India, Nov. 7 -- American YouTuber Tyler Oliveira, who earlier faced massive backlash for posting a video of himself participating in a festival in a Karnataka village where people throw cow dung at each other, has now announced that he will not be releasing his documentary on the "poop-throwing festival".

His video on the Gorehabba festival in Karnataka's Gumatapura accumulated more than 5 million views, as users on social media called him a racist and said he had showed a ritual, held to mark the end of Diwali, in a negative light.

At that time, he had responded to the outrage and defended himself, saying that "it isn't racist to film a poop-throwing festival". However, he has now said that he was threatened by thousands of Indians an...