Isak Munda, the tribal man from Babupali village under Jujumura block of Odisha’s Sambalpur district who used to struggle for his survival, has now become one of the most successful YouTubers in the country of India.
Isak Munda Started His YouTube Channel On 25 March 2020. Isak Munda YouTube channel ‘Isak Munda Eating’ has over 123,128,493 views with 891K subscribers as of June 2022 and counting.
Isak Munda is a Christian believer and celebrates Christmas, Palm Sunday and other Christian calendar events.
Isak Munda Eating
Isak Munda Eating is the name of his channel – a direct and unvarnished fact. This is the first video available on his channel, made in March of last year. This guy seems to have a talent for being able to eat enormously large mouthfuls really fast. Oh, and there are a couple of very satisfied sounding belches towards the end. The video has nearly 7 lakh views.
Fish And Rice Eating Indian Village
In this video, this Isak explains why he couldn’t make a video the previous day because of heavy rain and power outage. He then explains how he is able to buy fish from the income generated by this YouTube channel and how he bought a phone. It is easy to see how the completely natural setting of a typical village dwelling appeals to viewers. His four kids are interested in what is going on, but not particularly bothered by it. In the end, the family sits on the ground on mats and digs in to their meal. The video has over a million views.
Isak Munda Is Now Famous
There are indigenous recipes often made from wild local produce, scenes from an ordinary village, sporting events, visits to relatives, the first time Isak sits on a horse and more in there. In this video, media persons are going to visit the family at the house of Isak’s in-laws. We see the sort of work his father in law does, making mats by hand and then everyone sitting on those mats and eating. It is a tremendously uplifting story – it is really no wonder Isak Munda Eating is so viral.
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Who Is Isak Munda and What Is His Rags To YouTube Story?
Odisha Tribal Labourer Who Started YouTube Channel During Covid-19 Lockdown Earns Lakhs From YouTube.
Tribal youth Isak Munda’s rise to fame as a YouTuber blogger from Babupali in Sambalpur district’s Jujumura block has now made him an inspiration for entire western Odisha. Munda, who was once a daily wage labourer, carved out his path after watching few YouTube videos on his friend’s cell-phone during the 2020 lockdown when work had dried up for him. Inspired by these bloggers, he decided to make a self-video and soon took a loan of Rs 3000 to record himself eating a full plate of boiled rice without enough curry.
Within hours after he uploaded the video on YouTube, there were thousands of views and comments, nearly all appreciative, and it kept growing. This video’s soaring popularity prompted him to upload one video after another on his YouTube channel, ‘Isak Munda Eating’, garnering plenty of views. Within months, Isak Munda started earning lakhs of rupees from his YouTube videos and ceased to look for daily wage work.
“I had taken a loan of Rs 3,000 to buy my first little smartphone to make videos. My first video has been viewed by more than 4.99 lakh people. I make videos about life in my poor household and village, showing what and how we eat. I am happy my videos are received so well by many. I am making a decent income now,” said Munda, 35.
In June 2020, three months after he uploaded his first video on YouTube, Isak Munda had received Rs 37,000 in his bank account, he said. Then, three months later, he got Rs 5 lakh. “It keeps coming,” he said.
Isak Munda, who speaks Hindi along with Sambalpuri, the western dialect of Odia, usually posts videos about the serene village life and the food habits of the poverty-stricken people living there. Since March 2020, Munda has uploaded nearly 256 videos and his YouTube channel currently has more than 7.29 lakh subscribers.
His first video was titled ‘Rice and Indian Sambar Fast Eating’. In that four-minute video, Munda was only in a vest and eating a full plate of hot, boiled rice with raw tomato, some fried green leaves, a raw chilli and just a bit of dal. The sight of poor tribal youth in Odisha eating simple food somehow struck a chord touched among viewers. His subsequent videos often featured his wife, Sabita Munda, and their four daughters – Monisa, Monica and Mahima – and son Pabitra. The videos typically showcase his community’s traditions and food preparation methods.
“I’ve studied only up to the seventh standard. So, I thought I could make videos on my own community, culture and lifestyle in my village. I also show how we collect wild mushrooms and eat bamboo shoots so that people in India and abroad get to know of the simple life we live,” said Munda.
His wife, Sabita Munda, is very happy with his YouTube success. “He once uploaded a video of the decrepit mud house we live in. Many people viewed it, and it brought us financial support from an organisation in Bhubaneswar to build a brick-and-cement house,” she said, smiling.
“Isak Munda is constantly making videos about our local tribal traditions. He also made a video of me weaving a mat out of date palm leaves. People like to see all his videos. They learn about our traditions and culture. So he is getting some money,” said Isak’s father-in-law, Joseph Munda.
Isak Munda is clear that simply making money out of his YouTube videos is not his goal. “I want to create awareness among people about our local traditions and also the negative influences it is battling. I am happy to be no longer seeking daily-wage work as a labourer,” he said.
Source: News18.com
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