First thing I want them to know Aladdin is not indian dude 🤓 Second thing India have lakhs of dishes which is not curry

If India is unique and rich in culture, it doesn't mean to use it disrespectfully. Love to India from Pakistan

The offense I find here is the guy bringing his own spoon thinking he'll not be able to find spoon in India. That's another level of ignorance😂

I'm not Indian, I'm black, but I live in South Africa, Durban which statistically has the highest population of Indians in the world outside of India, so Indians and their culture have had great impact on my life. It's so frustrating to see the careless actions and stereotypes they throw at Indians, without even having the decency to apologise. I wish you all the best

I really don't understand how they have the fastest mobile internet speed in the world but fail to search more about a culture before they make a mockery out of it.

Conclusion: Korean entertainment really tried their best to get into India without proper research and being ignorant about facts, culture.

Shouldn't we Indians promote our own culture too? In this way I don't think our culture will be misunderstood and disrespected.

I just don't understand how a country so advanced can be so ignorant by CHOICE.

It's like their country is developed but mindset isn't

Well sometimes i feel the same..even i feel insulting when kyuhyung bought spoon with him..and also in the same episode when they visited slums area he says "now its feel like India"...i feel Really disappointed that time

As a Polynesian I am 100% with y’all Indian fans. Our culture has become so water down and capitalized on that other people find it okay to argue with us about our own culture or even people from our own culture dont value our unique heritage and don’t see eye to eye with us. It’s tiresome but must be done, I appreciate everyone speaking out about this 👏🏽

As long as people have blind eye about India, they never get to know the richness of india

Unfortunately this happens everywhere. A lot of foreigners have a poor opinion of India and Indian people, but they love using Indian aesthetics when it suits them..

It is embarrassing how often the kpop industry cultural appropriates and doesn't learn.

We need to respect our culture in order to make others respect our culture *Read it again

The worst is they are 100% confident in doing it.

It's funny how they appropriate south Asian culture but if a south Asian girl was to ever audition for kpop they'd be so offended

Sad part is even a major part of us Indians don't even respect our culture. First I would like to have that respect from my fellow countrymen.

Shoutout to all those who are still defending their biases and kpop. May God give them knowledge about the term SELF RESPECT..

Hello, I'm from China. I quite understand how you feel. Recently, many K-POP stages also use Chinese style, but when these stages are advertised as Oriental style, our culture has been blurred, which makes many Chinese very sad and angry.

The entire "Exciting India" was so embarrassing to watch bcz of their lack of knowledge and typical stereotypes. I swear Kim junmyeon or Suho from Exo was only one who actually bothered to learn about India before coming here. I was so proud when everyone was answering they thought India is about curry, snake charms, gandhi , etc bullshits Suho was the only one who answered how India is very advance in space missions even more then their own country. He also mentioned how their is no dish called "curry" in India. He also said to others how it is basic manner to learn atleast few things about the country they are visiting. I love you Suho and EXO. Proud Exo-l here.

I don't understand why the companys don't educate their idols more on these topics

I don't know why but foreigners are always cringed to eat with their hands. They should instead know that it's the right to eat with hands. When we eat with hands we feel the food's temperature thoroughly which makes us enjoy the food more. I am too a kpop fan but proud to be an Indian as well. 🙏

Actually the thing "India doesn't have spoon" . Many other Asian countries mock fun at us by saying " Indians eat with their hands so disgusting". I donno about that guy" may be he got the wrong idea about India as if India is an extremely poor country unable to afford spoons so we eat with hands. ( Lol personally I can't imagining me eating chapathi or appam etc with a spoon like u eat burgers with your hand not spoon lol it's not coz we are unhygienic or lack table manners it's because lol some food items can't be eaten with spoons🙄) Edit : I mean that guy might have had a bad impression or someone told him so not throwing hate on him

Coming from a black/African person I get it, it's so annoying when ppl misuse ur culture. East Asia is practically well developed unlike other Asian countries so I don't what's stopping them from learning and understanding more about different cultures and diversity. And like shes said, ik it's a homogeneous country but it's 2020, u really can't be doing shit like this in this day and age.

And they dont even realize tht Curry has never been a THING in india!!!!

It’s really weird! My history books tells me that something comes from India, China or Egypt, but Korean people tell me it comes from Korea!

