Puglia Mermaid Statue is Too Curvy for Town Residents
Recently unveiled Puglia mermaid statue has been deemed too voluptuous by residents of the southern Italy fishing town, claiming mermaids aren’t that curvy.
Recently unveiled Puglia mermaid statue has been deemed too voluptuous by residents of the southern Italy fishing town, claiming mermaids aren’t that curvy.
The voluptuous mermaid statue has been deemed “too provocative” by some residents of the southern Italy fishing town, The Guardian reports.
Students of the Luigi Rosso art school were tasked by the mayor with creating several pieces to be placed around town, including one to represent the sea. City council approved the design and decided to place it right it in the town square.
When it was unveiled to the public, however, some residents were immediately upset by the sculpture’s ample curves.
“It looks like a mermaid with two silicone breasts and, above all, a huge arse never seen before on a mermaid,” one resident commented. “At least not any I know.”
Luigi Rosso headteacher Adolfo Marciano said the statue was a “tribute to the great majority of women who are curvy.”
“You see adverts on television with models who are very thin, but the mermaid is like a tribute to the great majority of women who are curvy, especially in our country,” Marciano added. “It would have been very bad if we had represented a woman who was extremely skinny.”
I don’t personally know any mermaids, curvy or otherwise, but I think the Puglia mermaid—and fish ladies around the world—should be proud of their curves.
Related (sort of): Puglia is located near Bari, home of the leaky bones of St. Nicholas.
