- María del Mar Pérez Banús, who lives in the US, was visiting a sanctuary in Japan
- His “disrespectful” act sparked immense backlash and he has since apologized.
- One viewer even went so far as to call her a “stupid attention seeker.”
A gymnast and influencer has been heavily criticized online after she filmed a video of herself climbing and dancing at a religious shrine in Japan.
María del Mar Pérez Banús, originally from Chile but now living in the United States, faced an avalanche of criticism after posting a clip that showed her participating in a popular dance while visiting a Shinto shrine.
The social media star was seen hanging from a torii, which is a gate that marks the entrance to a Shinto shrine, while tapping his feet to the song Cha Cha Slide.
While he has since deleted the video from his account, it was reshared by someone overlooked on X, formerly Twitter. MasaNews3where it went viral and gained more than 33 million views.
And it sparked immense backlash for Maria, with one person calling her a “stupid attention seeker” and another calling her “extremely disrespectful.”
A gymnast and influencer has been heavily criticized online after she filmed a video of her climbing and dancing at a Japanese religious shrine.
‘What stupidity is this?! If you can’t respect the culture of another country, you don’t have to go there,” one person wrote.
“I wonder if people have always been like this or if social media has rotted our brains so much that we prioritize a viral video over basic human decency,” someone else wondered.
“It goes without saying, but don’t use sacred objects as gym equipment while visiting Japan.”
“Using someone else’s possibly fragile things without permission just to show off your muscles is beyond selfish,” another user added.
“Next time he’ll be swinging on the chandeliers at Versailles.”
‘This is not funny. It is extremely disrespectful,” another user was outraged.
“What a shame,” read a fifth comment.
A sixth said: ‘Climbing sacred monuments in search of content is more than disrespectful.
María del Mar Pérez Banús faced an avalanche of criticism after posting a clip that showed her participating in a popular dance while visiting a Shinto shrine in Japan.
This sparked immense backlash towards Maria, with one person calling her a “stupid attention seeker” and another calling her “extremely disrespectful.”
“If you travel, show some respect for the culture and history of the places you visit.”
“Shinto shrines are places of worship and abodes of the kami, the Shinto gods.” Japan-Guide.com wrote previously. “Torii gates mark the access and entrance to a sanctuary.”
Amid the fury, Maria took to Instagram to apologize.
“I’m making this video to apologize to everyone,” he said. saying. ‘I wasn’t really thinking about what I was doing.
‘I want to apologize a thousand times. Please stop sending me messages and comments, I’m so sorry. I hope you understand, thank you very much.’