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‘Smutty’ and ‘dutty’ songsters and cultural performers
DEAR EDITOR,
I refer to the article “No smutty songsters” published in the July 2 issue of SN. In the said article, it was reported that Minister Rohee “…sounded a stern warning to entertainment promoters not to bring in any “smutty or dutty” songsters to Guyana before or during CARIFESTA, which is to be held in August.”
My question is: what happens after CARIFESTA? Will the “smutty or dutty” songsters be allowed then?
If the interest is to only restrict these performers during and before CARIFESTA, then it says we are only concerned about our image as a nation, and not about a quality of life for our people. Concern about a quality of life for Guyanese demands that these “smutty and dutty” songsters be not allowed to perform even long after CARIFESTA will have been over.
I commend Mr. Rohee on the wisdom in which he acted, in April of this year, by banning the Jamaican singers Rodney ‘Bounty Killa’ Price and David ‘Movado’ Brooks from performing in Guyana. Such actions were long overdue.
Sad to say, however, that while these artists may not be performing here, their gangrenous influence will continue to thrive as their CDs are still available in local stores; their songs are still being played on the radio, and their videos on television.
These two artistes were banned because they “bashed gays and glorified guns”. Similar actions should be taken against the myriad artistes who degrade the value and purpose of women; promote hostility and hatred towards Police officers, and glorify promiscuity.
Or are we more concerned about shielding the abomination of homosexuality than we are about our women, Police officers and morals?
Another question I must ask is: how is it that chutney artistes such as Adesh Samaroo and Lalchan ‘Hunter’ Babwah are allowed to glorify the abuse of alcohol under the guise of ‘culture’?
Alcohol is the drug which is singly responsible for the destruction of more individual lives and families than marijuana, cocaine and guns put together.
Despite this knowledge, these chutney artists are held as cultural heroes.
The terms “smutty” and “dutty” have more applications than those which many include in their subjective definitions.
Ganesh Gupta
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