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From yahoo news:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050823/ap_on_fe_st/turkmenistan_lip_synching_ban
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan - He has outlawed opera and ballet and railed
against long hair and gold teeth, but now Turkmen President Saparmurat
Niyazov is determined to wipe out another perceived scourge: lip synching.
Niyazov has ordered a ban on lip synching performances across the tightly
controlled Central Asian nation, citing "a negative effect on the
development of singing and musical art," the president's office said
Tuesday.
"Unfortunately, one can see on television old voiceless singers
lip-synching their old songs," Niyazov told a Cabinet meeting in comments
broadcast on state TV on Tuesday. "Don't kill talents by using lip
synching... Create our new culture."
Under Niyazov's order, lip synching is now prohibited at all cultural
events, concerts, on television — and at private celebrations such as
weddings.
Niyazov has led the former Soviet republic for 20 years, creating a vast
personality cult around himself and issuing decrees regulating behavior in
all walks of life.
In 2001, Niyazov banned opera and ballet as not corresponding with the
national mentality. Last year, he called for young people not to get gold
tooth caps and urged authorities to crack down on young men wearing beards
or long hair.
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