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Madonna turned heads when she turned up to a Kabbalah fancy dress party
dressed as a 1920s flapper girl, escorted by a camp policeman.
The 'Hung Up' singer's escort was in fact her director husband Guy Ritchie,
who was wearing a tight police uniform complete with a 1970s-style moustache
for the bash at the Los Angeles Kabbalah centre.
The party was held to celebrate the Jewish festival of Purim, which
commemorates the foiling of an ancient plot to annihilate the Jews of the
Persian Empire.
Madonna - who is a devout follower of Kabbalah, a mystical offshoot of
Judaism - has caused outrage with her choice of outfit at the annual event
in the past.
In 2005, the 48-year-old singer and her husband upset Catholic groups by
dressing up as a nun and a priest for a Purim celebration in London.
William Donahue, president of the American Catholic League, insisted the
couple should be beaten by a real life priest and nun for desecrating the
scared attire.
He fumed at the time: "They're trying to tweak Catholicism again by
exploiting the Jewish holiday.
"She needs to be beaten with a ruler by a real-life nun and he needs to
paddled on his behind by a real-life priest."
Madonna was raised a Catholic before she converted to Kabbalah later in
life.
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