Saturday, May 05, 2007

Sabahans celebrate harvest fest with lots of merry-making


As the weekends approach, Tan Sri Bernard Dompok will usually shuttle from Kuala Lumpur to his interior mountainous parliamentary constituency of Ranau to meet the people there comprising largely the indigenous Kadazandusuns.

As hectic as his normal schedule is, the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department knows that May will even be a busy month when Sabah’s Kadazandusuns and Muruts celebrate Kaamatan or Harvest Festival.

On May 1, Chief Minister Datuk Musa Aman struck a gong seven times and harvested a similar number of padi stalks at the Ranau community centre to launch the state-wide festivities at the Ranau community centre.

Continue reading (incl. pics) at: Sabahans celebrate harvest fest with lots of merry-making

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