Kota Kinabalu: It’s the norm for Malaysians to take all kinds of creative initiative to come up with unique designs to express their patriotism leading up to National Day and Malaysia Day.
This year, a group of Sabah housewives and single mothers in Kampung Tinangol, Matunggong, near Kudat, chose to fully use their beading talent and expertise to design their own interpretation of patriotism and create a Jalur Gemilang made up of 284,928 beads, which was started in 2019.
The leader of the Boduvan Bead Design Group, Hanna Porodong, said the beaded Jalur Gemilang is 4.8 metres long, 1.95 metres wide and weighs more than 40kg.
Hanna, 57, said the group spent RM8,000 of their personal funds to buy material and dedicated three to four hours of their time every night to craft the flag.