A recent video capturing a touching exchange between a foreign tourist and villagers in Madhya Pradesh has gone viral online. In the clip, an elderly woman leans in and advises the tourist to remove her earrings, speaking in Hindi. Laughter erupts from those nearby, and one person translates her words. The tourist takes off her earring and attempts to hand it to the woman, who declines. However, another villager standing beside her accepts it and expresses surprise at its weight.
The initial woman explains her concern by pointing to her own earlobe, which appears to have been damaged over the years from wearing heavy earrings. The foreigner smiles but chooses to put the earrings back on. An off-camera voice clarifies to the village women that she likes wearing them. The elderly woman acknowledges this but still worries that the foreigner’s ears might tear, just like hers did.
In the caption accompanying the video, the Instagram user shared, “I invited my friend to Madhya Pradesh to showcase one of the raw sides of India. While we wanted to play with baby goats in a small village with only 10-12 houses, these old ladies were astonished to see a foreigner and her piercings. The elderly woman, having experienced a torn earlobe from heavy earrings, advised my friend to take them off for safety.”
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The video has drawn many heartfelt reactions in the comments section. Users expressed their sentiments, saying:
“The old lady is worried about her ear.”
“The old ladies are asking her to remove the heavy earrings as they are painful. She’s explaining how her ears were cut due to heavy earrings. That’s how they show love.”
“Those old ladies already know the future because if you wear these for a long time, your ears would get cut like theirs. They used to wear these.”
