Posted by: esharkj | May 22, 2009

Sabah Fest 2009 – Cultural Experience @ Heritage Village Sabah Museum

Following by the celebration of  the Sabah Fest 2009 – Cultural Extravaganza show at Magellan Sutera recently, Sabah Museum continues the cultural celebration of Sabah Fest at Heritage Village (4 – 11 May), where there were live displays of authentic age-old rituals and diverse ethnic cultural practices and also traditional dance by several ethnic groups of Sabah.

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Those who again missed the annual Sabah multi culture show, you may enjoy some of the photos I took during that panas day..

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The Heritage Village is open everyday from 9am – 5pm, but only during the harvest festival in May you have the chance to witness various number of cultural show here.

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Lotud house

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The Dusun Lotud

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Bisaya house

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Chinese house

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There also Tidong mock traditional weddings displayed at Suluk House.

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Matod, a traditional wedding ceremony of the Dusun Lotud.

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The Kadazandusun of Papar perform their ritual Thanksgiving ceremony called, Adat Babadai.

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Beside the cultural ritual and dance show, there are some live demo of  the exotic and rich Sabah hand-made handicrafts.

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The high priestess of the Kadazandusun

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There are actually more traditional houses inside the Heritage Village like Brunei, Rungus, Bajau which I didn’t have enough time to visit that day, hope kamurang enjoy the photos la ;)

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Responses

  1. Sabah! The colors, the people, the spirit of togetherness, multi racial, multi religion.. I love my Sabah!

  2. with all its diversity, sabah is the best example of One Malaysia…aramai tie!!..

  3. Kay,
    I love my sumandak Sabah too. heh! heh!

    madarch,
    Very true my friend, just we have to exclude de ‘PTI’ which has been very long time as ‘One Sabah’.

  4. I love sabah so much.. i live in it.. bah bila lagi balik Kay.. :P

    thanks for this shots Shak.. sia slalu miss bende2 ni.. so u kena make sure to take whatever it is on this month end.. i depend on u kio ;)

  5. Ya no probs bah! one teh tarik + toast bread set sukup la.. as long as sia can slot free time to shoot dis May. The time Kay comin we all minum u blanja la.. karang lagi pagi d KDCA, ada byk lagi shots2 yg tdk buleh up sini, WP very da slow bah, anti sia up pi flickr.


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