In TIKTOK as in many other social networks, there is an algorithm that arranges each person's feed according to the likes they have made.
If you are in the habit of giving likes and looking for things about fashion, you will receive quite a few fashion stars in your feed.
If you like videos about babies, your feed will be full of cute viral videos involving babies.
If you are die-hard soccer fans, who admire every video from Qatar and cheered for some of them, you probably also came across a phenomenon that started from the second week of the tournament, in which residents of a neighborhood in Argentina are seen celebrating with an elderly grandmother in a circle, singing "Abuela lalalala" to her.
("Grandma, la la la la la la")
The ones who started the celebration that has become one of the most famous in the world and swept hundreds of people who come especially to the place are the "kids from Loro" - a group of friends who have known each other since they were little and gather to watch all of Argentina's games.
After Lionel Scaloni and his players beat Poland in the group stage, a victory that of course guaranteed them qualification to the knockout stage, they went out to celebrate in the neighborhood with flags and drums and found another elderly neighbor waving the country's flag and celebrated with him.
The young people did not hesitate for a moment and as soon as they saw an elderly woman coming down from her house and celebrating with them with a corona mask on her face and an Argentine flag, they included her in the celebration, turning her into a local star after creating a song dedicated just for her.
SUCEDIÓ CALMA PAIS pic.twitter.com/LjJtVBYLtw
— #LaRomi (@LaRomiScalora) December 13, 2022
There, on the street, with the other neighbors, spontaneously, they began to sing her a song based on the chorus of "Go West", one of the Village People's hits released in the late 1970s and gained even greater popularity after being remade by the Pet Shop Boys . They took pictures with their cellphones of the grandmother who became their star and mascot, and after the videos were uploaded to social networks, the phenomenon went viral. The celebrations repeated themselves when Argentina beat Australia, after the victory over the Netherlands and, of course, on the last Tuesday after the massive 3-0 defeat of Croatia in the semi-finals.
The exact location of the celebration is at the intersection of Caaguazú and Andalgalá streets, in the Linieres neighborhood of Buenos Aires - the capital of Argentina.
While most people in the city go after victories to celebrate near the famous obelisk on Nueve de Julio Boulevard that is familiar to every tourist who has visited Buenos, many actually choose to go celebrate the progress in the tournament in the modest neighborhood.
By the way, this location is now marked on Google Maps as "Sabaaa la la la la".
In addition, you can see in Google Street View, the balcony on which the Argentine flag always appears - the place where the kind grandmother lives.
"When the game against Poland ended, we went out to the street to celebrate and she came towards us, we started jumping with her, it's a kind of ritual," said Octavio Rogero, one of the members of the wonderful group in a conversation with Infobae.
ABUELA LALALALALA 🎶 pic.twitter.com/CSReh4ltAo
— Copa Mundial FIFA 🏆 (@fifaworldcup_es) December 14, 2022
And who is that grandmother?
It's about Christina - a 76-year-old woman, a woman who probably wasn't aware of the power of Tiktok these days.
who until today lives her modest life in an exciting city, but one that has suffered a little poverty over the years and has become a network star in an instant.
A woman who symbolizes everything that is beautiful about the Albiceleste's journey in the tournament in Qatar, all the excitement that surrounds the people who live there, the momentary happiness that everyone there is looking for, even if they have no reference that it will end in the end they expect.
Just imagine what would happen if Leandro Paredes, Rodrigo de Paul and Leo Messi lifted the golden trophy on Sunday.
Probably they will also come to "Abuela".
Lo que la Abuela lalala AMA a Messi, me desmayo pic.twitter.com/rtiNP0axJd
— Cami (@Ccamigodoy) December 14, 2022
Todos cantando en la puerta de la casa de la ABUELA DE MESSI.
Locura.
🇦🇷🤯 pic.twitter.com/Iy67twF459
— Ataque Futbolero (@AtaqueFutbolero) December 15, 2022 Were we wrong?
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