A new trend that is making waves on social media worldwide now has a Cuban version. It involves the so-called therians, a viral phenomenon where young people imitate the behaviors and movements of animals, blending acting, humor, and exaggeration to create entertaining content.
In Cuba, several young people decided to join the trend with their own Creole twist. A video posted on Instagram by the profile @yordan_el23 shows a group of youths in the street recreating the sounds and postures of wolves, pigs, and donkeys in a scene filled with spontaneity.
While one of them crouches and growls while looking up, another runs around imitating animal movements. Amid laughter, the young man recording exclaims the phrase that ultimately defines the video: “Oh God, the therians have arrived in Cuba.”
The trend of therians has gained popularity on platforms like TikTok and Instagram, where users from different countries share clips acting as animals, whether in an aesthetic, theatrical, or completely humorous way.
In the case of these young Cubans, the approach is clearly parodic. Rather than taking the trend solemnly, they reinterpret it with the playfulness and boldness characteristic of island humor.
In the comments of the video, there are numerous messages filled with laughter and laughing emojis. Many users celebrate the group's creativity and their ability to transform any international trend into content with its own identity.
Once again, social media shows how global trends resonate in Cuba, where popular ingenuity transforms and adapts them to everyday reality.
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