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{{Infobox music festival

| name = Spring Zouk

| image = File:Spring zouk.png

| caption =

| ___location = [[St. Mary's Islands (Karnataka)|St Mary's Islands]] in [[Udupi]], [[India]]

| years_active = 2012

| founders =

| dates = February 3–5

| genre = [[Electronic music]], etc.

| attendance =

| capacity =

| website = {{Officialwebarchive website|url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120214140852/http://www.springzouk.in/ |date=February 14, 2012 |title=springzouk.in}}

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'''Spring Zouk''' is the name of an infamous festival in which was held February 3–5, 2012 at [[Udupi]] beach on at [[St. Mary's Islands (Karnataka)|St Mary's Islands]] in India. The festival was a project coordinated by the state government and various sponsors to attract international tourism.

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It was accused that at the event some people had [[public sex]]. Actually, there was this just one incident, where a foreign couple had their clothes on. but were gyrating each other. Someone took a video clip of this and when they did air on TV, the bodies of the couple were blurred to leave it to peoples imagination. Then there was talk among some local people that the foreigners' way of having a party was not in accord with local customs.<ref name="party">{{cite web |url= http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/karnataka-government-shamed-over-sex-on-udupi-beach/1/172324.html |title=Karnataka government shamed over sex on Udupi beach |first=Aravind |last=Gowda |work=indiatoday.intoday.in |date=7 February 2012 |accessdate=9 February 2012}}</ref> A government committee decided to review the events at the party and compare them with community values.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-155753.html |title=Govt appoints inquiry committee over 'Spring Zouk' party on island |first= |last= |work=newkerala.com |year=2012 |accessdate=9 February 2012}}</ref>

Shortly after the party, some members of the [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]] watched a sexually explicit video taken from this event during government proceedings, and subsequently resigned amid public outcry of watching pornography.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/nation/north/porn-rowcong-says-hiatus-between-preaching-practice-bjp-040 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160125053416/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/nation/north/porn-rowcong-says-hiatus-between-preaching-practice-bjp-040 |url-status= dead |archive-date= January 25, 2016 |title=Porn row:Cong says hiatus between preaching & practice by BJP |first= |last= |work=[[Deccan ChronicalChronicle]] |date=8 February 2012 |access-date=8 February 2012}}</ref> The media named the scandal about watching the video from this event as Porngate.

==See also==

*[[List of electronic music festivals]]