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01-01-2007, 05:43
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Is this about you Yeap?
Thailand cracks down on dancers
Jocelyn Gecker Associated Press Dec. 31, 2006 12:00 AM BANGKOK, Thailand - Even in a country where scantily clad dancers are something of a national icon, there is such a thing as crossing the line. A comment by Thailand's revered royal family has set off a campaign against one particular type of dancer, known here as Coyote Girls, after the 2000 American film Coyote Ugly, about a group of sassy 20-somethings who dance seductively on a New York City bar top. The movie inspired mainstream Bangkok nightclubs to feature their own brand of Coyote Girls. Soon they were dancing at auto shows. Shopping malls and businesses hired them to promote new products, and their sexy dancing became a regular feature of outdoor festivals. advertisement A troupe even entertained soldiers manning their tanks in Bangkok on a September afternoon after the military staged a coup. But Queen Sirikit intervened after a recent performance near a Buddhist temple, on one of the religion's holiest days, prompting a crackdown that has turned Coyote Girls into a subject of national debate and official disapproval. "Coyote Girls have to be in the right place, like an animal has to be in the zoo," said Ladda Thungsupachai, director of the Culture Watch Center, a division of the Culture Ministry, which wants to restrict the dancing to nightclubs and bars. The problem started in mid-October when a temple in the northeastern province of Nong Khai held a festival marking the end of Buddhist Lent, a three-month period when Buddhists try to refrain from indulgence. TV news reports showed footage from a nearby motorcycle shop that had hired a group of Coyote Girls to promote its wares. The queen saw the broadcast and was not pleased. Her private secretary wrote to the Culture Ministry to convey the queen's feeling that such performances on holy days, in a majority Buddhist country, were "inappropriate." The Culture Ministry launched a moral crusade, the latest effort to balance the country's look-the-other-way tolerance with Buddhist values of modesty and manners. Coyote Girls are now banned from dancing in public places, particularly near Buddhist temples, and more measures are in the works. By and large, the dancers wear enough clothing to avoid being X-rated, and Parichart Niyomthai, a 24-year-old Coyote Girl, doesn't see her job as a moral dilemma. Slim, attractive Parichart, who also calls herself "Natalie," is a college student by day, pursuing a double major in law and English with a minor in hotel management. On evenings and weekends, she slips into stilettos, hot pants and midriff-baring tops for a few hours of dancing that brings in a hefty $2,000 a month. "I pay my tuition, my car and my room," Parichart said. She agrees that Coyote Girls shouldn't appear at Buddhist temples, but doesn't support the wider crackdown. "Coyote dancing is not prostitution," she said. "We don't sell ourselves. And we make a lot of money." 
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01-01-2007, 05:47
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Nah.........lots Of The Girls That Dance In The Bars In Patts Are Called Coyotee Girls......
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01-01-2007, 05:52
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http://www.azcentral.com/news/articl...ncing1231.html
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01-01-2007, 05:53
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I know Jonny..but i HAD to ask him  ..Happy new year guys.
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01-01-2007, 05:55
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Ah, so this hack journo from Arizona writes a nice juicy piece of "news" to show the US public how depraved life in Bangkok is  Edit: I just edited BKK to Pattaya and realised THE Coyotees is in Patts anyway 5555555 Nothing to do with Yeap then. Another case solved LOL Last edited by dawsey : 01-01-2007 at 05:58.
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01-01-2007, 05:55
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01-01-2007, 06:00
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Got it from pattayatalk forum...I´m just having a quiet new years night without to much drinking because i will be busy packing my back tomorrow and leave for LOS on the 2nd.....And was reading the forum. jesper_dk
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01-01-2007, 06:02
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No problem Jesper. You velly lucky man. Happy New Year and have a nice trip 
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01-01-2007, 18:30
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Thanks Nelsone but i will not be down to Phuket this time i will be with my gf in Pattaya.I hope that i will be down around Songkarn.Have a good time and hope you will have time to do some diving because i read that you didden´t do anything in Patts ...Will meet up with CS when he come back from Surin with Lak.jesper_dk
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02-01-2007, 14:37
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bad luck jesper....oh well maybe I will catch you over Songkran....... only had one day diving in Patts down in Samae San on the Hardeep wreck....Mermaids guys were still in shock at losing steve blumethal their boss two days earlier......and the viz was very bad...so gave the next day a miss...... we are out on South Siam boat tomorrow for King Cruiser, Shark Pt and koh doc mai.......next day PhiPhi Bida Nok + Nai...
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04-01-2007, 21:25
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Nels i hope you are enjoing the diving in Phuket..yes it was sad about Steve....hope to see you later in April,now i´m in Pattaya with my gf and hope to meet up with CS and Gez later this week...say hello to Nicke and Ead... jesper_dk
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