A dance challenge video filmed by Korean Ambassador to India Jang Jae-bok and embassy staff is gaining huge popularity on social media. Within a day of being posted, it had over 3.5 million views. Indian Prime Minister Narend Morris shared the video on his social media, saying, “It is lively and lovely.”
The Indian Embassy in Korea posted a video on its official Twitter account on the 26th (local time). The post said, “Do you know Natu?” and “I am happy to share our dance cover. Meet Natu Natu from the embassy staff and Jang Jae-bok, the Korean Ambassador.”
Embassy staff are dancing to ‘NATTU NATTU’, the theme song from the Indian movie ‘RRR: Rise Rear Revolt’. Captured from the official Twitter account of the Indian Embassy in Korea (@RokEmbIndia)It was a video of dancing to the theme song of the Indian movie ‘RRR: Rise Lower Revolt’, ‘NAATU NAATU’. Diplomats and employees of diplomatic missions, including the Jang Embassy, were set in the embassy and cultural center. In addition to ordinary costumes, they appear and dance in taekwondo uniforms and traditional costumes of each country.
Netizens around the world who saw this showed reactions such as “It’s a lovely stage”, “I remember dancing to the Korean song Gangnam Style”, “I proudly showed this video to my daughter”, and “The reason I love Korea”. seemed Local media and foreign media in India also reported the video with titles such as ‘Korean Embassy dancing Natoo Natu’. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Korea and India.
Meanwhile, the Indian film ‘RRR: Rise Rear Revolt’ is a Netflix movie that was released in June of last year and became popular around the world. The video of them dancing to the theme song ‘Natu Natu’ was shared on social media as a so-called ‘challenge’. The song also won the theme song award at the 80th Golden Globe Awards on the 10th of last month.
Lee Ye-ji,
Source: Donga
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