UAE-based Syrian influencers, Anas and Asala Marwah seem to have set the bar ridiculously high for the 'Gender reveal' fad, by hosting it on the world's tallest building.?
The couple literally let the world know that they were having a boy and spent a whopping Rs 73 lakh on the same.?
A video posted by the couple on their?YouTube channel called?'The Anasala Family' - which has a following of?over 7 million - shows the tower light up in blue after a dramatic countdown. It has gone viral?on social media and has garnered over 15 million views.?
According to reports, it took them more than a month and a half to get going with the 'one-of-a-kind project'.?
The scenes were quite obviously dramatic - family members burst into tears after the reveal, while the ecstatic couple embraced.?
Their first child, Mila was mostly clueless as the colour blue surged up the 828-metre tower.
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Many social media users slammed the couple - calling the event ¡®extravagant¡¯ and ¡®over the top' - for the ridiculous cost of lighting up the tower; several others congratulated them and expressed their?amazement.
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According to reports, details about the event being paid for by the couple, or of it being a?promotional deal with the city, remain murky.?
The incident has taken place right after the news that a gender reveal party sparked a wildfire in California that burned more than 7,000 acres .?
US based blogger Jenna Karvunidis, who's largely credited for creating the gender reveal phenomenon, posted on Facebook urging people to "stop having these stupid parties."
Considering that gender reveal parties started the huge El Dorado Fire in California, people were unimpressed by the couple¡¯s elaborate reveal.