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Ushering in Lunar Year of the Tiger

Saturday, February 13, 2010

JOE LEONG THE Chinese community on Borneo island join millions elsewhere round the globe to get ready to usher in the Lunar New Year that begins on Sunday, Feb. 14. Each Chinese year is named after one creature in a cycle of 12 and the one just ahead is the Year of the Tiger.

Tangau: ‘Invite Cultural Elders To Officiate Kaamatan’

Monday, June 15, 2009

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Tangau: ‘Invite Cultural Elders To Officiate Kaamatan’

KOTA KINABALU – Datuk Wilfred Madius Tangau, chairman of the Sabah Cultural Board since 2003, has made a call for official programmes of the annual Pesta Kaamatan (Harvest Festival) celebrations to move forward by giving “cultural elders” the opportunity to disseminate information pertaining to the cultural heritage of the Dusuns and Kadazans.

Gawai Dayak – All-night Celebration

Friday, June 5, 2009

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KUCHING – The harvest celebration of gawai (ritual) of the Dayaks and Ibans in Sarawak, like the Kadazan and Dusun tribes elsewhere in Borneo, particularly in the neighbouring Malaysian state of Sabah, is also steeped in mystic beliefs and practices. In most longhouses, the festival would start with the Muai Antu Rua to fend off the [...]

Python and Field Mice for Kaamatan Festival

Sunday, May 31, 2009

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PENAMPANG (Sabah) — Things were not quite the same in the past from what can be witnessed at present time during Pesta Kaamatan (Harvest Festival) season. One who has vivid childhood memories of traditional Kaamatan rituals is Dr. Benedict Topin, for many years the secretary-general of Kadazan Dusun Cultural Association (KDCA), and now its Executive Secretary.