Indonesia – Jaipong artists slammed president of the Islamic-based Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) Tifatul Sembiring for his statement, which they said discredited the traditional West Java dance.

"We are not a generation who develops seni yang miring (degenerate arts) as stated by Sembiring," Mas Nanu Muda, coordinator of Jaipong Care Community, said in Bandung on Saturday, as quoted by tempointeraktif.com.

Nanu read the statement from the Jaipong artists, in which they demanded an apology from Tifatul Sembiring.

The controversy surrounding the Jaipong dance emerged after West Java Governor Ahmad Heryawan, a PKS activist, used the controversial anti-pornography law as a legal basis to forbid Jaipong dancers from wearing "sexy" costumes and executing "provocative" dance moves.