Foreigners visiting Van Gogh museum dance to Bengali folk songs, netizens react to viral video | Today’s news
A Bengali song reunited people from different countries during a visit to Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum. The tune of the popular folk song, Tomar Ghore Bosot Kore could be heard across the popular tourist spot as different nationalities danced together, making it a wholesome moment. The same video has now surfaced on the Internet.
Viral video from the Van Gogh Museum
The video of this heartwarming moment has now gone viral and earned praise from netizens. They are joined by Harsh Goenka on X, formerly Twitter.
The video showed guests clapping and grooving to the song. Their joy spoke volumes about the event and suggested that music can overcome language barriers and create a sense of community between people from different parts of the world.
Geonka shared the video and wrote: “With so many reels of our tourists misbehaving abroad, this is a beautiful exception. A Bengali song that brings people together at the Van Gogh Museum. Culture spreads best when it creates joy, not disruption.”
The event was organized by Amsterdam resident and fashion student Aishwarya Bhattacharjee. Speaking about the event, she shared that it was more of a personal achievement than just an event.
She shared the video and wrote on Instagram: “A moment I’ll never forget: seeing people from different cultures come together and dance to the sounds of Bengal at the Van Gogh Museum. Knowing I helped make it happen was surreal.”
She elaborated on the thoughts behind the event: “This video brings tears to my eyes every time I watch it. It wasn’t easy growing up here, I often felt alone, isolated, like I didn’t belong. But that day I felt different. For a moment, everything changed. Watching people from different cultures come together and dance to Bengali music at the Van Gogh Museum felt surreal.”
“Seeing my parents smile, feeling their pride, sharing my culture with the world meant everything to me. And in a way I can’t fully explain, it was like I was making my ancestors proud too… like they were watching over me in that moment. I’m deeply grateful to have been able to live it and create it. Thank you @vangoghmuseum.”
Netizens react to tourists dancing to Tomar Ghore Bosot Kore
In response to the video, the user wrote in the comment: “This video made my day.”
“As the Greater Bengal region shares a single linguistic and cultural heritage, the song is equally celebrated, performed and loved in Bangladesh and West Bengal, India,” another explained the song’s roots.
“That’s the difference between Bengalis and other Indian communities…we don’t force our dance like they do with garba bhangra…instead we encourage peaceful communal celebrations like this,” said someone else.
Another user commented: “It’s absolutely amazing to witness this kind of culture outside of India – seriously, just wow!” “This is beyond beautiful,” added another.
(Disclaimer: This report is based on user-generated content from social media. Live Mint could not independently verify the claims and does not endorse them.)
