Back in November, people on Facebook shared a video of kids in Ngabul, Indonesia, shouting "Om telolet om" (Sir, honk your horn, sir) at buses with customized horns.
The craze caught on, and soon buses traveling through towns were met with crowds demanding to hear their horn.
View this video on YouTube
The onomatopoeic phrase "om telolet om" also caught on, with many people sharing it on its own.
Om telolet om
It basically became a huge meme.
om telolet om
Indonesians began sending the phrase to musicians and visitors to their country.
ok but for real tho why am I getting notifications that people commenting "om telolet om" on all my social media platforms
Slowly they caught on, and started sharing it back.
Even the chainsmokers, yellowclaw, zedd, dj snake 'til martin garrix and etc talking #OmTeloletOm on twitter π
OM TELOLET OM doesn't seem to work on the 243 to Wood Green π
And now it's just everywhere.
It seems especially popular with musicians.
just went outside and yelled om telolet om at a bus - obviously hasn't made it to Australia yet
Some have even begun incorporating the unique horn sound into remixes.
View this video on YouTube
OM TELOLET OM, sort of? ;)π
Basically, om telolet om.
