Woman confused by bottled sea water at retailer

As South Africans, one of the things that sets us apart from other nationalities is our diversity. 

Our ability to share things about our unique practices makes us special. 

A woman who calls herself a "Water Sommelier" (a specialist in water quality), posted a video on TikTok sharing an unusual find at a Pick n Pay store in Johannesburg. 

Read more: VIRAL: Woman cooks pasta with ocean water

In the video, she shows us a bottle of seawater and is genuinely surprised. 

She shows the packaging and how the water included some sea sand. The curiosity got the better of her and she asked everyone on TikTok what someone would use bottled seawater for. 

It may be something unheard of to many people. However, many people believe that seawater has healing and protective properties. 

Read more: How safe is it to drink plastic bottled water?

Watch the video below, courtesy of TikTok:

Here are some of the things people said:

• "For kids nose bleeds it's the best..."
• "When we were kids & went to the coast for holidays the workers on the farm would put in orders for seawater."
• "For sores, when we where kids with cuts our parents said go into the ocean, it will heal it."
• "Now you must pay for something that's free."
• "If u have some fish or hermit crabs u use seawater only I used to buy it at the fish shop."
• "People drink it to flush their bowels."

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