Guys not only the Indian culture, I have seen that many idols are also starting to use the Arabic culture

Thanks for the video. I am Korean. I accidentally saw this video through the KZfaq algorithm. I have found that the culture of India, which is universally recognized in Korea, is very different and wrong from the original culture. Also, since Koreans know very little about Hindu culture, it seems that it gave many uncomfortable feelings to Indians. When Koreans watch videos dealing with Korean culture and history in the West, they often feel that they are greatly misunderstood about Korea. I hope you forgive the rudeness of Koreans.

Honestly, the one where they did a sexual dance to a religious prayer was the worst. My family's Hindu and we say that prayer, it's like a sacred thing so it's really hurtful for them to do that. EDIT: But the ones where they just wore Indian dresses and jewelry was okay for me. I know a lot of other Indians too who are honestly not bothered at all when foreigners wear our traditional clothes/jewelry. As long as they're informed and respectful and they don't mock it, it's okay.

that girl groups "freestyle indian dance" is what I used to do when I was five years old and alone in my room while pretending to be a bharatnatyam dancer XD the level of ignorance these people must have to actually do that kinda stuff on screen is hilarious 🤣

K-pop would be nothing without other cultures

at 8:51 the boy said "i dont want to try their culture". thats like bringing a fork in a korean restaruant because "i thought they only ate with their chopsticks"

Fact: getting upset on your idol about culture appropriation doens't make you any less of a fan...God damn it seems like the entire kpop fandom has forgotten about it. If any idol does something which offends our culture it's out duty to criticize and educate them. Nodding our heads to whatever they say no matter how offensive it is just questions the morality and dignity of every human

sometimes I used to think that we are giving more importance to kpop rather to our indian movie industries like Bollywood or Tollywood ,they are also doing well and I think that indian music is more difficult to k pop music . Btw I am not a kpop hater but also not there fan Edit : gernally u will not find Indian host insulting other country's culture

I liked that you said how South Korea is a homogeneous country and they still don't know much about the world but these idols are trying to branch out into the world. They have to learn stuff if they want to branch out.

I love Jackson wang so much he is really nice parson lots of love from india 🇮🇳 Jackson wang

It's really ridiculous....but here comes another thought in my mind...... Leave K-pop....even Bollywood music videos take Indian culture very lightly .....songs like....bhool bhulayya and a song like chatur naar (which mocks south Indian culture)...and many many other....do the same thing..... it's so difficult to question others when....our own entertainment industry is doing so.... it's awful....

Oh my girl just crossed the line they disrespect so many cultures and traditions and still didn't realize what they are doing it and they didn't even apologize once .

Kpop sees India as a market, that's all.

Lol why they are still in 90s.. bollywood is not like this anymore

The very important part of this whole situation is that some companies of respective artists are not even releasing statement/apology about it...

You're not alone. Kpop dances have also mocked, stolen, and misrepresented ethnic Chinese clothing + symbols. I don't blame the artists, I blame their stylists and overprotective fans.

I'm not Indian, but it's sad to see the culture appropriated this much by the kpop Industry, as much as I love kpop, this can not be accepted

As a Pakistani, this hurt me too...

I love how people are so quick to cancel people for blackfishing, but when it comes to South, and South East Asians it’s no big deal.

No one Literally no one What do you know about INDIA? Foreigners : CURRY!!!! Indians : what the f**k?

so many delusional Indian fans defending their idols in the comments 👁👁

Using culture as a theme is ok but disrespecting that culture by putting god on the floor and making fun of their culture is not at all cool.I want them to apologize

I can't express how disgusted I feel after watching the first clip. That mantra means a lot to us and trust me she is very lucky that we are very tolerant people.

They danced in front of Taj Mahal’s fake portrait in such a way that I will bury them next to Mumtaz myself.

I hate how some Indians say that they don't mind it Good for you! Don't speak for the rest of us.

not at some people in the comments defending idols... no matter how much you love your idols you must always hold them accountable for being racist. they may not know that it is racist BUT THAT DOES NOT MAKE IT OKAY, stop excusing racism and calling others that are offended ‘sensitive’ hold your faves accountable

The only KPOP idols that I know who loves and respects our Indian culture is GOT 7. Edit: I have no intention to offend anyone I am just giving my opinion so please don't take it personally just ignore this comment.

Koreans insulting their own ancient culture Hinduism is oldest, buddha was hindu

People are so obsessed with us and our culture but can't respect it.

Bruh I’m not Indian but Tiffany from SNSD is American so I’m pretty sure she is very aware of racism in the states yet she still danced to the song. Although she didn’t fully danced or made the hand gestures, she still stood up and essentially moved her arms in a similar way. I honestly was hoping she wouldn’t get up and dance it to but she did. It was so disappointing to watch.

