Harvest Festival or a different name (Tadau Kaamatan) of the
Kadazan or "Magavau" is a special celebration in honor of
"Bambazon" the spirit of rice. This festival is a traditional
practice of the Kadazan-Dusun tribe since time immemorial. Festival
"Magavau" is usually held after the completion of harvest. Harvest
Festival which is celebrated today has been approved by the Legislative Council
of the Government of the Colony as a public holiday by 1960 Sabah, Tun Haji
Mohammad Fuad Stephens, the first Chief Minister of Sabah.
Among the interesting celebrations held is elegantly dance
performances and competitions. This dance is danced by the peasants made up of men
and women to wear their traditional dress. This dance to the accompaniment of
gongs. This dance is danced with both hands raised to shoulder level and
dikibar-Fly like a bird's wings kipasan, according to tempo tunes played.
Apart from dance elegantly, also held a singing contest
called Sugandoi, bodybuilding shows, and a beauty queen or "Unduk
Ngadau", and performing all kinds of arts and crafts. Competitions such as
the gong and sports people also become one of the major events in this festival.
Among popular dish during the festival is drinking fermented
or "Kinomol", which is a traditional ale. Lounge is their traditional
drink, made either from rice or cassava. Fermented rice in a large pot or
"tajau" for a week, or cassava fermented for two to three weeks.
Usually mixed with yeast fermented to speed up the process of "give a
sense of" to the rice wine. Traditional food is also available in
conjunction with the day.
They use a small bamboo called "Sumbiling" to suck
water from the fermented in large pot. Sumbiling usually used for fermented
drink made from cassava. In addition, they also use special glasses called
"Singgarung" made of bamboo.
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