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Posted: Fri 20:54, 30 Aug 2013 Post subject: Converse withdraws shoes with image of Hindu Gods |
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Converse withdraws shoes with image of Hindu Gods,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]
The American company, which had launched the shoes named after guitar legend late Jimi Hendrix [ Images ],[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], apologised to the Hindu community and immediately withdrew from the market its special designer shoes.
"We apologise for the unintentional offence and have decided to immediately discontinue the sales of the Jimi Hendrix/Axis shoes,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," said Jessica,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], a spokeswoman for the company. The shoes carried images of Hindu Gods and Goddesses.
The Converse shoe company launched its new range of shoes to commemorate the memory of Rockstar Jimi Hendrix by introducing shoes,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], which carried the cover of his record breaking album 1967 'Axis: Bold as Love.'
A Houston-based woman Beth Kulkarni raised the issue with the shoe company last week and the company sent its apologies to her via email. The company responded,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], saying it was an unintentional mistake on their part.
"As a Hindu,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], I am very much offended by the use of pictures of Hindu deities on Converse shoes. Hindus in general find this very offencive. To avoid further hurting the sentiments of Hindus world-wide,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], I request that these shoes be removed from the market effective immediately,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," Kulkarni wrote in three emails to the Converse shoe company.
"Converse designed the Converse Chuck Taylor Jimi Hendrix/Axis shoe to demonstrate our support of music culture and to celebrate the contributions of the global music icon,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Jimi Hendrix," Jessica said in her email response on Tuesday.
"With approval of the Hendrix estate,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], we applied artwork taken directly from the 1967 "Axis: Bold as Love" album cover. The cover art included images of Hindu deities.
"Our ambitions were to honour the music of Jimi Hendrix. It was not our intent to offend Hindu culture by having Hindu deities on footwear,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," Jessica wrote.
Houston-based Vijay Pallod said when he called the company,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], he was informed that the company has withdrawn all such shoes from the market.
"When I heard about these shoes, my immediate concern was to express my own feelings and request for action and also indicate that many other Hindus also would feel as I did. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of PTI content,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], including by framing or similar means,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent.相关的主题文章:
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