I used to be in a great dance group - Khairunisha Urip & Sunita Said. We were glamourous and used to get lots of praises for our performances in and outside schools and organisations. I sang and teach vocals in various dikir barat female groups and was also involved in drama. I took Art at NAFA till Uni and just love it whenever Arts is involved. Ibu and Adik alwaz said this : kau ni mmg jiwa and Anak seni... - and I used to love it. Yes I love ART & ARTS alot. But to see little girls training hard just like I once had - I cant help feeling worried for the kids. I know it is NOT WRONG to many people but having gone through the Arts, I know what it takes to be up there. At times, power struggle to maintain as the best, confidence smeared with arrogance of being and looking the best and many more. Yes we will slam others comments by saying: Come on.. it is for the love of Arts.. tak salah kan.. Ala... joget je.. bukan buat benda merepek2... Kan lagi baik drpd terbiar buat benda merepek Yes, anyone can come up with any reasons bcoz I have been there. And all the reasons u may have, I have said it. But u cant deny the fact that when religion comes first, we cant afford to allow our little ones, wat more the older ones, to be focused in the wrong area. I have made that mistake and have even been a product of it. U think I dont know? Since ur child can absorb discipline of learning so well, why not indulge her in other activities that can help her be more religiously-inclined? I am NOT saying that my daughter Aishah Zafirah dons the hijab every second or reads the Quran daily (yet) but to intentionally allow her to participate in the name of following passion - is WRONG. U have a choice of putting ur child in a dance group or swimming club. Id rather u choose for ur child swimming which is something more skilled-based and not long term where she would need to keep exposing herself. Once she has mastered tge way to swim, u can easily get her out. Passion in dancing, when truly developed, will just push the child to a more derailed journey where agama is compromised - surely. I feel sad looking at little children donning the kuda kepang smelling smoke and what not. We KNOW it is NOT in our RELIGION.. so why do we still sit back and enjoy the show? Even if We cannot change the world, at least we should not go and support others doing it. We should try to effect the changes within us and our family. A small part it is to the world, but a huge part in preserving the sanity in religion that ONLY IN RELIGION can GIVE.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 09:49:20 +0000
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