[custom_adv] Iraqi authorities have taken offence to a performance by female dancers ahead of a football game in the holy city of Karbala. [custom_adv] The country's Shia endowment office and senior Shia politicians have said the musical act "violated the sanctity" of the city, local news website Rudaw reported. [custom_adv] The performance took place before the opening game of the West Asia Football Federation on Tuesday, featuring two women and a man dancing to a violin rendition of the national anthem. [custom_adv] The endowment office, former prime minister Nouri al-Maliki and Karbala's local authorities have all condemned the "offensive" show.