This news should interest all Hakka speaking people: (Including me!)
Saturday February 4, 2012
Hakka CNY clip ala LMFAO goes viral online
KOTA KINABALU: A Sabah-made Chinese New Year video greeting in Hakka is the latest clip to have gone viral with close to 300,000 views within 10 days.
Photographer-cum-artistic dance assistant Skyler Liew, 30, who directed the music video, posted the 3.35-minute clip on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNWud5N2aRE&feature=youtu.be) on Chinese New Year midnight, without any expectation.
“I was surprised it became so popular. The music video was nothing serious as we did it for fun and for the sake of making people (Malaysians overseas) feel at home,” he said.
Using dancers from the Synergy Dance Studio here, owned by his brother Christopher, and shot using a Pentax DSLR camera, the video was filmed at various locations around the city a day before Chinese New Year.
Cool bunch: The Synergy Dance Studio group led by Chong (centre) during the filming of the video clip. The tune was sung in Hakka by the main singer in the clip Helmsly Chong Jin Fu, 21.
Skyler got the idea for the clip after hearing Chong singing the song in Hakka in his car.
Christopher, 30, who choreographed the dance with Skyler, believes the video was a hit because it connected with Malaysians, especially those who spoke Hakka.
Skyler said he received calls from Malaysians living in the United States and Britain, congratulating and thanking him for the short video.
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2199802
1 comment:
Hahha, the young boy is so cute!
I dont understand Hakka! I only understand look at my biceps, look at my triceps
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