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Kaamatan

Kaamatan
Penampang Sabah Kaamatan-Celebrations-2014-01.jpg
The bobohizan perform the magavau
Status Active
Genre Paddy harvest festival
Date(s) May
Begins 1 May
Ends 31 May
Frequency annual
Country Sabah, Malaysia
Participants Kadazan-Dusun peoples

Kaamatan or Pesta Kaamatan is a form of harvest festival celebrated annually in the state of Sabah in Malaysia. It is normally celebrated by the ethnic Kadazan-Dusuns, as well as by other related ethnic groups in the state, and lasts for the whole of the month of May, ending with a public holiday on the 30–31 May. On 31st May, a traditional beauty pageant known as Unduk Ngadau will be held and it ends the harvest festival with a newly crowned Unduk Ngadau in the annual host district, Penampang.


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