The spirit of patriotism is very much alive as Malaysians celebrated this year’s National Day, with the theme “Malaysia Madani: Tekad Perpaduan, Penuhi Harapan” .
Hundreds of thousands thronged Putrajaya Square to watch the contingents from various government agencies and non-governmental organisations (NGO) at the annual parade on Thursday (Aug 31).
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Hundreds of thousands thronged Putrajaya Square to watch the contingents from various government agencies and non-governmental organisations (NGO) at the annual parade on Thursday (Aug 31).
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00:06 The Jalur Gemilang flew majestically
00:08 as over 100,000 people from all walks of life
00:12 rekindled their spirit of patriotism
00:14 on Malaysia's National Day at Dataran Putrajaya on Thursday.
00:19 The 66th National Day carries extra significance,
00:22 as it is also the first involving the unity government
00:25 under the leadership of Prime Minister Dato' Sri Anwar Ibrahim.
00:29 Many visitors had gathered at Dataran Putrajaya
00:31 as early as 3 AM just to watch the celebrations.
00:36 30-year-old Muhammad Khairul Imam,
00:38 who is a caterer with a hospital seat,
00:40 he had applied for leave to attend the celebration
00:42 along with his friends.
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01:29 Meanwhile, for Krishna Veni, the Merdeka celebration
01:32 this year was extra special to her and her family
01:35 as her daughter took part in the National Day parade.
01:38 We all came from Batu Cave.
01:40 We left the house--
01:41 2 o'clock in the morning.
01:42 Yeah.
01:44 Because she performed today.
01:47 Yeah, first time.
01:47 First time she's doing performance.
01:49 Yeah.
01:50 Very nice.
01:51 Very nice.
01:51 It was very nice.
01:52 Quite interesting.
01:53 First time.
01:53 This is our first time.
01:54 First experience.
01:55 Yeah, it was totally different compared to previous one.
01:58 For student Nurul Safia, she said
02:00 she was excited to join in the National Day celebration.
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02:05 Foreigners were also in awe to witness
02:24 Malaysia's unique diversity and unity displayed
02:27 at the 2023 National Day celebration.
02:30 It's a beautiful country, lot of nice culture,
02:34 very tolerant people, very helpful.
02:36 And today's day is so important.
02:38 So I wasn't going to miss it.
02:40 I came and it was beautiful.
02:42 I came early in the morning, saw the procession,
02:45 and I also visited some of the buildings and the mosques
02:48 here.
02:50 In short, very beautiful experience.
02:52 Oh, I really enjoyed it.
02:54 I like seeing the patriotism.
02:58 I don't know, my friend told me that only Americans
03:01 are patriotic.
03:02 And I was like, oh, no, I mean, this
03:03 is just like America on Independence Day
03:05 or something like that.
03:06 I would echo that.
03:07 It's very much similar to America.
03:10 It's an important day, Independence Day,
03:12 very similar to America.
03:13 The parade itself, very beautiful.
03:16 The performance is very great.
03:18 I love Malaysia because it's such an international country.
03:22 There's a lot of different people from different country,
03:25 but they live here and they work together
03:28 and contribute to the country.
03:30 It's a very great thing.
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