And still Indians kpop fans going to think this things are cute.............

Those who did that dance on Gayatri Mantra, should be fired😒

They do the exact same thing with Black culture (especially Black american culture) - it seems they and the industry have little respect for other cultures but just use our styles / clothes / hair / other aspects of our heritage to look "cool/exotic" and other nonsense - yet they have little to no respect for the PEOPLE OF THOSE CULTURES- people's cultures are NOT props to make your groups / yourselves look "exotic" :/

Reminding idiots in comments that the lady spoke that them using Indian style for fun is not a problem. Problem is when you disrespect and mock the culture and use it in your video anyways. As long as the band knows why Indian people wear those things and know more about the culture and speak respectfully, it’s totally fine.

I'm not Indian but they must be so obsessed with Indian culture jeez

What I hate the most is that Kpop doesn’t like any foreign member in their groups but they like using our aesthetic just cause they look pretty.

Thank you so much for making this video! Although I am not Indian, I have always been fascinated by their beautiful culture, their beliefs, traditions and aesthetics (i.e. their traditional attires for various ethic groups) and I really wish that k-pop idols would show appreciation for being able to incorporate this culture into their music and lifestyle. I'm African, and have seen the same thing done to us and it's come to my realization that we should learn to educate our idols, if they were to make mistakes like this again. (: Ignorance is not bliss.

First of all after watching this video, I thought that k-pop idols don't care for indian fans. This is the reason that why india doesn't have that many fans as compared to other. Obviously india has many but the idols don't care🥺😔

I don't know why Kpop doesn't learn a single lesson that there is no such any dishes which named as Curry. Whenever they think of Indian they just mentioned Curry dish which there is no dishes named Curry in India

**A HUGE RANT from personal experience in Korea** : *INTRODUCTION : TO ALL THESE BHAI BEHENS SAYING "tHeRe iS dIScRiMiNaTIOn in InDia AlSo" I'M A TAMILIAN LIVING IN DELHI AND I'VE FACED SO MUCH SHIT IN INDIA (ofcourse not as much as our north eastern brothers and sisters) TOO SO PLEASE Y'ALL STFU DON'T CHANGE THE NARRATIVE AND TALK ABOUT RACISM WITHIN INDIA ONLY WHEN WE DISCUSS RACISM AGAINST INDIANS* My mom did her Ph.D in SNU and she lived in Seoul on and off for 4 years in the late 2000s and I've lived there myself for a brief amount of time in the late 2010s for work. THEY ALL WERE NICE FOR BASIC COURTESY. and after that, the amount of racism my mom endured was unbelievable. She lived in both Japan and Korea and she wears sarees occasionally and she said the Japanese would be polite, express their curiosity in a healthy way, smile more often when asking questions about culture and when she did the same in Seoul she was shamed mercilessly. People laughed, one of them on subways started dancing tunak tunak shit with hand gestures with a group of friends and these older ladies didn't give a seat. And she experienced a heart breaking incident: there was a Korean guy in their study group who has this whole "Im brainy and i know what I'm talking about" kind and he was loudly asking what my mom's caste is and she politely corrected him saying it's inappropriate. so he googled her surname and for like 10 mins he went to talk about the age-old caste division in India and what my mom's ancestors were doing and that India should be more evolved for 21st century and that my mom is lucky and privileged because of her ancestors and all this while my mom was speechless. and the whole group started mocking Indian culture and laughing so loud. One of the Korean lady who was with them noticed my mom was uncomfortable and she apologized. After a series of incidents like this and that last one being the main thing - My mom moved back to Tokyo University to complete her thesis. My mom explained him that it was inappropriate but HE STILL CHOSE TO DO IT. *I'm not targeting all Koreans but these racist ones disguising themselves under the "ignorance" curtain.* *THE MEDIA IS THE MAIN CULPRIT. THEY ONLY SHOW SLUMS WITH ARABIC MUSIC BEHIND AND PEOPLE DANCING FROM A 1990s BOLLYWOOD MOVE AND LIVING IN POVERTY TO DEPICT INDIA* I've seen so many comments from Indians (teenagers I suppose) who adore these mockeries and reply with hearts and cannot understand that they are basically mocking them. It's so disgusting and mind-numbingly stupid. *I just dropped a huge vent on a Korean channel because they showcased and discussed Anupam Tripathi's (The Indian character in Squid Game) caste with a background of slums and overcrowded trains. They discuss so much about caste in Indian society more than us and it's so disturbing*. I visited Busan a couple years back as a part of an education program and we discussed stereotypes in one of the sessions and it was DISGUSTING to hear all those stereotypes..*"Indians don't take bath,. They live in slum, wash their ass and eat with the same hand, they stink, etc.. etc..they all live in poverty except brahmins.."* and they started asking my caste and talking about privileges based on my caste. *"She speaks fluent English because she is a brahman..are you one?" WTF WTF WTF WTF* I'm not one and IT FUCKING DOESN'T MATTER. THEY LITERALLY THINK WE LIVE IN 1970s and mind you, they are IGNORANT BY CHOICE BECAUSE IT IS FUNNY TO THEM. Especially all these reality TV shows. They ALL get offended if there is a minor misappropriation in their culture. NOW SAY IT WITH ME *WE ARE BROWN AND FUCKING GORGEOUS AND OUR CULTURE IS RICH WITH FUCKING 800 LANGUAGES AND THERE IS BEAUTY IN CO-EXISTING* I love how we all are so supportive and agree and stand united and not blatantly disagree. this is my favorite comment section. MY BLOOD BOILS WHEN I SEE THESE KOREAN DUDES AND DUDETTES MOCK AND DISRESPECT US TO GET CHEAP LAUGHS. D.I.S.G.U.S.T.I.N.G.* I'M SO FUCKING HAPPY SOMEONE BROUGHT THIS UP AND MADE A WHOLE DAMN VIDEO! LOVE YOU BEHEN **sips water** le fin, thenx

