Voice of Baceprot Band performs at Soundsfest Experience in Jakarta, Indonesia, June 22, 2024. - Reuters
This is the biggest stage yet for the young women, far from their home village of Garut in West Java province of the sprawling Southeast Asian nation. Beyond the music, the three have set out to challenge the stereotypes that Muslim women are demure and weak, or that Muslims in general are violent militants, said vocalist and guitarist Firda Marsya Kurnia, 24.
Widi, Marsya and drummer Euis Siti Aisyah, 24, met at an Islamic school, forming the band in 2014. They were immersed in Indonesian pop and Islamic music as kids, said Widi.
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