HARVEST FESTIVAL

Harvest Festival will celebrat in 30-31 May. Harvest festival or any other name is (Tadau Kaamatan) or in the Kadazan language was “Mangavau”. It is a special celebration ceremony in honor of “Bambazon” the spirit of rice. Celebration “Mangavau” is usually held after the rice harvest. Among the interesting celebration that held the dance Sumazau. This dance is danced by the peasants made up of men and women to wear traditional dress. This dance is in tandem with the gongs. This dance was danced with both hands raised to shoulder level, and flown like a bird wing.

In addition, from dance performances Sumazau, also held a singing contest called Sugandoi, bodybuilding show, ‘Unduk Ngadau’, and type of arts and crafts show. Competition like hitting the gong and sports people also become one of the major events in the festival.Among the popular dishes during the festival were drinking fermented or “kinomol”, a type of traditional liquor. Lounge is their traditional drink made from either rice or tapioca. The rice is fermented in a “Tajau” for a week or tapioca fermented for two to three weeks. Usually mixed fermented with yeast to accelerate up the process of “feel” to the fermented. They used a small stick called “Sumbiling” to draw water from fermented in large jars. Sumbiling usually used for drinking water which is made from fermented tapioca. In addition, they also use a special glass called “Singgarung” is made from bamboo.

According to the story orally, Kinoingan (God) and his wife Suminundu had a daughter named Huminodun. Kinoingan was killing him daughter to save our people from not enough food. Huminodun killed and his body was buried according to tradition more. Supposedly, the bodies Huminodun have been producing all kinds of seed plants are the main food for us now. One such plant is the seed of rice. As part of the body that produce seeds Huminodun, it come the belief that rice has a spirit named “Bambazon”.

Starting from this event Kadazan Harvest Festival started ceremony (Harvest Festival) as celebrated today. Festivals such provision will be hoping for better future and good. Ceremony tribute to spirit of the rice paddy that the harvest is complete and has been safety placed in Ketawai (Tangkob) of the former place to store rice.

Sumazau dance

It is a traditional dance, the people of Sabah which was famous in Sabah and in Malaysia. It is a traditional ethnic dance is often performed in Kadazandusun Tadau Kaamatan that means Harvest Day celebrated in the state of each month. Dance Sumazau this seems to indicate that farmers are driving the birds from eating their rice crops. Each dancer is the implementation this dance should be moved only a few centimeters from the other without touching the dancers. Fulfill various functions of ritual dance as the dancer’s dance Sumazau say gratitude for activities related to painting and harvesting rice, and also to reject army, spirit worship and treat illnesses.

Sumazua dancers of both men and women usually wore black and decorated with attractive patterns using gold thread. The women decorated with scarves and belts (Tangkong) that made of coin silver (trade dollars). The men will usually wear ‘tajak’.