A Chilean woman has faced criticism after posting a video on Instagram showing her hanging from a torii shrine gate and doing pullups in sync with music during a visit to Japan.
The woman, Marimar Perez, has since deleted the post and expressed her remorse in an apology video, saying she did not realize that she was in a sacred place and acted without thinking.
Perez is a former gymnast residing in the United States, who won a silver medal at a South American competition in 2019, according to Chilean media. She has about 140,000 followers on her Instagram account, on which she frequently posts footage of herself performing handstands in various settings.
The controversial video was widely shared on social media and attracted a barrage of criticism, including comments telling her never to come to Japan again and saying that it was insulting to Japanese religious beliefs.
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