A Canadian man went viral after he celebrated getting his coronavirus vaccine by dancing on a frozen lake.
Gurdeep Pandher shared his joy in receiving the vaccine and received praise for spreading joy by performing Bhangra on the ice.
“Yesterday, I received my Covid-19 vaccine,” he said in the caption on the video.
“Then I went to a frozen lake to dance Bhangra on it for joy, hope and positivity, which I’m forwarding across Canada and beyond for everyone’s health and wellbeing.”
The 43-year-old from Yukon, northwest Canada, received his first vaccine dose on Monday and said he wanted to spread the joy afterwards.
He said: “It was easy I did not even feel it, and even after the vaccine, I felt okay.
“You know sometimes we see in social media, or other platforms, people are concerned about the vaccine. but I did not feel anything like that. And then I went to a frozen lake in the Yukon to dance bhangra.
“It was an awesome experience, just to celebrate it and share the joy with the world.”
Mr Pandher, who moved to Yukon 10 years ago, lives in a wilderness cabin and said the high energy movements help keep him warm.
He said he had been sharing videos of himself dancing to try and spread positivity during the pandemic.
“I understand that it’s not easy to be positive these days when we have a lot of pressures we have this global pandemic going on,” he added.
“It is not easy, and people have really been suffering, but I feel that still, we can find joy if we want to if we think that tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, things will be better things.
“We are going through a long dark night but there will be a beautiful sunrise eventually, that hope can bring the joy, and just looking forward to that beautiful sunrise can create positivity and it’s important to be positive. It doesn’t matter how tough, or hard our life is.”
The sweet video racked up more than 118,000 likes and thousands of comments on Twitter.
One woman commented: "It is impossible to watch someone dance Bhangra and not feel joy. It is such a wonderfully expressive dance form! Thank you Gurdeep Pandher for sharing your joy, I think we all need a little lift."
Another joked: "If this is what happens, then I can’t wait to get my vaccine!"
