"I Thought I Had The Best Lights" – Two Neighbours Go Viral Over Hilarious Lampu Raya War
Netizens were amused by the neighbours' friendly rivalry.
By Khadijah Amir — 10 Apr 2023, 04:16 PM
With Hari Raya around the corner, families everywhere are decking out their houses with colourful lights and decorations
Sometimes, these preparations can get a little competitive between neighbours.
Recently, numerous videos on social media have gone viral for showing how families flaunt their decorative lights at home and comparing their setups with their neighbours.
A couple of videos in particular have tickled Malaysians.
In one video posted by user @oby.max__ on TikTok, he showed the front of his house being decorated with lights
The video then panned to his neighbour's house, with brighter, disco-like lights that were seemingly better than his.
"Alhamdulillah, I thought only my house was the nicest with these lights, it turns out the person next door wants to compete. What lights are they using? It looks like a nightclub! I thought I already won, they also want to win too!" he was heard saying in the video.
Watch the full video here:
Shortly after, another video came up from the neighbour's side, showing off their Hari Raya light display
The neighbour's video, posted by another TikTok user, @iejamurad, showed the same disco lights and brighter display, before panning to what looked like user @oby.max__'s house.
"When you don't want to lose to your neighbours," the caption playfully wrote.
Watch the full video here:
Malaysians were amused by the rivalry, pointing out that the two neighbours' videos popped up back to back on their 'For You' page on TikTok
One user commented on @oby.max__'s video and said, "I came from your neighbour's video. They really don't want to lose!"
Another asked @iejamurad if they were preparing the house for a concert.
"I prefer war with decorative lights than war with fireworks," one user commented on @iejamurad's video.
Another user commented on @oby.max__'s video, saying, "Both of them look nice. Good job. It's fun to see healthy competition like this. (We) don't need kuih raya to feel festive."
