{"id":80731,"date":"2020-11-23T16:32:51","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T11:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=80731"},"modified":"2020-11-23T16:33:44","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T11:03:44","slug":"old-video-shared-as-rajput-celebrating-diwali-by-firing-guns-after-fireworks-banned-in-rajasthan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-shared-as-rajput-celebrating-diwali-by-firing-guns-after-fireworks-banned-in-rajasthan\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact-check: Did Rajputs in Rajasthan fire gunshots to protest cracker ban on Diwali?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video has been shared on social media with the claim that due to firecrackers banned in Rajasthan, Rajputs celebrated Diwali by firing gunshots in the air.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/virendra.vickybanna\/videos\/134783615065970\/\" data-show-text=\"true\" data-width=\"\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/virendra.vickybanna\/videos\/134783615065970\/\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u0930\u093e\u091c\u0938\u094d\u0925\u093e\u0928 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0905\u0936\u094b\u0915 \u0917\u0939\u0932\u094b\u0924 \u0915\u0940 \u0915\u094b\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938 \u0938\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u0928\u0947 \u0926\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0932\u0940 \u092a\u0930 \u092a\u091f\u093e\u0916\u0947 \u092c\u0947\u0928 \u0915\u093f\u092f\u0947 \u0925\u0947\u0964<br \/>\n\u092b\u093f\u0930 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e, \u0935\u0939\u093e\u0901 \u0915\u0947 \u0930\u093e\u091c\u092a\u0942\u0924\u094b\u0902 \u0928\u0947 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0947 \u0905\u0902\u0926\u093e\u095b \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0926\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0932\u0940 \u092e\u0928\u093e\u0908\u0964\ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udffb\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffb\ud83d\udea9<br \/>\n\u091c\u092f \u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0941\u0924\u094d\u0935\ud83d\ude4f\ud83d\udea9<br \/>\n*\u091c\u092f \u0930\u093e\u091c\u092a\u0941\u0924\u093e\u0928\u093e* \ud83d\udea9<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/virendra.vickybanna\">Virendra Vicky Banna<\/a> on Tuesday, 17 November 2020<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Several Twitter users have also shared the clip while celebrating &#8216;Rajput pride&#8217;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">*\u0930\u093e\u091c\u0938\u094d\u0925\u093e\u0928\u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0905\u0936\u094b\u0915 \u0917\u0939\u0932\u094b\u0924 \u0915\u0940 \u0915\u094b\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938 \u0938\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u0928\u0947 \u0926\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0932\u0940 \u092a\u0930 \u092a\u091f\u093e\u0916\u0947 \u092c\u0947\u0928 \u0915\u093f\u092f\u0947\u0964* \ud83d\ude21<\/p>\n<p>*\u092b\u093f\u0930 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e, \u0935\u0939\u093e\u0901 \u0915\u0947 \u0930\u093e\u091c\u092a\u0942\u0924\u094b\u0902 \u0928\u0947 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0947 \u0905\u0902\u0926\u093e\u091c\u093c \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0926\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0932\u0940 \u092e\u0928\u093e\u0908? \ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udffb\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffb\ud83d\udea9<\/p>\n<p>*\u091c\u092f \u0930\u093e\u091c\u092a\u0941\u0924\u093e\u0928\u093e* \ud83d\udea9<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc47\ud83c\udffd\ud83d\udc47\ud83c\udffd <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F8k5Y3evBI\">pic.twitter.com\/F8k5Y3evBI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Akash RSS (@Satynistha) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Satynistha\/status\/1328377087451824128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>A reverse image search of a frame of this video on Yandex led us to the same clip uploaded in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B9EyZ3HBUrc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 2020<\/a>. This year, Diwali was celebrated on November 14 which means the viral video cannot represent Rajputs in Rajasthan protesting against the firecracker ban imposed by Congress-led Ashok Gehlot government.<\/p>\n<p>We also found similar videos uploaded on YouTube in March 2019 and 2018. The title of this video reads, &#8216;Jamrabij menar 2019.&#8217; Menar is a village in Rajasthan which falls in Udaipur district. This village is known for its lake and migratory birds.<\/p>\n<p>The video currently viral was traced back to at least March 2020.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jamrabij menar menaria 2020\" width=\"1290\" height=\"968\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JFS_KYQOIyI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>According to a report published in <a href=\"https:\/\/hindi.news18.com\/news\/rajasthan\/udaipur-guns-and-colours-at-holi-of-valour-in-menar-village-an-epic-holi-celebration-in-rajasthan-rjks-rjsc-2929075.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">News18<\/a> on March 12, 2020, this is a 400-year-old tradition known as &#8216;Barood Ki Holi&#8217; where gunshots are fired in the air. The menariya community of Menar village, situation 50 kms from Udaipur, held the event this year as well on Holi.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-80737 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/11\/menar-holi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/11\/menar-holi.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/11\/menar-holi-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/11\/menar-holi-768x588.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Therefore, a video of a tradition followed during Holi in Rajasthan&#8217;s Menar village is being misrepresented as Rajput&#8217;s protesting against the firecracker ban on 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