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A sea of colour, laughter and flowing sarees transformed Penang City Park into a lively runway of tradition as hundreds of women gathered to celebrate Mothers Day in motion.

About 350 participants, made up of mothers, daughters and friends, turned up in sarees paired with sports shoes for the Saree Walkathon 2026 in Penang on Saturday (May 9).

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00:00So today we're here to celebrate Mother's Day.
00:02Second reason we're here is to celebrate heritage.
00:07Sari is a beautiful heritage, yeah?
00:10And we should embrace this heritage.
00:44Sari is a beautiful heritage.
01:07This event is very encouraging and the people who don't want to come out of the house or so,
01:13it is an inspiration for them to come out and participate.
01:17So everybody was dancing this morning.
01:20That was very interesting.
01:22Sari and all these things.
01:24That's not a problem for us because all along they've been wearing sari.
01:27Anything also goes work, dancing or walking, everything is what we can do in a sari.
01:32So you wear sari daily?
01:34Yeah, while working every day I was wearing a sari.
01:38Sari looks very dressful, especially when Indians,
01:41when they walk with the sari, I like it better than other house cooks.
01:46I was introduced wearing the sari from the Malaysian Salonese Congress.
01:53Yeah, and I think this is a fabulous event and I met some Chinese walk,
01:59you know, these ladies were walking this morning and they would like to participate.
02:03This is the first time.
02:04Music has...
02:05How are you doing walking with a sari?
02:07I'm a little bit of hot.
02:09Make sure you get yourself a new chance again when you're holding rings.
02:13So would you wear a sari again for another day?
02:16Oh yeah, I would wear a sari.
02:17Normally would I wear, I would buy more sari.
02:21So the...
02:22Wearing a sari is comfortable.
02:24It seems like our Bajun muru, only tiger.
02:28But that one is done by our friend.
02:30They wear a sari before during my friend's Indian wedding.
02:35Happy Mother's Day!
02:39Happy Mother's Day!
03:04Happy Mother's Day!
03:05Happy Mother's Day!
03:07Happy Mother's Day!
03:09You
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