01 April 2011 • 6:51pm In Malaysia, many adults practise the dance, which is considered a recreational activity to keep fit Credit: Photo: AFP Harussani Zakaria, mufti of the northern state of Perak, ...

Jakarta, 8 August (BelTA - ANTARA News) - Indonesia has been declared successful in breaking a world record after 65,000 people participated in the poco-poco line dance in Jakarta. A committee member ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Islamic clerics in a Malaysian state want Muslims to avoid a popular dance they claim has Christian influences. The "poco-poco" is a line dance that is common at social events ...

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Ipoh (Malaysia), Apr 2(ANI): Muslim clerics in Malaysia have issued a fatwa banning the "poco-poco", a popular line dance, saying that it is 'haram for Muslims' because of its Christian roots. In ...

Indonesian students perform the Poco-Poco dance in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record. Source: AAP Indonesian president Joko Widodo led some 65,000 of his compatriots in a mass dance ...

JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo joined tens of thousands of people doing the poco-poco on the streets of Jakarta on Sunday to celebrate the upcoming 2018 Asian Games and hopefully break a ...

Foreign Ministers' spouses learn the steps of the "poco-poco" dance during a luncheon on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Kuala Lumpur in 2005. Malaysians ...

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Malaysians will be allowed to perform a controversial "poco-poco" line dance after top clerics ruled that its benefits to health outweigh concerns about taste and decency. The decision came after a ...

Malaysians will be allowed to perform a controversial "poco-poco" line dance after top clerics ruled that its benefits to health outweigh concerns about taste and decency. The decision came after a ...