(Blibli Indonesia Open 2018) Raisa Boosted Blibli Indonesia Open 2018 Crowd’s Spirit

Raisa at Blibli Indonesia Open 2018
Raisa at Blibli Indonesia Open 2018
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The fifth day of Blibli Indonesia Open 2018 has just got more exciting by the performance of a guest star, Raisa, on the main stage of Blibli Indonesia Open. The "Mantan Terindah" singer greeted and entertained the supporters in Istora with her famous tracks. In the beginning of her performance, Raisa sang "Serba Salah" to start her set list for the event, undoubtedly all supporters started to get excited and gave Raisa a round of applause.

Raisa’s performance was right before the first match of the day, this helps to boost supporters’ spirit to support all Indonesian players who will play in the semifinal of Blibli Indonesia Open 2018. There are four Indonesian representatives in two events that made it to the semifinal, namely Marcus/Kevin, and Fajar/Rian in the men’s doubles event and Tantowi/Liiyana, Hafiz/Gloria in the mixed doubles event.

During the break between songs, Raisa showed her support to the players by shouting "Indonesia", subsequently all supporters return her shot by clapping their air bang who are supported by the organizer, so that the atmosphere within the arena will be raised.

As cited from the main sponsor’s page, Blibli.com, Raisa expressed that “the atmosphere and the supporters here (In Istora) are amazing, and I think that all Indonesian have a sense of nationalism, but they also need an activity to channel this passion. One of the activities is through sport; furthermore Indonesian Badminton’s history is famous around the world. This reminds me of how proud we are with Indonesia.”

The atmosphere from the Indonesian supporters is claimed to be one of a kind and this helps to boost the sense of nationalism to all Indonesian. Other than the supporters, badminton in Indonesia is also exciting since many Indonesian players are terrific. From all sides of the nation, badminton will always be there and will always be played by all Indonesians.

“I think what makes badminton is exciting for us is the fact that the Indonesian are good in playing it. Our spirit and sense of nationalism will always be raised whenever badminton events are held. Moreover, when I was young I think everyone I know loves badminton. And now in the era of social media, badminton is being revived. Badminton is re-uniting us,” as expressed by Raisa as cited from the main sponsor Blibli.com