SAMBUTAN PESTA KAAMATAN: PERLUKAN PERSPEKTIF BARU?
Posted by Allan Dumbong in Literatures on 15. May, 2005 | 1 Comment
“Bulan Lima” merupakan “bulan cuti” dan “bulan keramaian” di Sabah. Apa tidaknya, selain daripada majlis-majlis perkahwinan, Kerajaan juga telah mewartakan beberapa hari pada bulan ini sebagai cuti umum.
Sesungguhnya, banyak acara dianjurkan untuk orang ramai bergembira dan bersukaria pada bulan ini. Perayaan utama pada bulan Mei di Sabah ialah tidak lain dan tidak bukan Pesta Kaamatan. [...]
KINABALU: Kina Balu, Aki Nabalu, or Ki Nabalu?
Posted by Allan Dumbong in Literatures on 02. May, 2005 | No Comments
Lately we were proud to have Sabah Parks where our Great Mount Kinabalu is standing to have it declared as a World Heritage Site. Naturally this exposes our beloved mountain to the whole wide world. And of course many writers would portray the mountain in their writing in various aspects especially on how the mountain [...]
Sabah Folklore, Legends and Superstitions
Posted by Allan Dumbong in Literatures on 23. Apr, 2005 | No Comments
INTRODUCTION
Sabah folklore, legends and superstition have been mainly handed down generations by way of Oral Tradition. Version of each folklore, legends and superstition could vary from generation to generation or from place to place.
Kadazandusun Language
Posted by KDCA Web Admin in Literatures on 31. Dec, 2004 | Comments Off
Atagak o boros, atagak o koubasanan;
Atagak o koubasanan, atagak o kointutunan;
Atagak o boros, atagak o pirotian;
Atagak o pirotian, atagak o puinungan, pisohudungan om pibabasan;
Atagak o pibabasan, atagak o piobpinaian;
Atagak o piobpinaian kopitongkiad o rikoton do rusodon.
Almost half of Malaysia’s indigenous languages belongs to the state of Sabah at the northern tip of Borneo Island. These [...]
Who is Huminodun (brief) ?
Posted by KDCA Web Admin in Literatures on 07. Dec, 2004 | 1 Comment
THE LEGEND OF HUMINODUN
The Unduk Ngadau of Kaamatan Beauty Queen
That Kinoingan so loved the world that He sacrificed His only beloved Daughter, Ponompuan. This greatest love of all was the expression of Kinoingan’s purest love for mankind. Overwhelmed, they repented, genuflected and uttered prayers of thanks to Kinoingan, Sumundu and Ponompuan whom they now call [...]