From shutting down the entire Wall Street in New York City for a wedding procession to eating with their hands on the London subway, a section of Indians has irked the Internet.
Now, a new video from Burj Khalifa, the UAE, showing a group of tourists performing garba on Chogada has triggered outrage again.
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Shared by a Dubai-based content creator that goes by the handle @the_walking_lens_, the now-viral video shows a group of Indians, seemingly Gujaratis, forming a circle and performing garba. The tourists can be seen in yellow T-shirts, hinting at a travel organisation handling their itinerary.
“A viral video shows tourists dancing to the Chodga song on top of the iconic Burj Khalifa,” the caption reads.
The video quickly went viral, igniting a debate over civic sense among Indians. “Stop embarrassing the rest of us,” a user wrote. “Why is this glorified? We must learn to respect the sanctity of public places,” another user commented.
“As a Gujarati, this is embarrassing. I understand you’re excited and happy and want to celebrate, but flipping garba anywhere is not. Even gujjus in India don’t break into garba at any random place,” a third user reacted.
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Last month, a similar incident caught the Internet’s attention. A group of 43 Gujarati and Marwadi tourists approached two local artists performing on the street, and requested that they play a garba song on their speakers. The viral video then showed the group performing garba on the streets.
In another incident, an Indian-origin woman was slammed for eating biryani with her hands on a London subway. Last year, a tourist on a Finland train slammed an Indian family for being loud.
The tourists can be seen in yellow T-shirts, hinting at a travel organisation handling their itinerary (Image source: @the_walking_lens_/Instagram) 
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