Kota Kinabalu: The Likas Sports Stadium has been abuzz the past week with hundreds of cultural performers from across Sabah rehearsing their moves for the Sabah Fest 2010 that kicks off with grand performances slated for tomorrow and Sunday at Magellan Sutera.
The highlight of the annual event in its 22nd year are the premier shows themed The Legendary Quest for Arung Salamiah - Semporna.
The ethnic groups on parade this time include the little known Bajau Kubang of Semporna, a Murut sub-ethnic group from Serudung, Kalabakan, the Tidong from Tawau, Orang Sungei from Kinabatangan, the Papar Kadazanduzun and Bruneian community from Bongawan.
Together, their traditional dances and rituals will form this year's highlights of an usually well acclaimed, colourful and inspiring grand display of Sabah's ethnic diversity and tolerance.
The show will open with an overture, and emerging to centre stage will be a Bajau Kubang maiden of exceptional beauty and grace - Salamiah, who is the desired dream chase for marriage from both her betrothed and a powerful chieftan.
The pretty maiden vanished when the chieftan tried to force her into it, driving her bethroed into embarking a long journey across Sabah in search of her whereabouts, starting from Bohaydulang, across to Tawau, Sandakan, Kinabatangan, Papar, Bongawan, Tenom, Keningau, Serudung, Kalabakan and back to Semporna.
The highlight of the annual event in its 22nd year are the premier shows themed The Legendary Quest for Arung Salamiah - Semporna.
The ethnic groups on parade this time include the little known Bajau Kubang of Semporna, a Murut sub-ethnic group from Serudung, Kalabakan, the Tidong from Tawau, Orang Sungei from Kinabatangan, the Papar Kadazanduzun and Bruneian community from Bongawan.
Together, their traditional dances and rituals will form this year's highlights of an usually well acclaimed, colourful and inspiring grand display of Sabah's ethnic diversity and tolerance.
The show will open with an overture, and emerging to centre stage will be a Bajau Kubang maiden of exceptional beauty and grace - Salamiah, who is the desired dream chase for marriage from both her betrothed and a powerful chieftan.
The pretty maiden vanished when the chieftan tried to force her into it, driving her bethroed into embarking a long journey across Sabah in search of her whereabouts, starting from Bohaydulang, across to Tawau, Sandakan, Kinabatangan, Papar, Bongawan, Tenom, Keningau, Serudung, Kalabakan and back to Semporna.
Continue reading (Incl. Pic) at: Sabah Fest 2010 - A moment worth waiting for
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