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Who Is Rayyan Arkan Dhika? The 11-Year-Old Impresses the Internet with His Boat Racing Dance

KUANTAN SINGINGI REGENCY, RIAU PROVINCE, INDONESIA, JUL 13 – Dika's dance sparked a global trend with over 500 million views on TikTok, boosting hotel bookings in Kuantan Singingi by 20 percent, officials said.

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An 11-year-old Indonesian boy named Rayyan Arkan Dhika went viral for his confident boat-top dance at a traditional festival, becoming a global sensation and the face of ‘aura farming’.

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A dance video of 11-year-old Ryan from Indonesia is currently trending all over the world. Ryan performed this dance during a boat race at Paku Jalur Festival in Indonesia in January this year. In this traditional festival, the boy at the front of the boat is called 'Tukang Tikari', which means dancer.

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The video of an 11-year-old boy during a traditional race on Sumatra Island goes around social networks. Reproduced by quidams and celebrities, it highlights a local culture.

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