Google celebrates Merdeka Day with special bunga raya-songket doodle


PETALING JAYA: Google Malaysia has commemorated the National Day with a special hibiscus inspired doodle art on its welcome page on Saturday (Aug 31).

According to the search engine giant, the doodle art evokes the nation's national flower, also known as the bunga raya, through the "Malay tradition of metallic songket embroidery, a technique for embellishing fabrics with gold, long prized by nobility and royals."

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