Tribal People’s Reaction to Tasting Alfredo Pasta For The First Time
About this video
Tribal People Try away from the table: pasta, watched by people seeing it for the first time.
What is pasta?
Pasta is wheat dough shaped, dried and boiled — Italy has hundreds of shapes and a sauce for each. Spaghetti with a tomato sauce, penne, lasagne and mac and cheese are the versions most people meet first.
What to watch for
The first surprise is that it is mild. Village food is built on onion, garlic, ginger and chilli cooked down for an hour; a plate of pasta is often just wheat, tomato, oil and a little cheese, so the first question is usually where the masala is.
The comparison they always make
The closest thing at home is seviyan or macaroni cooked the Pakistani way — boiled, then fried up with onion, tomato and spices. Plain buttered pasta gets compared to boiled rice without salan.
This episode
It's the tribe's 14th pasta video out of 17. They first tried it in January 2021 ("Tribal People Try Lasagne For The First Time"). The most-watched pasta episode is "Tribal People Try Spaghetti and Meatballs For The First Time" (1M views). The video runs about 13 minutes and went up in December 2024.
Frequently asked
Who are the people in Tribal People Try?
Villagers from rural Punjab, Pakistan. They're families from the same area, not actors, and they've been part of the channel for years.
What is pasta?
Pasta is wheat dough shaped, dried and boiled — Italy has hundreds of shapes and a sauce for each. Spaghetti with a tomato sauce, penne, lasagne and mac and cheese are the versions most people meet first.
Did the tribe like the pasta?
Watch to the end — nothing is scripted, and when something doesn't suit them they say so. The closest thing at home is seviyan or macaroni cooked the Pakistani way — boiled, then fried up with onion, tomato and spices. Plain buttered pasta gets compared to boiled rice without salan.
Have they tried pasta before?
Yes — this is the 14th of 17 pasta videos. The first was "Tribal People Try Lasagne For The First Time" in January 2021.
Where was this video filmed?
In rural Punjab, Pakistan, where the participants live. The videos are recorded in the village rather than in a studio.