“Photo of people in New Zealand following ‘Bharatiya’ (Indian) culture of sitting on the floor and eating in banana leaves”
Social media posts
Claim dated 19 Aug 2020.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The photo was taken in India, not New Zealand. The photo is related to ‘Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Dhanwantari Ashram’ in Kerala (India).
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 19 August 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 20 August 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=679248509613343&set=gm.1260616620942595&type=3&th…
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.