{"id":10346,"date":"2011-08-05T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-05T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2011\/08\/05\/in-india-cheer-queens-opt-for-saris\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T12:00:00","slug":"in-india-cheer-queens-opt-for-saris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2011\/08\/05\/in-india-cheer-queens-opt-for-saris\/","title":{"rendered":"In India, &#8216;Cheer Queens&#8217; Opt For Saris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-india-cheerleaders-20110722,0,7051480.story<\/p>\n<p>NEW DELHI, INDIA, July 21, 2011: Just weeks ago, to attract audiences to the glitzy new Indian Premier League, organizers drew on U.S.-style cheerleaders in bikinis, miniskirts and high boots. Many condemned it as &#8220;vulgar&#8221; and &#8220;frivolous eye candy&#8221; in a nation where sensuality is not frequently discussed or displayed in public.<\/p>\n<p>In a bid to appeal to the cultured side of the sports-fan brain, the Warriors introduced its traditional-culture, fully clothed approach to crowd excitement. Cheerleaders juggle seven traditional dance forms and multiple costumes in a bid to encapsulate India&#8217;s 5,000-year diversity before spectators of the 450-year-old game, all in a heat that can reach 120 degrees Farenheit. <\/p>\n<p>The cheerleading squad for the Indian cricket team Pune Warriors takes a traditional-culture, fully clothed approach to motivate players and fans. It calls for complex hand waves and traditional dance steps in saris. &#8220;The concept of cheer queens is an extraordinary way of showcasing our national artistic heritage to the world,&#8221; says Abhijit Sarkar, director of the Pune Warriors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-india-cheerleaders-20110722,0,7051480.story NEW DELHI, INDIA, July 21, 2011: Just weeks ago, to attract audiences to the glitzy new Indian Premier League,,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10346\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}