29th SEA Games Malaysia 2017 Opening Ceremony
The Opening Ceremony was held in Bukit Jalil National Stadium on Saturday, date 19 August 2017 at time 8:17 p.m MST (UTC+8) which highlighted aspects of Malaysia's history and culture. The ceremony was directed by film director Saw Teong Hinalongside the Memories Entertainment creative team with co-operation from the Malaysian Armed Forces. The time 8:17 p.m was chosen to start the opening ceremony to mark the year 2017, the year which Malaysia hosted the 29th Southeast Asian Games.
The ceremony started with the arrival of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, Sultan Muhammad V. The national anthem of Malaysia, Negaraku was performed by the Malaysian Armed Forces band as the national flag was raised. This was followed by the footage of few Malaysians of different ages and races paint their face with the colours of the games logo, the projection of the logo on the stage that resembles the shape of the Wau kite and the countdown projection. After that, 320 Malaysian flags, along with the national flags of the participating nations, the Southeast Asian Games Federation flag and the edition flag, were brought into the stadium to symbolise the welcoming of the participants by Malaysia's 32 million population while Monoloque and Azlan Typewriter performed "Tunjuk Belang" on the stage. "Rimau", the mascot of the Games then entered the stadium after a video footage made by computer graphics showing a tiger running across Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya from the National Stadium, passing through landmarks such as Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur Tower, Telekom Tower, Sultan Abdul Samad Building and the Putrajaya Bridge.
