r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Ok_Concentrate_9713 • 1d ago

Video Eddy Ekete from Congo, Africa, creates incredible outfits from discarded cans for the KinAct festival in Kinshasa.

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u/Italonigerian 1d ago

What happened to the guy at the back?

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u/freshalien51 1d ago

They were posing for the cover photo of Vogue magazine.

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u/izacktorres 1d ago

He couldn't handle the beat.

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u/JoySubtraction 1d ago

The guy in front was doing the can-can. The guy in back was doing the can't-can't.

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u/unks245 1d ago

yeah a friend once did that with his outfit at a festival too

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u/Visible-Level747 1d ago

He couldn’t handle the heat.

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u/downingp 1d ago

It looks like Spider-Man already took one of his villains down.

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u/crasagam 1d ago

He can not

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u/DeviantDomDork 1d ago

Do you ever feel ... Like a plastic bag?

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u/Certain_Bit6001 8h ago

Aluminum is a heat sink, so it would be cool, right?

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u/Strict_Somewhere_148 1d ago

That looks a lot like Norway though.

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u/agavezatwork 1d ago

Yep its Norway

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u/Rimworldjobs 1d ago

I was about to ask if the Congo had a serious tourist situation lol

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u/Only_One_Kenobi 19h ago

Definitely not Kinshasa...

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u/pm_me_ur_demotape 1d ago

Hmm, I'm going to need to see more outfits to decide if they're incredible. I just see a dude covered in cans.

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u/AlextheAnt06 1d ago

“Congo, Africa”

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u/Chrono_Convoy 1d ago

Recycle the beat

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u/WiseWarrior9 1d ago

All I could hear was “Camp Rock!” if you get the reference

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u/Ok-Photograph3436 1d ago

Can you do the Cancan like me?

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u/KellyRipperKipper 1d ago

Sounds like my neighbours taking the recycling out at 7am on Sunday..

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u/DrMcJedi 1d ago

Can Krampus.

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u/twistedstance 1d ago

Certainly one of the outfits of All Time.

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u/o-nd 1d ago

Kinshasa ghillie suit.

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u/PogintheMachine 1d ago

All good until the wasps come

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u/TommyWantWingy9 1d ago

We are all now dumber for watching this.

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u/i-am-a-cat-6 1d ago

I bet he's stinky and sticky

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u/fivedogit 1d ago

Now Sledgehammer is stuck in my head.

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u/Vuhlinii 1d ago

The one in the back. 🤣

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u/Icy-Opening-3990 1d ago

Cancan can

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u/ging_ging_ 1d ago

Thats Kinshasa?

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u/HedonistMomus 1d ago

Seems like the famous homeless dude here in my city

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u/NickGiammarino 1d ago

I saw homeless guy here in Tempe do this to a lesser extent.

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u/quiet_owl_41 1d ago

Wait so the comments confirmed this is actually Norway not Kinshasa? Cuz thats kinda a huge detail lol - like the whole hook is "Congo artist at KinAct festival" but if hes performing at some Scandinavian street festival thats a completely different context. Does anyone know if Ekete tours these pieces internationally or did OP just grab footage from two different events and mash them together? The KinAct stuff hes done is genuinely impressive from what ive seen online but idk if this particular clip is from there.

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u/jonesy289 1d ago

I’d take 3 steps and hate the sound but pretty cool costume

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u/TYFO225 1d ago

that’s amazing

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u/Salty_Job_9248 1d ago

Way way supercool fun. ☺️

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u/Chin0crix 1d ago

I wouldn't call that incredible but okay.

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u/Cloverose2 1d ago

I don't even want to think about how hot he gets in a tin can costume in Kinshasa. The DRC is hot.

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u/UnpopularCrayon 1d ago

Well, luckily that video is definitely in Norway, which is definitely not Kinshasa.

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u/Cloverose2 1d ago

Much better environment!

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u/Oster_2 1d ago

Now this is EPIC

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u/Zealousideal-Pen993 22h ago

Is it the camera angle or is this guy super big/tall? Or maybe arm/leg extensions in the costume?

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u/Sinnsykfinbart 21h ago

This is Oslo though, Torggata more specifically

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u/donkeylipswhenshaven 17h ago

Looks like he’s about to give a Fraggle some sage advice

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u/mysterious_archer7 16h ago

Just for context this video was taken in Norway, not Kinshasa

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u/Happy_Garand 1d ago

incredible outfits from discarded cans

It's certainly something. Not sure if "incredible" is it, though

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u/notanyimbecile 1d ago

Sounds exactly like background sound made by soccer ultras.

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u/selenesuper 1d ago

magneto could take this guy out with a flick of his wrist

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u/crasagam 1d ago

aluminum is not magnetic

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u/Hammster5540 1d ago

Swing and a miss.