Malaysian sports baju Melayu at World Cup in Russia

National pride: Putra showing off his baju Melayu while watching a World Cup match in Russia.

Compiled by CLARISSA CHUNG and YIMIE YONG 

A number of Malaysian football fans eager for a slice of World Cup action are spending their Hari Raya break in Russia, reported mStar.

Putra Tashrinudin Tajudin, who runs a publishing company, even wore his baju Melayu while watching a game there.

“I wanted to showcase our national costume to the world.

“Many non-Malaysians came to say hi and asked about the costume I was wearing,” the 32-­year-old told The Star’s Malay portal.

Besides his baju Melayu, Putra also brought the flags of Malaysia and Perak, which is his home state.

Kosmo! reported of another fan, Mohd Alfishahrin Zakaria, who travelled to Russia on his Honda RS150R motorcycle along with his wife.

The 32-year-old started the journey since Ramadan, riding over 40,000km even when he and his wife had to fast.

“Alhamdulilah, I share the same interests with my wife, which is to travel by motorcycle and support the German football team,” he said.

 

> Singer Yuna spent the first day of Hari Raya at Tokyo airport as she was on transit from Los Angeles to Kuala Lumpur, Harian Metro reported.

“I am envious of those who posted selfies on Insta­gram celebrating Raya. We were just having coffee at the airport while waiting for our flight,” said Yuna, 32.

However, she said it did not really matter much as she had the company of her husband Adam Sinclair, 34.

The couple got married in January in Bentong, Pahang.

Yuna said she was happy to be back with her family in Shah Alam for Hari Raya, adding that Adam’s family also lived nearby.

 

> The daily also reported comic series Kartini, which was popular back in the 2000s, would soon be adapted for the silver screen.

Film director Al Jafree Md Yusop confirmed that the film was in the final preparatory stages before shooting starts.

“The script was written by its (creator) the late Azhar Ahmad, or Tembakau, without any edits,” he said, adding that Tembakau had earlier approached him to direct the film.

Tembakau died on Monday due to heart complications.

 

The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.