Drag artist Manila Luzon on Thursday called for donations for Luka Vega, who is now in jail.
In his Instagram post, Manila Luzon shared a picture of him with Pura, and pictures of ways to donate such as Gcash and bank transfers.
"The Art of Drag in the Philippines is under attack. Today, October 4, 2023, @puralukavega from @dragdenph was arrested by the Philippine National Police for violating Article 201 — "immoral doctrines, obscene publications and exhibitions and indecent shows,” Manila Luzon captioned.
"Drag is NOT a crime! Swipe to donate for their bail! #freepuralukavega," he added.
Pura was arrested on Wednesday and is now under the custody of Manila Police District Station 3 in Quiapo, Manila.
The drag artist was arrested following his controversial performance of the “Ama Namin” remix portraying the image of Black Nazarene.
Meanwhile, someone commented on the IG post saying, "I don’t think drag is under attack here. Only Pura is being made accountable for disrespecting what majority of Filipinos hold sacred - religion. Let’s not blow up this issue out of proportion. Otherwise, we are allowing ourselves to be used by a supposed artist whose imagination and creativity is limited by low tactics such as offending people’s beliefs. The greatest drag artists didn’t have to resort to that to get attention l."
Hijos del Nazareno, the religious group that filed the case against Pura, had said that the latter violated Revised Penal Code Article 201 by attacking the religious beliefs of the devotees.
The case's bail amount has been set at P72,000.
In an interview on DZRH News, Pura said his side sought a motion to submit a counter affidavit.
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