Voice of Baceprot is a hard-driving heavy metal band made up of three hijab-wearing Muslim teenaged women who met at school in West Java, Indonesia, and whose rocking out is designed to “combat the stereotype of Muslim women as submissive or voiceless.”
Metal has been targeted for crackdowns in Malaysia, but that was a decade ago, and now the country appears to be going through a renaissance. VoB is a welcome return to Malaysian metal dominance!
Wearing a hijab, or Islamic headscarf, should not be a barrier to the group’s pursuit of its dream of being heavy metal stars, says Firdda Kurnia, 16, who plays guitar and sings.“I think gender equality should be supported, because I feel I am still exploring my creativity, while at the same time, not diminishing my obligations as a Muslim woman,” she adds.
Invited to perform at a recent graduation ceremony at another school, the trio quickly had fans dancing and headbanging at the front of the stage.
Indonesia’s hijab-wearing Muslim heavy metal group VoB smashes stereotypes
[Reuters]
(via Naked Capitalism)