The Keretapi Sarong is back again this year in conjunction with the Malaysia day celebrations. More than 10,000 people, of various ethnics and ages, participated in the event, which aims to instil the spirit of love for the country and its diversity.
The participants came together from different neighbourhood to gather while donning different designs of traditional attire. Other than flash mob, this year’s event also includes Sarong creative fashion show, stand-up comedy by Harith Iskander, joget lambak and many more.
The Keretapi Sarong 2023 director, Shamsul Bahrin Zainuzzaman, said that the event successfully achieved its main objective, which is to see Malaysians in traditional attire riding the public transport while promoting the traditional sarongs.
The event is started simultaneously from seven different stations, namely KL Sentral Light Rail Transit (LRT), Gombak LRT, Ampang LRT, Subang Jaya LRT, Kajang Mass Rapid Transit (MRT), Bandar Utama MRT and KLIA Transit, before gathering at Dataran Merdeka for the main programme.
Besides Kuala Lumpur, Keretapi Sarong is also held in major cities such as Johor Bahru, Ipoh, Kuala Terengganu and even London, United Kingdom.
Various patriotic and traditional songs were also being played throughout the event, including ‘Negaraku’, ‘Jalur Gemilang’, ‘Gemuruh’, ‘Standing In The Eyes Of The World’, Rasa Sayang’, ‘Dikir Puteri’, Enjit Enjit Semut’, ‘Lemak Manis’, ‘Can Mali Can’ and ‘Anak Tupai’.
