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The ban on up-tempo and down-tempo
is to protect Chechnya's
. The Moscow Times said it was, "to root out any
of Westernization". Chechnya's leader said the ban was to make music "conform to the Chechen
". He said: "Borrowing
culture from other people's is [not allowed]." Chechnya's culture
said: "We must bring to…the
of our children the cultural heritage of the Chechen people." Local
have to rewrite their songs to follow the new tempo. People will no
be able to listen to
music or many pop songs.