGYPTIAN FUCKING PHAROES -_- SORRY KHUFU! SORRY CLEOPATRA!!!!!!!!
MADDDNESSS
>has been forbidden from performing in sombreros and pharaoh costumes **by Germany’s national garden show**
So they weren’t “banned”. A private event told them they weren’t going to perform in those costumes. End of story. Nobody forbade them from doing their show the way they want elsewhere. But of course, that wouldn’t be the outrage story that the Telegraph wants to sell to their idiotic readers.
Who ban this women maybe have mental illness.
Will it trigger the Ptolemaic Dynasty or what?
Cleopatra was Greek..
Pharaohface, fucking racist.
Who’s supposed to be offended now? The freakin mummies?
All those ancient Egyptians found this very offensive
Because Egyptians nowadays walk around dressed like Pharaons
This is culturally insensitive against the Ancient Egyptians!
cant wait for them to do an easter island themed show just to be banned for using 🗿
​
Like who they gonna offend?? they are all dead by there own demise…
The ancient Egyptians no longer exist. Their culture is up for grabs for anyone, and the modern Egyptians are very explicit about the fact that they do not identify with their pagan ancestors.
There are no victims here.
That said, cultural insensitivity is very, very common in Germany even today. Good fight, wrong target.
r/firstworldproblems
LoL, how does something like this make for international news?
Those ballets are done by some now old people. They organize this like someone else would thier wedding. If they think something is inappropiate, then let it be. It isnt about cancel culture or anything. Just some old gals, who think this is thier lifes work and who want to make it “perfect”