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An American YouTuber is facing massive backlash online for the “racist" portrayal of the annual Gorehabba festival in Karnataka, in which local residents celebrate the end of Diwali by throwing cow dung at each other.

Tyler Oliveira, 25, posted a video of the celebrations in Gumatapura village on October 23, with the caption: “Inside India’s Poop-Throwing Festival."

Oliveira, however, defended his decision to film the festival and said “it isn’t racist to film a poop-throwing festival". He posted another video with the caption: “I Survived India’s Poop-Throwing Festival…"

Watch the video here on X:

I Survived India’s Poop-Throwing Festival… pic.twitter.com/1zW4QocArh — Tyler Oliveira (@tyleraloevera) October 25, 2025

In the first video, Oliveira is seen wea

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