Shit, that’s everywhere, every branch of humanity has the stern, bitter, pickle up the butt Puritans, who know by instinct that there is something inherently wrong with laughing and dancing. Tight ass Buddhists, tight ass Muslims, tight ass Christians, all abound. You do a puppet show and include the tight ass character, in any culture, the audience knows right away who you are talking about.
By an extraordinary coincidence, they are conservative and authoritarian in their political outlook. We of the orthodox hippie persuasion devote large parts of our lives to undermine, subvert and mock them, we hold it to be a sacred duty. Being a sacred duty, there is no need to thank us, and besides, its lotsa fun.