Pesta Kaamatan in Sabah a low-key affair this year due to Covid-19
Saturday, 30 May 2020 05:23 PM MYT, a song made popular by reality TV show Akademi Fantasia stars Marsha Londoh and Velvet Aduk, used to the fill Hongkod Koisaan Kadazandusun Cultural Association Sabah hall every year during the Pesta Kaamatan celebration.
KDCA Youth Council chairman Steve Johnny Mositon said the KDCA, in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism and Culture , had instead organised an online singing competition in Kadazandusun. Meanwhile, 2019 Unduk Ngadau winner Francisca Ester Nain, 26, recalled that last year’s Pesta Kaamatan participants were all taken to visit the traditional home at the KDCA on the eve of the final.
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