Who would have imagined that dancing the famous "Macarena" would be a crime and a violation of the rules of decency? However, what for many would be a cause for laughter, others have not taken it so lightly.
At least not in one of the most intransigent Islamist countries, Saudi Arabia, where a boy of just 14 years old has been arrested by the police after moving to the rhythm of the Los del Río tune in the middle of a pedestrian crossing in the city of Jeddah.
The 45-second video has spread like wildfire across the internet, provoking laughter from some, praise from others who consider the gesture a heroic action, and indignation from others who are already calling for punishment for the teenager's "misdeed."
Dancing is one of the things that is prohibited in a country that has been governed by an absolute monarchy since 1932 and that also penalizes other types of leisure activities such as cinema, drinking, smoking, gambling and singing in public spaces.
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The police are also responsible for maintaining order on the austria phone number streets and, as they say, preventing vice, by checking that women do not drive, that gender segregation continues to exist, that clothing is appropriate, and that commercial establishments respect prayer hours by closing their doors five times a day.
And no, it is not a fictional story, but rather the reality of a country where the strictest religious norms are imposed and where this is not the first time that what would be an innocent gesture in the West has cost a citizen a fine.
For example, just a few days ago, a famous singer and actor dared to do the viral "dab" dance move created by an American rapper, which cost him a brief stint in jail with a subsequent apology to the "honorable government" that believes that this type of act induces drug use.
Surprised? There is more. In July, a woman was also arrested by authorities after touring the city of Ushayqir in a miniskirt, which they described as “indecent” and a “moral transgression,” although she was eventually released without charge.