As the vibrant festival of colours, Holi marks the end of winter and the beginning of spring, a video is being widely shared on social media platforms. It is being claimed that the video shows, Holi being celebrated in China. However, during the investigation, we found that the video depicts China’s Lantern Festival. The viral claim is misleading.
Claim:
X user Hindutva Knight shared the video with misleading claim.
Other users too are sharing the video with similar claim.
Investigation:
We started the investigation by checking the comments on the post.
Several comments pointed out that the video was from the Chinese Lantern Festival.
We then ran reverse image search on the keyframes obtained from the video.
We found a similar video from a different angle posted on Instagram five days ago.
The caption stated that the video was from the Spring Festival in Chaozhou, which is a city in China.
The video was posted on YouTube three weeks ago.
The caption stated: Hello friends, I am Xiao An Travels in China
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A photography enthusiast
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The videos shared on his profile are from China.
We also found a similar video posted on TikTok. The text on the video said, ‘The 15th day of the Lunar New Year’.
We found the video on douyin.com
The caption stated: #Chaoshan customs, peace and good luck#Chaoshan Yinglaoye
The video was also posted on the Facebook page of ‘News Daily News’ (translated from Chinese) on 13th February.
The caption stated: Chaoshan Old Street celebrates Lantern Festival
Conclusion: A video of the Lantern Festival from China, misleadingly shared as that of Indians celebrating the festival of Holi in China. The viral claim is misleading.