I don't know why most of the Koreans always thinks of curry whenever they hear India

Not all but some of these are really disrespectful, one thing I want to say is Korean always rates European superior then themselves, may be cos they lived their life under USA shadow, Still they are totally unaware of other culture same goes with chinese people, they live in their own world.

As a Pakistani and sharing similar culture I'm offended and I hope they educate themselves 🤦🏽‍♀️

What you mentioned in the video is absolutely right. I don't why indians are so much obsessed with koreans . Liking other country,culture is okay but giving more priority to other country, culture and hating your own culture is so wrong . If we will not protect our Indian culture than who will??

Oh my girl dance just made me mad seriously being a bharatnatyam dancer I feel disrespected like iit took me 6 to 7 years to complete it and you are doing some shitty moves to disrespect my efforts and admiration to it. Damn they don't know anything seriously

There are kpop idols who respect INDIA and its culture

as a kpop fan and a fellow Indian i don't understand why people use India as a aesthetic or a style its a culture and deserves respect.

This is the reason I lost my Interest in kpop I feel stupid for wasting my valuable time on them...

I am sick of hearing the name of 'curry' from koreans when asked about india.And the thing during Exciting India show..Why would he bring a spoon with him?Its about commen sense, we have so many tourists and we wont even have spoons..like what? And its not about tourists only we all use spoons too. [EDITED] a lot of u r saying that bts were disrespectful towards certain culture maybe u guyz are right coz tbh idk about when they did so but im not saying they didnt they might have done it if a lot of u r saying but i think it was in the past now they don't disrespect any countries culture like that. Im not saying u guys are wrong im just saying that u u guyz might be right so pls dont get the wrong way 😅

this is why i've stopped calling myself a kpop stan. as an indian this upsets me so much :(

many Indians here say they have no problem with CA? seriously? imagine how difficult it is for Indians to be a K-pop artist with Korean beauty standards. and you guys don't mind that your culture is taken for profit and entertainment needs? They want your culture but not your people.

I'm not Indian so I can't really speak on this but it pisses me off how they just laugh while doing it and the people around them I mean come on have some respect.

And in the comment section lots of koreaboos are defending their k-idol!

As a dancer who has learnt Belly dance for many years and who is familiar with Bollywood dance, I'm so in shocked to see, at 3:30, those two girls trying, I SAID TRYING, to dance (whatever it is!!!) which comes off so wrong!!! seriously what are they trying to show?? Clown Octopus dance?? This is so offensive!!!

Imagine us telling them that they smell like kimchi the way they tell us that we smell like curry

it fucking takes 11 years to master our folk dance and they dont even realise its importance

This may be a problem but I think we Indians mock our culture more than anyone (countries) else.we(some people) don't even respect our diverse culture that we have in india.

I am feeling relived that there is not a video from SHINee, Bts or Exo

I’m Indian and I’ve seen SO many people insult Indians it’s not even funny

This is the reason why education is so important....kpop idols don't even finish their studies so it's a result.....

