'Wild': Australian senator says he just discovered 'Indian poop throwing festival'

Australian senator Ralph Babet announced on social media that he discovered a wild thing about India which is a poop throwing festival. This stemmed from US YouTuber Tyler Oliveira's misrepresentation of Karnataka's Gorehabba festival. The influencer documented his experience at the Indian festival, posted his vlog on it, triggering a major racist attack against Indians.

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The Gorehabba festival is celebrated in the village of Gumatapura, on the Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border. It is a centuries-old ritual, but is limited to only one village. The day after Diwali, villagers collect fresh cow dung and throw each other with cow dung cakes -- in a ritual of purification.

But Oliveira's video this year pushed the little-known Indian festival to the limelight, inviting much hatred for India.

I’ve just discovered a thing called an Indian poop throwing festival. Wild.

— Senator Babet (@senatorbabet) November 10, 2025

Oliveira insisted that documenting the cow dung festival was not a racist rhetoric. He also claimed that he spent $5,000 in tests for "countless diseases" and was attacked by 'tens of thousands of Indians' in ways that he could have never imagined.

After much consideration, I have decided I will NOT be releasing my documentary capturing India’s poop-throwing festival…

I have been doxxed, and threatened by thousands of Indians over the last 2 weeks…

Tens of thousands of Indians have turned my life into a living hell. My…

— Tyler Oliveira (@tyleraloevera) November 6, 2025

"I have been doxxed, and threatened by thousands of Indians over the last 2 weeks…Showing up to this poop-festival was the worst decision of my life, and I severely underestimated the power of India…I am only one man… I cannot defeat the combined power of 1.5 billion Indians who yearn for my destruction. I simply cannot continue fighting this war, and must choose my battles. This one simply isn’t worth it. I never meant to offend Indians, their religion, or their culture. I just wanted to participate in this unusual poop-throwing festival and share it for the world to see. I ask that all Indians reading this please leave my family alone. Thank you," Oliveira posted, announcing his decision not to release the documentary that he made.

Just a day after the same, he released the documentary claiming to "expose" the festival.