Indonesian park covers up bare-breasted mermaid statues with tube tops to preserve ‘Eastern values’
- The mermaids have been on display for years at Jakarta’s Ancol Dreamland, but got a modest makeover after the park recently launched a family-friendly policy
- The plan was foiled as people kept pulling down the garments, forcing the park to move the mermaids to a more secluded spot
A pair of bare-breasted mermaid statues have been given the family values treatment at an Indonesian amusement park where officials slipped golden tube tops over their chests.
While the nude statues have been on display for years at Jakarta’s Ancol Dreamland, a recent policy aimed at respecting “Eastern values” has seen the mermaids get a modest makeover.
The statues were initially just covered with gold fabric, but they’ve now also been moved to a more secluded area after visitors kept pulling the coverings down, said park sources.
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Ancol Dreamland spokeswoman Rika Lestari insisted no outside agitators were behind the cover-up.
“There was no pressure from any group,” she said. “Ancol is trying to become an amusement park and vacation spot for families.”
That did not stop the park’s move from being widely mocked.
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“Thanks Ancol. Now, no one will commit adultery of the eyes from looking at the mermaids’ breasts,” comedian Soleh Solihun wrote on Twitter.