18 Hari Raya videos you shouldn’t miss watching this year (UPDATED)

Best Hari Raya videos 2017

Malaysia is undeniably a beautiful and unique country–a melting pot of different cultures, ethnicity and heritage. Our Malaysian-ness is seen every day in the way we talk, eat (and talk about food), drive, react to sport, just to name a few. What’s special is also our celebration of festivals, be it Hari Raya, Chinese New Year, Deepavali, Keaamatan/Gawai, or Christmas. During every single major celebration, it’s almost a tradition for brands to conjure up festive videos, TVCs and short films to capture the spirit of the festival.

Thanks to Petronas (here’s remembering the late Yasmin Ahmad) who set a benchmark in producing heart-wrenching festive TVCs, we now consistently get some brilliant homegrown productions.

Now that it’s Hari Raya season, there’s a slew of notable, inspiring and highly sharable Hari Raya-themed videos and TVCs. Some tickle the funny bone, many heart-wrenching and tear-jerking, and others a clever combination of both.

I’ve compiled a list of the best ones you shouldn’t miss, plus a few notable oddballs as well. For obvious reasons, I have not included Watson’s controversial ad in this list.

Listed in no particular order.

UPDATED with a new entry from Telekom Malaysia, MAB, Setia and HyppInspirasi.

The first 8 Hari Raya videos

*NEW* Telekom Malaysia: “Misteri Kg Baru 311?”

*NEW* Malaysia Airlines: #RayaAroundTheWorld

*NEW* Setia: “Hati Dibuka Kasih Dikongsi

*NEW* HyppInspirasi: #PengorbananAyah

U Mobile: #MaafkanKami

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XnWB2xlp2k

CIMB: “Linah”

TNB: “Dugaan Raya Aida” #DugaanRaya

Astro Gempak: “Kisah Benar Adli: Dari Hari Ayah”

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Audi: “Nak Ikut Boleh Tak?”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApFWe15CYgo

Digi: “Kasih sayang adalah duit raya terbaik”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMxHQ-C0qUk

KFC: “Joget Abah”

BSN: “Selamat-kan Hari Raya”

MYNIC: “Lagi-lagi Bahulu Mak” #lagilagiabahulumak

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiFK-xNo8Rw&t=23s

Yeo’s: “Diari Ramadhan Opah” #DiariRamadhanOpah

MyEG: “Gitar Buruk”

100 Plus: “Aktifkan Ramadanmu”

Poslaju: “Tepung Pelita Untuk Abah”

The Balangs Cookies: “Balang”

For me, it’s hard to pick the winner and besides this isn’t a competition. But if I had to choose a handful, it’s a close race between TNB, CIMB, Digi, Telekom, MAB, Astro Gempak and U Mobile.

What do you think? Which video is your favourite Hari Raya video? Is there any more I’ve missed? Hit the comments below. Thanks for watching, and don’t forget to share!

Vernon
Vernon is the founder and chief editor of Vernonchan.com. A graphic designer by profession, he has a deep love for technology, cars, gadgets, food, and travel. He tweets too much and is also known as a caffeine bacterium ("life's too short for bad coffee"). Bleeds Blue (go Chelsea FC!) and considers BMW, Porsche, Alfa Romeo cars to have in the garage--hallmarks of a true petrolhead.