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Watch: Video of dancing Abu Dhabi municipal worker goes viral

In the 45-second video, the unidentified municipal employee can be seen dancing in a parking lot as he pulls his rubbish bin and cleaning implements

By Bernd Debusmann Jr
It remains unclear where exactly the footage was taken, although some have speculated it was filmed in Abu Dhabi’s Baniyas suburbs.
It remains unclear where exactly the footage was taken, although some have speculated it was filmed in Abu Dhabi’s Baniyas suburbs.

A video of an Abu Dhabi municipal cleaner happily dancing as he performs his rounds has gone viral on Twitter, amassing more than 13,000 likes and 4,000 retweets since it was posted.

In the 45-second video, the unidentified municipal employee, dressed in yellow reflective overalls, can be seen dancing in a parking lot as he pulls his rubbish bin and cleaning implements.

Since it was posted, the video has been seen over 200,000 times, has been re-tweeted 4,000 times and has amassed over 13,100 retweets. On Instagram, the video has been viewed more than 22,000 times.

It remains unclear where exactly the footage was taken, although some have speculated it was filmed in Abu Dhabi’s Baniyas suburbs.

It is also not yet known who the cleaner is.

An Emirati national, Afra Almarar, posted the video on Twitter after seeing it on another user’s account.

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