Spring Festival (Lunar New Year) in Borneo

恭 喜 发 财 萬事如意 A Happy & Prosperous Lunar New Year To You All Picture taken at KDCA, Penampang- Lunar New Year Carnival

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Gaya Christmas Celebration 2009

Go Native This Christmas With Style (Gaya) …………………………………………………… Deck the Halls with Boughs of  Holly! ……………………………………………………… Gaya Christmas Celebration 2009, Gaya Street, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah 15-17 Dec., 2009

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Tuaran Festival

Unity in Diversity- aka Utopian Society Another fest springs up from nowhere. Let’s face it, the Land Below the Wind will soon become known as the Land of Festivals & Carnivals & Funs & …… The more the better, I would say- then we can all spend our time having fun. Society of leisure is here sooner than [...]

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Battle of Borneo- the Duel

Highnoon Duet To Serenade Our Love Borneo vs Malaya             -  22 Nov., 2009 Rappers from Borneo & Malaya were set for a ‘Gunfight at the OK Coral’. Be prepared for the rap. Yeah, pump it up and get on down till the moo cow comes to roost- where’s the chick? Without any further ado, let’s have [...]

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Battle of Borneo- B-Boys

Pump It Up To The Break of Dawn! Continuing the pumping-action adventure down at the local mall. Hip&hop singers with professional B(ad)-boys joining in with the fun this time around.

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Battle of Borneo- Break Dance

Clash of  the Bornean Titans  Breakdance Battle of Borneo at 1Borneo Hypermall over the weekend of 21/22 Nov., 2009. And this ain’t no “White Rajahs vs Japanese Imperial Forces”. Make no mistake about it.

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Murut Bamboo Dance

Groove Into the Bamboo Night Another version of the Murut Magunatip dance. This time with a hypercharged atmosphere.

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Asian Rugby Sevens Series

The Swan Song Ballerina & Ballerino Stretched over two days, 31 oct/1Nov, one of the main highlights of the Rugby match was the classical dance performance executed beautifully by the two players from Malaysia & Thailand. It was an illusion of flight that stretched beyond your vivid imagination, literally speaking. The  projectile of flight was simply sensational [...]

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Lepa Pasil Boat

Sailing the Seven Seas With the Gypsies Lepa is often associated with the Regatta Lepa that will burst into life in the water of Semporna with a glittering multicolour extravaganza every April month.

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Traditional Dances of Sabah- Magunatip

A Bamboo Curtain Call  To Bring the House Down Magunatip, that quintessential Bamboo Pole dance among the natives of Asia. When the  headhunters of  North Borneo are on the prowl again, you know it’s time to party and bring the house down.

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Sabah Int’l Folkdance Competition ’09 – Sarawak

Dayaks In the Land of Hornbills This is the Sarawak segment of the Folkdance Festival – July 7 Dayak & Iban- are these interchangeable terminologies? I wish I knew. It’s kind of complicated unless you are a Sarawakian. Even then, I bet you most of the Cats are confused themselves. To enlighten you a bit, [...]

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Sabah Int’l Folkdance Competition ’09 – Negeri Sembilan

The State of Nine -the Minangkabau Country This is the Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia segment of the Folkdance Festival – July 7 Negeri Sembilan – States Within A State-  quite simply means 9 states came  together to make up a state within the federated states of Malaysia.

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Sabah Int’l Folkdance Competition ’09 – Philippines

Tacloban Performing Art Group ( Leyte Dance Theatre) This is the Philippines segment of the Folkdance Festival – July 7 Action! Cut! Take Five! The Overall Prizewinner! Undoubtedly, they were the darlings of the night. They won the most accolades from the the judges, but like I said before my heart went out to the [...]

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The Kazakhs

Kazakhstanis in Borneo A Family Album at the Folklore Festival, Kota Kinabalu  Philippines- the Bamboo Fest next

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Sabah Int’l Folkdance Competition ’09 – Singapore

Sriwarna – Singapore That is one short & sweet name for a dance group. This is the Singapore segment of the Folkdance Festival – July 7

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Sabah Int’l Folkdance Competition ’09- Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia Group Riyadh This is the Saudi Arabia segment of the Folkdance Festival – July 7  I have a confession to make. I am not quite familiar with the Saudi folk dance and I am not quite sure what the dance presentation was about on the night concerned.  In the mean time, enjoy the [...]

