2012 Pesta Kaamatan at Kuala Penyu

There will be a grand opening for Harvest Festival in 2012 at Kuala Penyu Sabah. Harvest Festival is a celebration where it celebrated by the Kadazans, Muruts and Dusuns people in Sabah. It was a major festival that was being celebrated yearly by the Sabahan. There are many festival celebrated by the Sabahan but Harvest Festival or Pesta Kaamatan was the famous one. I'm a Dusuns ethnic and my ethnic has been celebrating it hundreds years ago. This so-called Pesta Kaamatan is a ritual celebration to commemorate and to celebrate the hardness after finishing the harvest season in Sabah. Among the activity conducted during the celebration, the " Unduk Ngadau" was the favorite one. Last year, our beauty contestant Miss Jovenea Jim Lajim got second runner-up during the state level competition.   

This year, Kuala Penyu will be hosting the so-called Pesta Kaamatan celebration. If you travel from Kota Kinabalu to Kuala Penyu, it will take nearly three hours to reach there by land transports. Kuala Penyu was near to WP Labuan. Kuala Penyu was a small town but it will be a new place to be visited when it introduce to global when this festival launched. The local at Kuala Penyu was Dusuns Tatana ethnic and they have been living there since hundreds years ago. If we look at our history, Kuala Penyu was once the territory of The Sultanate Of Brunei before being occupied by the North Borneo British Company. Kuala Penyu will be famous when this grand opening launched early May 2012. Hopefully you all can visited Kuala Penyu for this Grand Opening Celebration. 

The celebration was a festival where a lot of Sabahan ethnic gather together to celebrate the memorable ceremony. Our Head Of State will be the one who officially launched it. Together with the Chief Minister Of Sabah, Datuk Seri Musa Aman and our Huguon Siou Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan will officiate the Grand Opening ceremony. One suggestion for the people of Kuala Penyu, please provide lodging for the tourist who will be visiting there soon. Kuala Penyu Homestay will be fully-booked I supposed so and perhaps for the tourist who planning to stay one night or more it is advisable you book your lodging now. Last but not least, Happy Visiting Sabah and GOD Bless the Sabahan. Hail The Pesta Kaamatan 2012.

Written By: Harry George

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Kuala Penyu, Pesta Kaamatan 2012

Kuala Penyu to host State-level Pesta Kaamatan next year

Next year Kuala Penyu will be hosting the opening of State-Level Pesta Kaamatan State announced by the Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan. I was been to Kuala Penyu many times and I think it was good decision made by Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan. The facinating view of Kuala Penyu will attract more local and foregin tourist to come and celebrate the so call "Harvest Festival" Good news for the travelers they can went to Labuan directly from Kuala Penyu. Visit Sabah 2012.

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Kuala Penyu: The Kuala Penyu district has been selected to be the host for the State-level Pesta Kaamatan (harvest festival) in Sabah next year.

Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan announced this when opening the Pesta Kaamatan for the Kuala Penyu district at Dewan Syahbandar Makang, near here, Monday.

Pairin, who is the Chairman of the State-level Pesta Kaamatan organising committee, said Kuala Penyu was selected based on requests by the communities and leaders in the district who had been pressing the State Government to be given a chance to host the annual festival.

He said the opportunity to host the festival would also give a chance to the Bisaya and Tatana communities, who form the majority in the district, to showcase their unique cultures.

Stroy By: Harry george

Sources: Daily Express

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