American YouTuber Visiting Golden Temple Shocks Locals With 'Fluent' Punjabi, Heartwarming Moment Viral
As per the famous adage, 'Atithi Devo Bhava,' Indians treat guests as gods. Visitors to the country are treated with much kindness and respect. An American YouTuber recently got a warm welcome when he visited Punjab. Watch his visit here.
American YouTuber stuns locals with 'fluent' Punjabi
An American YouTuber who recently visited the Golden Temple in Amritsar was astounded by the kindness he was shown. Arieh Smith, better known as Xiaomanyc or simply Xiaoma, was seen conversing with individuals during his vlog tour of the area.?
However, it was the YouTuber's try at Punjabi that drew the most attention. A group of individuals in his video were taken aback when they saw a foreigner speaking Punjabi, and many of them sought to ask him where he learnt the language. The YouTuber said he learned it off the internet when answering the question.
YouTuber was astounded at the generosity he was shown
Another thing that astonished Arieh was the complimentary food he received from local hawkers. "I recently visited Amritsar,?India?and I was completely stunned by how much free stuff people gave me. People were also very surprised when I spoke Punjabi, even though my Punjabi is terrible,?" he explained.
Several times throughout his vlog, the YouTuber attempted to pay. The shops, however, would not accept it, as someone else had already paid for this food.
The gracious response of the people moved Arieh.Arieh visits Golden Temple further in the video; after carefully following the instructions,?
Arieh cleaned his feet before entering the holy site. He was joined during the langar by two strangers who enthusiastically greeted him and joined him.
After finishing the langar prasad, Arieh went to the area where hundreds of volunteers had gathered to help prepare food for the thousands of devotees who visit the Golden Temple every day.
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