RATU singers Maia Ahmad and Mulan Kwok are top entertainers. They always attract crowds when they perform. Fans love their kind of music: boisterous, energetic, offbeat yet intimate and familiar. The duos witticisms also connect with the punk generation, their young fans.

But the duo tripped quite badly when they performed before President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at a recent function in which protocol prevailed. Maybe they were given no previous