The video reveals armoured autos driving behind the trainer, unintentionally capturing the navy coup-in-progress.
Pumping her arms to an digital beat, aerobics teacher Khing Hnin Wai appeared oblivious as a convoy of armoured autos drove by – unintentionally capturing Myanmar’s navy coup-in-progress in a surreal video that has now gone viral.
The PE instructor in Naypyidaw, Myanmar’s capital, posted footage of her exercise to Fb on Monday morning, gyrating and waving her arms to the tune of a dance observe.
Unbeknownst to her, armoured autos and black SUVs swept proper behind her by on the Royal Lotus Roundabout close to the nation’s parliament.
The navy seized management of the nation within the early hours of Monday, detaining de facto chief Aung San Suu Kyi and different high officers in her social gathering.
Military chief Min Aung Hlaing now has “legislative, judicial and government powers” – a transfer that successfully returns Myanmar to navy rule, halting the nation’s 10-year dalliance with democracy.
The submit quickly went viral with greater than 630,000 views on Fb because of the weird juxtaposition of an influence seize happening set to a pulsating earworm.
A lady did her common aerobics class out in open with out realizing {that a} coup was happening in #Myanmar. A Army convoy reaching the parliament might be seen behind the girl as she performs aerobics. Unbelievable! pic.twitter.com/gRnQkMshDe
— Aditya Raj Kaul (@AdityaRajKaul) February 1, 2021
“Earlier than I heard the information (of the coup) within the morning, the video I made for the cardio dance competitors has turn out to be an unforgettable reminiscence,” stated Khing Hnin Wai.
Quickly the video was being scalped and unfold throughout social media platforms – one tweet containing the video had been considered greater than 11.7 million occasions 24 hours after it was posted.
However not all the eye has been beneficial. Khing Hnin Wai took to Fb once more on Tuesday to defend herself.
“I wasn’t dancing to mock or ridicule any group or to be foolish… I used to be dancing for a health dance competitors,” she wrote.
She added that she had typically used the identical picturesque spot to movie her exercises, posting different movies to show it.
“Because it isn’t unusual for Naypyidaw to have an official convoy, I assumed it’s regular so I continued,” she wrote.