KUALA LUMPUR — As the Hari Raya Puasa or Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebrations draw close for Muslims, one woman in Malaysia went an extra mile to spread festive joy.

Instead of just sprucing up her house with festive lights, Ms Nur Aliah — who hails from Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur — went around town in a car decked out with dazzling festive lights.

The viral TikTok video, which was posted on March 15, captioned: “Point of view (POV): We're going all out for Raya this year”, received 1.2 million views within two weeks as of Thursday (March 28).

Holding a box of decorative lights, Ms Aliah stands in front of her car before the video transitions to show her fully adorned car in the background. With the car lit up like a disco ball, Ms Aliah then brings it out for a spin on the highway.

In her video caption, Ms Aliah revealed that the entire operation of stringing lights on her car took about six hours. 

Netizens were in awe with her sparkly display and many found it an unexpected twist to the usual Raya decorations.

“I thought she was going to hang it on her house. Very unexpected,” said one TikTok user.

Another said: "So pretty, I can really feel the Raya (vibes). It's a good idea actually."

One liked it enough that they wanted to replicate it: “Please show a tutorial on how you installed it.”

Some also teased Ms Aliah for the lengths she went through to bedazzle her car. 

“Arranged the lights on the car until (you) got a headache,” wrote one netizen, referring to the medicated plasters Ms Aliah had on her temples after wrapping the lights. 

However, some netizens raised concerns on whether it was safe to drive around in the lit-up car at night and cautioned that she might get stopped at a police roadblock.

“Is this even legal?”, asked one TikTok user. 

Speaking to Malaysia social news site World of Buzz, Ms Aliah said she had bumped into the police several times on the road while driving in the car, but was not stopped.

“They didn’t say anything to me. They just gave me a thumbs up,” said Ms Aliah. 

Last year, a pair of Malaysian neighbours engaged in some friendly neighbourly rivalry over who had the better Hari Raya light decor.

The popular TikTok video showed the two houses located in Rawang, Selangor decked out with light decorations, one more glitzy than the next.

In the same month, an employer treated her domestic workers to a lavish holiday getaway and gave them S$3,000 each as a gesture of appreciation during the Hari Raya celebrations.

ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY IZZAH IMRAN.