Inul shows why she’s hip
KUALA LUMPUR: Neither rain nor religious disapproval stopped dangdut queen Inul Daratista from giving her fans a concert to remember.
More than 5,000 fans, mostly Indonesians, danced, whistled and sang their hearts out during the singer’s two-hour Konsert Fenomena Dangdut.
Despite the brief spell of showers, and a turnout that was less than the expected 15,000, many enjoyed Inul’s eclectic mix of her famous “pop rock”-styled dangdut songs and cover versions of songs like the Four Non Blondes’ What’s Up and Siti Nurhaliza’s Nirmala.
However, some of the fans wished Inul had shown more of her famous goyang gerudi, a gyrating movement that had earned her the ire of religious leaders here.
For best friends Mohd Jaafar and Aris, Inul’s concert was worth taking the roughly four-hour flight from East Java to see their favourite artiste.
It was especially memorable for 29-year-old contractor Mohd Jaafar, who used to see Inul perform during her younger days in her hometown of Kampung Pasuruan.
“I love her voice and of course, her moves,” he said.
His friend and fellow die-hard fan, Aris, 30, said the concert was worth the trip even if she did not show all her dance moves.
“I have all her VCDs,” he said.
Factory worker Anggi, 23 from Medan said Inul’s songs were among the “catchiest” she had heard.
“Her moves are sexy and she is really good,” she said.
Also present at the concert was Malaysian schoolteacher K. S. Devendran who was persuaded to come by his Indonesian girlfriend, Mega Suharti Sukirman.
“I have seen some of her concerts on VCD but I wanted to see her in real life,” he said.
He refuted suggestions that Inul’s gyrating movements were a bad influence on youths.
“It is just people’s perception and they should not worry about her,” he added.
Before the concert, PAS Youth Centre deputy chief Idris Ahmad led a group of 150 followers to hand out flyers in protest against the concert.
He said the concert was a direct contradiction to the principles of Islam hadhari.
“People who are going for the concert are engaging themselves in a hedonistic activity,” he said.
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