Some of it makes sense but some are just blown way out of proportion. Stereotypical dance moves or clothing are not cultural appropriation. Kyuhyun bringing a spoon to India is plain ignorance but not cultural appropriation.

I remember having racist songs in school about Asians. everyone sung at school- it went something like...my mum is Chinese (pulls eyes up) my dad is japanese (pulls eyes down) and this is how I turned out (pulls one eye up and one eye down). Its crazy how I still can remember it. I have no clue where it came from but Jesus it's stuck in my head now and it pisses me off. Where did it come from!? ITS AWFUL AND KIDS ARE LEARNING IT AT A YOUNG AGE! Many of these songs are likely in other places in the world aswell that offend a large group of people like that curry stupid song. I love wonwoo so much because he is my bias but it made me sad to see this. I still love him as he had no ill will. I think it was part of that part of the song just popped into his head without him thinking about how Indian carats would feel about it and to him it was catchy or memorable? Pledis should apologise for keeping it in the ep. I am really sorry about this ;-;

it is so hard for any poc kpop stans bc we feel like we're walking on a thread

"Curry is not even a thing in india." *confused in saalan, kadi*

Like she said most of these cases are of ignorance rather than racism . They are highly uneducated and so instead of hating on these idols fans should educate them . It's sad cause most of these idols don't even apologize for their actions . Edit : idk why some people think I am trying to defend the idols ? They are full grown adults and are very much capable of educating themselves especially considering they are public figures . And when I said that fans should educate them and not hate them I meant some that their intent may not be bad ...they are just ignorant ...and in that case you should call out that person and educate them on the issue . But ofc I didn't mean that fans have the responsibility of doing that . Simply hating them or blindly defending them ....fans should do either and instead try to educate them . Also just because they are Koreans doesn't give them an excuse because korea has all the requirements they would need to educate themselves : phone , net , google . Simple

there is no such thing as curry in India...when will they stop refering india with curry!? It's ridiculus

Sister , you forget to add 1 thing in the song How You Like That they even used traditional Indian music instrument Sitar while the theme was of Arab Market .

I love india from Nagaland.. India is the best jai shree ram jai shree krishna, oneday India will be King of the Universe 🙏 love from Nagaland ✊💪✊💪

I don't understand why people get so hyped when foreigners use indian culture for showing off and sensual purpose when indians themselves do it . Last time when selena gomez tried "bindi" in her song "come and get it" people literally made her apologize for her act but when malika wore bindi for "munni badnam hui" song , no one seens to care if it's offensive. Frankly speaking by doing so, india appear as bad image on the world level . Yes I under what blackpink and Lee hyori did was wrong and serious action must be taken against it. But there are a lot of incidents when international people apologize for using indian culture in a wrong way when the Indians themselves doing it in a wrong way. Sorry if I offended someone , these are just my thoughts . Thanks

Honestly speaking, most Indians know about South Korea because of BTS 💜 Before that Indian masses didn't knew about the existence of South Korea😂😂😂 They used to know only China and to some extent Japan

So this is how south koreans feel when oli london tries to act korean.

My Best friend is a trained Bharatnatyam dancer and if I show her that they are attempting to do Bharatnatyam at 3:36 she will definitely questions my choices maybe more than she already does as I like Kpop which she doesn't understand why.

Alot of the things mentioned as 'stereotypical' by you are in fact , typical of Indian culture. Spices, intricate hand movements in dance, raagas, head bobbing, saaris, bindis, turbans. They aren't necessarily trying to make fun of Indian culture. This is what they identify as India and they're not entirely wrong. Honestly, in this video apart from maybe 2 - 3 things which do seem offensive, the rest really isn't. They aren't trying to disrespect us. This is just what they've been exposed to of india. Its natural. We do this with other countries too. We associate china with noodles, red lanterns, their distinctive language and eye shape. We associate Japan with sushi, geishas, samurai warriors, anime. Because it's what we've been most exposed to. Doesn't mean that we're disrespectful. Edit - no one is condoning cultural appropriation which is outright disrespectful and insensitive.. that's just plain wrong and stupid. All I'm saying is learn to differentiate between what is CA and what isn't. Also, learn to criticize when your 'idols' are supposed to be held accountable. Don't try to defend them when they are infact in the wrong. I repeat Not ALL instances in the above video are disrespectful but some def are, like the Ganesha statue in bp's vid and kyuhyuns outright shitty and condescending remarks about Indian culture of eating with hands etc