Music school promotes unity by performing 318 songs

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The feat on Sept 7 also earned Jay’s Odyssey Music an award from India’s Lincoln Book of Records.   Story by: Sheela Vijayan  Shot by: Bani Jamian  Presented by: Theevya Ragu  Edited by: Muhammad Akif Irfan   Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/leisure/2024/09/16/music-school-performs-318-songs-in-a-day-for-unity/   Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com  Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5  Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM  Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h  Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp  Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX  Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb  Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj  Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Download FMT News App:  Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46  App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ  Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP   #FMTLifestyle #MalaysiaDay #JaysOdysseyMusic #LincolnBookOfRecords #318Songs

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00:00On September 7th, crowds gathered at Wisma Tun Sambandan in Kuala Lumpur to witness Jay's

00:08Odyssey Music perform an astonishing 318 songs in a single day.

00:17A total of 200 performers, primarily students of the music school, made their way from all

00:24over the Klang Valley and other states, as well as Singapore, to take the stage.

00:30While most of them were of Indian heritage, that didn't stop them from enthusiastically

00:35performing songs in Malay, Chinese, English, Korean and Russian in addition to Tamil, Telugu,

00:42Hindi and Malayalam songs.

00:45They either sang or played instruments such as the keyboard, guitar, vena, violin, recorder,

00:52harmonium and pianica.

00:56The 318 performances, which included 13 Malaysian state anthems, were chosen to mark the date

01:03of National Day.

01:05Patriotic songs such as Saya Anak Malaysia and Tanggal 31 were also performed.

01:13With this feat, Jay's Odyssey Music stamped its name in the Lincoln Book of Records and

01:18received an award for being the first in the world to perform 318 songs in multiple

01:24languages and playing various musical instruments.

01:4916-year-old Sri Santana Lakshmi Sivasubramaniam beautifully sang a Mandarin song titled Tian

02:06Mimi, even though she does not speak the language.

02:15Sri shares that by participating in the event, she has been inspired to master songs in other

02:21languages.

02:23Another performer, 46-year-old Kamaraj Krishnan, believes music can be a tool that unites the

02:29different cultures in Malaysia.

02:45He's not the only one who feels that way.

03:15You can, like for example, you can speak Chinese and I can be an Indian, but you understand

03:21music, right?

03:23Like, I can be playing the piano and anyone can listen to it.

03:27I am a Puja Sri Indian and I feel very honoured because I am a Malaysian.

03:36Divya Ragu and Sheila Virgin, FMT Lifestyle.

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