Monday, 22 July 2013

Sabah Etnic

                                           Bajau Etnic



Bajau are divided into two groups who have settled in the West and East Coast of Sabah since several hundred years old and are recognized as indigenous peoples and among the largest indigenous Ѕabah and surrounding states. While next to their West Coast known as the Bajau Samah. They work as farmers and fishermen on the west coast as well as horse riding and the East Coast Bajau Ѕabah as skilled fishermen and divers.
West Coast Bajau people Samah famous rider horse , making machetes and become farmers and penternak.Pada the same time, the East Coast Bajau from Semporna especially also get special and unique titles such as "sea gypsies, sea commander, Seaman and Browser top. "
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bajau_people


                                                     Kadazan-Dusun Etnic



This is the largest ethnic category in Sabah and is predominantly wet rice and hill rice cultivators. Their language belongs to the Dusunic family and shares a common animistic belief system with various customs and practices. Their ancient beliefs on the verity that everything has life - the rocks, trees, and rivers are all living things.



They have souls and spirits that must be appeased from time to time through specific rituals. In these modern times, some of the rituals are less performed except during certain festivities. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kadazan-Dusun

                                                                    Murut Etnic




Murut are an indigenous ethnic group, comprising 29 sub-ethnic groups inhabiting northern inland regions of Borneo. A large percentage of the Murut communities are in the southwest interior of Sabah, East Malaysia, specifically the districts of Keningau, Tenom, Nabawan, and Pensiangan, along the Sapulut and Padas rivers. They can also be found inhabiting the border areas of Sarawak, (especially around the Lawas and Limbang areas, where they are also referred to as Tagal people), East Kalimantan (in Malinau and Nunukan) and Brunei. The literal translation of murut is "hill people".[1] The group is divided between lowland (Timugon) and highland (Tagol) subgroups. They speak the Murutic languages, a branch of the Austronesian family. The Tagol Murut language serves as their lingua franca.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murut_people

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