Barcelona welcome Philippe Coutinho in Swamiye Ayyappo style, Malayalis go gaga
Kochi: Taking the Internet by storm, Malayalis have done it in the past and they are back at it again.
From teaching Maria Sharapova who Sachin Tendulkar is, to making #PoMoneModi a global trend, Keralites seem to have a special inclination toward trolling. Spanish football giants FC Barcelona were the latest to feel the heat of Malayali-sponsored troll attack. Barcelona’s 142-million-euros signing of Braz-ilian forward Philippe Coutinho from Liverpool FC is the talk of the football world and the La Liga giants were celebrating their latest capture with a series of tweets and Facebook posts daily.
On Wednesday, one of Barcelona’s social media posts welcoming Coutinho featured an unusual background music – Swamiye Ayyappo, Ayyappo Swamiye. The vocal is unmistakably legible at the start of a 40-second video titled “New club, new pals for Philippe Coutinho!” and that was the cue for a Malayali-special virtual ambushing of Barcelona’s social media.
👥 New club, new pals for @Phil_Coutinho! ðŸ"µðŸ"´ pic.twitter.com/LtNyNwFzdl
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) January 9, 2018
Soon, a host of funny replies flooded the comments section and the video also went viral as WhatsApp forwards.
The sound engineer had done well , by copying a religious anthem in to the background 😂😂
— Billboard Devil (@BillboardDevil) January 11, 2018
Barca Twitter handler right now. pic.twitter.com/pE8SJ4b87j
— Jithin Varghese Alex (@CaptJack3parrow) January 11, 2018
If You Guys Dont Have A Chant Take it from somewhere elz man Dont Copy From Sabarimala Devotiees - Mammutinhieo pic.twitter.com/PiAf4ngySn
— Sarath Kannan (@sachinkottara) January 11, 2018
ROFL 😂😂😂
— SREE (@indimate) January 10, 2018
Introducing Swami Ayyappan.The chant that reveberates beyond stadiums & lands. pic.twitter.com/FqabJGxVDS
— HARIGOVINDAN (@Hari__Nair) January 10, 2018
— Favaz ahamed (@Favazh) January 10, 2018
Hahaha, this is going around everywhere. Some indian in handling FC Barcelona's twitter :) ayappan season aanalo ;)
— Rohan Sreekumar (@Rohan_Sreekumar) January 10, 2018
😂 you got much attention for this video from southern part of India, especially from Kerala!! Hope you guys got the reason why!! "SWAMIYE AYYAPPO" ðŸ˜
— Gopa Kumar M.G. 🇮🇳 (@mggopakumar) January 11, 2018
😂 you got much attention for this video from southern part of India, especially from Kerala!! Hope you guys got the reason why!! "SWAMIYE AYYAPPO" ðŸ˜
— Gopa Kumar M.G. 🇮🇳 (@mggopakumar) January 11, 2018
When #messi will score a goal, Chant frm the gallery become "swamiye ..ayyappo...ayyappo..swamiye.." 😂ðŸ™
— Jebin Mathew (@Im_JEBIN) January 10, 2018
“He is going to Sabarimala, since finally Lord Ayyappa heard his prayers and blessed him with a move away from Anfield (sic),” read a tweet.
One seemed to have deciphered the reason behind Barcelona ace Lionel Messi growing a beard. “It is now clear that Messi had grown the beard as a vow of his Sabarimala pilgrimage.”
Photo-comments featuring face of Ayyappa morphed into Coutinho’s body also poured into the comments column and a number of related trolls also popped up.
With the annual ‘Makara Vilaku’ festival at Sabarimala to be celebrated next week the unusual ‘bgm’ couldn’t have come more timely.
