The Sri Lankan government said Monday, Jan. 3 that it was studying several requests to ban the wearing of miniskirts in the Indian Ocean island. Nimal Rubasinghe, the cultural affairs secretary, said his department had received delegations seeking to ban the light holdings in public. "There were complaints from various circles on the miniskirt but we only studied and no final decision has been taken." Mr.Rubasinghe reacted after a news report saying the government had asked a committee to establish a dress code to be observed in public places to ensure that the wearing of miniskirts would be banned. According to local daily Lakbima News, miniskirts may be prohibited if the Department of Cultural Affairs demanded "a new era of moral purity." The President of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapakse, has recently ordered the removal of billboards showing women scantily clad and launched a campaign to warn against the consumption of alcohol and tobacco use.
Last year, a group of Buddhist clergy, very influential in Sri Lanka, had to cancel a concert by R & B singer Akon, who had also denied his visa because of a clip in which women in bikinis in front of a Buddha by the pool.
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