{"id":746729,"date":"2013-04-16T11:32:37","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T15:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/?p=225221"},"modified":"2013-04-16T11:32:37","modified_gmt":"2013-04-16T15:32:37","slug":"selena-gomez-bindi-sparks-religious-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/746729","title":{"rendered":"Selena Gomez: Bindi Sparks Religious Backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the weekend actress\/singer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/tag\/selena-gomez\">Selena Gomez<\/a> performed the song &#8220;Come and Get It&#8221; live at the MTV Movie Awards.  The performance included a dance routine that was quite obviously inspired by Bollywood-style dances seen in many Indian movies.<\/p>\n<p>Though the performance seems to have gone over well with the audience and viewers, some Hindu organizations are now objecting to it.  The main complaint seems to be that Gomez&#8217;s makeup included a bindi &#8211; a mark worn on the forehead near the eyebrows.<\/p>\n<p>Though a bindi is now often worn as decoration, the symbol has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/tag\/religion\">religious<\/a> significance to Hindus.  According to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2013\/04\/selena-gomez-bindi-symbol-prompts-outrage-from-hindu-community\/\">report<\/a> from The Hollywood Gossip, the Universal Society of Hinduism has called the performance insensitive and is looking for an apology.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/embed\/mgid:uma:video:mtv.com:897800\/cp~id%3D1704844%26vid%3D897800%26instance%3Dmtv%26uri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Amtv.com%3A897800\" width=\"616\" height=\"501\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Gomez has not addressed the criticism of her performance, though she has announced a new world tour that kicks off in August.  The star spoke about her experiences at the MTV Movie Awards on The Ellen DeGeneres Show today:<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"616\" height=\"347\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hEL4oyHD5Aw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=sNPa2nx-NOg:-heAJuxlUQg:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=sNPa2nx-NOg:-heAJuxlUQg:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=sNPa2nx-NOg:-heAJuxlUQg:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=sNPa2nx-NOg:-heAJuxlUQg:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=sNPa2nx-NOg:-heAJuxlUQg:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=sNPa2nx-NOg:-heAJuxlUQg:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=sNPa2nx-NOg:-heAJuxlUQg:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=sNPa2nx-NOg:-heAJuxlUQg:mfZ73u_VV2s\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=sNPa2nx-NOg:-heAJuxlUQg:mfZ73u_VV2s\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/webpronews\/all\/~4\/sNPa2nx-NOg\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the weekend actress\/singer Selena Gomez performed the song &#8220;Come and Get It&#8221; live at the MTV Movie Awards. 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