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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.
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.
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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.
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.
