Harvest Festival "Pesta Kaamatan"
Kotobian Tadau Tagazo do Kaamatan pounsikou... kotouhuadan! Kaamatan Queen 2012 Telupid District Queen 2012 Most native Sabahans consider rice to be more important than just the main staple food. There is a certain sacredness attached to it, for it is a food given to them by Kinoingan , the Almighty Creator so that his people should never want for food. He sacrificed His only daughter- Huminodun and from her body parts, padi (rice) grew. This was Kinoingan's ultimate act of benevolence and to this day, His people repay the deed by conducting various ceremonies to honour Bambaazon , the spirit of Huminodun as embodied in rice. The most well-known of these is Pesta Kaamatan or Harvest Festival which begins on the first of May and celebrated throughout Sabah. UN Penampang District Of major importance to this thanksgiving ceremony is the Magavau - a ritual to invite Bambaazon to the Pesta and is conducted only by the Bobohizan or hig...