Bali locals slam tourist who yelled at security during Melasti ceremony in Labuan Sait

An aggressive tourist was filmed yelling at religious security for trying to lead him and his girlfriend away from a blocked road in Bali.

Shocking footage shows the tourist and his girlfriend trying to get through the blocked road on a motorbike despite it being closed for a Melasti ceremony, a Hindu purification ritual, in Labuan Sait, Bali.

Religious security officers told the couple to go the other way, but according to witnesses, they “started getting angry and yelling at the people who were doing the ceremony.”

Footage from the incident shows security pushing the woman away as her boyfriend yells, “Did you touch my girlfriend?”

The situation continued to escalate as more security approached the pair and told them to go in a different direction.

The tourist continued to ignore security, claiming he spent “two years in Bali” before suddenly exploding again.

He then got off his bike and ran to one of the security guards further down the group.

Immediately he was grabbed by three men who dragged him back to his motorcycle.

The short video has been widely shared on social media, with outraged Bali residents denouncing the tourists as disrespectful and calling for their eviction.

“It was his fault for trying to cross at that time! It’s a very important ceremony and they should have known,” said another.

“Wow, they need to learn respect for the local culture,” said a second.

“Two years in Bali, time to go home,” another person wrote.

“This was beyond disrespectful!” said a third person.

“We should deport these people,” said a resident of Bali. “This is not normal and acceptable.

“If you enter someone else’s house and don’t respect this person’s place, he will kick you out of his house. Bali should do the same with all these disrespectful tourists. They don’t understand and respect the beauty of this place and the religion.