Sabah Largest Tribe - Kadazandusun

PENAMPANG - ORIGIN OF THE KADAZANDUSUN TRIBE

   Ever since when I was a little, I love to come to my granny's village in Penampang during the school holiday. I started to travel far from my parents when I was 8. Luckily, my mom was okay with it. But of course, I wouldn't get the knowledge that I had today without their supports.

THE KADAZANDUSUN - LARGEST TRIBE IN SABAH

ME IN MY KADAZAN OUTFIT - THE MARUDU

  

     Sabah have so many tribes - one of them is the KadazanDusun Tribe ( the largest tribe in Sabah). My mom is a Kadazan and my father is a Chinese so that makes me a mix blood or simply known as SINO- kadazan. How it will looks like? Depend on which parents gene is stronger. Some people said that I look like Chinese but most of them said that I look like Kadazan. I guess the kadazan gene in me is stronger than the chinese gene. 

LUNDAYEH TRIBE -THE WARRIOR TRIBE

     Imagine Red Indian than you can have picture of Kadazandusun. But not to say my tribe have the warrior blood. Murut and Lundayeh are the warriors tribe. 

     According to my mom, before the religion ( Christians, Islam, Buddhist ) came to Sabah, the ancestors pray for the Nature. The Nature is the God. The sun, the trees, the grass, the wind, the fire and the water. The ancestor talked to the nature, asked for forgiveness, strengthens and courage. My ancestor believed that everything have it own soul. So that's why we have to respect. For example the Mount Kinabalu, when we enter it, we shouldn't make noises or simply pick flowers. You can't even break a stick. If you insist to do it, either you will get sick or dissapear/lost.

NATURE - RESPECT THEM.

     My ancestors are the last generation who worship the Nature. Started from my granny all are gone. But sometimes, my granny still asked help from the Nature and the souls - to heal the sick one. 

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