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Beauty Fest And the Folklore Festival

Beauty Is In The Eye of  The Beholder This is the Beauty “Contest” segement of the Folkdance Competition- July 7 Eureka!  This may yet be another bright idea that the festival’s bright sparks can consider. A Folklore Beauty Contest to revolutionise the folkdance festival into something totally unrecognisable from its first incarnation. I must say [...]

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Sabah Int’l Folkdance Competition ’09 – Kazakhstan

On Alti Kiz (sixteen girls) – Kazakhstan This is the Kazakhstan segment of the Folkdance Festival – July 7 Land of the Kazakh won the Best Costume category of the folk-dance competition. They were the celebrities of the night for the colourful and strikingly beautiful red costumes they put on on the night. It’s a sort of [...]

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Sabah Int’l Folkdance Compettiton ’09 – Kalimantan

Majelis Adat Dayak Nasional- Kalimantan, Indonesia This is the Indonesian Kalimantan segment of the Folkdance Festival – July 7 Dayak refers to the indigenous people residing in the island of Borneo, especially in the regions of Sarawak and Kalimantan. Their dances are usually full of symbolism and can be considered to be a type of [...]

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Sabah Int’l Folkdance Comptetition ’09- Java

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Sabah Int’l Folkdance Competition ’09- India

Punjab Folk Art Centre This is the India segment of the Folkdance Festival – July 7 Bhangra, that lively & jolly folk dance originated from the Punjab region of India & Pakistan. It, without fail, always gets me going and in the mood for a Saturday Night Fever. The dance performed at the Fest somehow [...]

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Sabah Int’l Folkdance Competition ’09- China

Zhan Jiang Song and Dance Ensemble-  Guang Dong, China This is the China segment of the Folkdance Festival – July 7 And of course the usual ribbons (and fans) in a Chinese dance would go without saying.  Chinese dance has its own unique vocabulary, semantics, and syntactic structure that enable a dancer on stage to [...]

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Sabah Int’l Folkdance Competition ’09- Cambodia

Department of Performing Arts – Cambodia This is the Cambodia segment of the Folkdance Festival – July 7 It was a superbly staged folkdance festival with rip-roaring dance performances coming one after another at a fast and furious pace. Spectacular is probably an understatement of the year, I believe. Showbiz Glitz is more fitting. Yah, [...]

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Sabah Int’l Folkdance Competition ’09 – Brunei

Persatuan Melayu Keriam Tutong Pesaka This is the Brunei segment of the Folkdance Festival – July 7 It was a  superbly staged folkdance festival with rip-roaring dance performances coming one after another at a fast and  furious pace. Spectacular is probably an understatement of the year, I believe. Showbiz Glitz is more fitting. Yah, putting on [...]

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Sabah International Folklore Festival 2009

A Festival or A Competition? Whatever! It suddenly dawns on me Kota Kinabalu is in desperate need of a top-notch auditorium theatre cum convention centre if we are to have more top perfoming acts coming to the city. And the venue has got to be in or near the city centre boundary. As it is [...]

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Traditional Dances of Sabah- Mongigol Sumayau

A Sacred Dance to the Great Warriors Mongigol Sumayau is a traditional ritual dance associated with the Lotud people.  Traditionally, the dance was performed during the “Rumaha” and “Mangahau” ceremonies. The Lotuds are an indigenous ethnic group residing in the Tuaran District on the northern part of the Borneo island. They are a sub-ethnic group of [...]

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Junior, the Rapper

Rhyming To The Living Blues & Jazz  

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Borneo Hiphop Rapper Star In The Making

Doin’ A John Travolta  Talking  About the New Generations

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B-Boying to the Street Culture

Break To The Beat, B-Boys! Now, guys, KK (Kota kinabalu)  is slowly but surely becoming a vibrant cultural city with street acts and other cultural performances coming online by the day. All it needs now is to generate public interest and support .  And, of course, some designated outdoor venues around the city areas are provided  for [...]

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Hip Hop All the Way

Hit the Street, Jack!   Watch the Video —->>>>  

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