KOTA KINABALU: Sabah is set to embark on a month-long celebration with the launching of the statewide Kaamatan or Harvest Festival in May.
The festival for the thanksgiving of a bountiful rice harvest is to be launched by Chief Minister Datuk Musa Aman in the interior Ranau district at the foothills of Mount Kinabalu on May 1.
The festivities will get underway with the magavau or thanksgiving ceremony conducted by the bobohizan or the traditional Kadazandusun priests or priestesses.
This is to be followed by a series of traditional dances such as the sumazau of the Kadazandusun, mongigol of the Rungus and igal igal of the Bajau and Suluks, showcasing Sabah’s diverse ethnic communities.
Continue reading (Incl. pic) at: Kaamatan in Sabah - Time for thanksgiving again
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