may is harvest festival month in sabah {sumazau -traditional kadazan dance}

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Sumazau performance at Monsopiad Cultural Village. May is the month of the Harvest Festival, a month-long celebrations of the Kadazan-Dusun and other indegenious races of Sabah. It is a joyous month!

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gongs man.

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Traditional gongs man at work. Photographed at Monsopiad Cultural Village.

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ancient jars (tajau) at the house of skulls

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Old tajau (jar) at the House of Skulls, Monsopiad Cultural village. The 2nd from left is the Panding Tiga, a 16th century ceremonial jar originally from Thailand. Dried hisab palm leaves ward off evil spirits.

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my squirrel :D

Lucky looks down from the mango tree.

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in·de·pen·dence /n/ ~self–sufficiency, self-dependence, self-reliance, self-subsistence, self-support.

Blind musicians at the Sunday market, Gaya Street, Kota Kinabalu. Raw and talented. One singer and two guitarists. They are brought to the market every weekend and are stationed near the Jesselton Hotel. ~Lightbox~ Sabah Society for the Blind website~.

"Help the blind to help themselves." "The Sabah Society for the Blind (SSB) established to help those with little or no sight to optimize their opportunities by providing specialist staff, information and technology resources to meet individual needs."

Jesselton Hotel at Gaya Street.

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shoulder bag

Street accessories... I imagine it will be interesting to just sit at a cafe and see what people are carrying on them. That's a project for another day.

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handicrafts at gaya street.

Handicrafts at the Sunday market, Gaya Street, Kota Kinabalu.

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sunset at the waterfront, kota kinabalu.

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cute little moo-moo

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rain clouds over likas bay

Rain bearing clouds over Likas Bay, Kota Kinabalu. Photographed from a boat at sea, off Pulau Gaya.

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The buildings at bottom right is the old Sabah port, now developed into a leisure place called Jesselton Point. "The Peak" condominiums are in view on the hill. Sure enough, it rained within minutes after I reached the jetty at the waterfront fish market.

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