Although regarding Inuls gyrations as erotic, respondents believe that restrictions on this form of expression have gone too far.

Inul can smile now. She wept bitter tears after being scolded by the "King of Dangdut" Rhoma Irama for her titillating hip gyrations, now public sympathy is on her side. Last Friday, a number of women activists and artists demonstrated at the Hotel Indonesia circle in central Jakarta to support the embattled