The 10th Kalimaran Feast 2012.

Hye…for  so long being quiet..Now I’m back…just to sharing an excitation   during a 10^th Kalimaran Festive  which is held on  12 – 14 April  2012.. KALIMARAN FESTIVE commonly is an annual cultural celebration of the Muruts. It’s celebrates the richness of culture  and  basically presents most of their cultural aspects. Therefore, to know the Muruts closely, Pesta Kalimaran is the venue. For Me as One of the community of Murut ethnic, this festive it’s  pretty much  fascinating..why?? because mine itself  masih banyak yang perlu untuk diketahui tentang adat-istiadat, bahasa dan banyak lagi….even I’m a Murut it’s doesn’t meant  that I know much about Murut culture and frankly speaking I’m weak to knowing deeply about Murut Language, due it’s coming from my childhood, I’m not  totally exposure with Murut Language, rather than my others siblings. Never mind at least I’ve put my effort to knowing and learning my own  culture and of course I’m proud to be a Murut.
Ok Here we go….Let’s enjoy the colour of Kalimaran …

 This is a Sabah Murut Cultural Centre (Pusat Kebudayaan Murut, Sabah) located strategically at Pulong Tenom, Jalan Tenom-Keningau.

I’m Trying to figure out this house intention using my cheaper DSC…..Boleh lah hahaha..in fact I’ve to learn more on how to find a great capture angle.

  -Dataran Pusat Kebudayaan Murut, Sabah-

Where  the Culture Procession  variety of Murut Ethnic have been performed , Sadly I can’t even capture any of their performance..biasalah orang kici..surrounding me  semuanya basar2   tinggi with their  “wow” camera…mine is just typical cam…sian kan huhu… 

 

Oklah..some more picture  during Kalimaran with my friend hehehe…

 With me Anty Magareth (Mum Mel), Mel ,me & suanti (Bubbly Girl)

 -This is my Eldest sister Kak Nyen at the entrance-

-With Anty Raynah-

Basically Murut having a several number of entities which is can identified through their loghat of language, costume and many more..based  on sabahtravelguide.com, Murut ethnic entities in sabah devided into a group of :

1. Murut Keningau, Daerah Keningau.
2. Murut Beaufort, Daerah Beaufort
3. Murut Baukan, Daerah Keningau.
4. Murut Timugon, Daerah Tenom.
5. Murut Paluan, Daerah Keningau.
6. Murut Tagal, Daerah Sipitang.
7. Murut Tahol, Daerah Kecil Kemabong
8. Murut Kolod, Daerah Keningau.
9. Murut Naabai, Daerah Pensiangan.
10. Murut Sembakung, Daerah Pensiangan.
11. Murut Sinambu, Daerah Pensiangan.
12. Murut Selungai, Daerah Pensiangan.
13. Murut Kalabakan, Daerah Tawau.
14. Murut Serudung, Daerah Tawau.

And   Mine itself coming from (4) Murut Timugon, Daerah Tenom. So let’s enjoy this capture taken by me during that time ya….

Nice Smile  from a dancer which is waiting their  turn to perform.

Rarangkol     : Necklaces of various types of beads usually in a certain order .

Holong           :  A pair of bracelets. If made from shell (probably the shell of the giant sea                           clam.

Babaru puputul  : Bark vest. ( comes from the puputul tree (Artocarpus kunstleri). It is cut length wise to fashion sleeveless jackets and loincloths. The material of the jackets is strengthened with transverse darning. It may be decorated with simple beadwork motifs.

 Their  impressing my lenses when walking around with  this colorful  costume….cantik adik-adik nie…see the BUNGKAS (belt) &  a waist bands of silver coins (called a SINAMPILA –  in Murut Timogun).

Now days, it’s hard to finding the original SINAMPILA, most of them just as an artificial one and quiet  light compare with the original it’s very heavy.  Even though you put in  a high price  to buy the original one, I guess, no one more to sale it…it’s a precious heritage for our MURUTS.

When I see them, I’m proud to be a Murut cuz the richness of culture and  yet has been  keep as a golden heritage until now. I’m just put my lenses to them while  their trying to give a nice angle to  many more  cameraman. As  we know  mostly  of the   Muruts especially Ladies  using something in in their head right? So let’s me tell  what it’s about ya…it’s call :

1) Salupai  -  A headdress of several rows of beads. When there are many strings, they are shaped into a round skullcap. 

Rarangkol    Necklaces of various types of beads usually in a certain order .

Some of the participant of “Perarakan Budaya” Getting ready  to

perform….  

-Candid capturing, from their costume, I guess this is Murut sipitang (forgive me if it’s was mistake ya)….apa pun mereka2  ini kelihatan  sungguh  gagah perkasa.

- A bit for this costume,  Modern cotton aba (aba ra kain) are cut as shorts with lengths of cloth attached to front and back, more or less like apron. Red cloth is common because red is used to symbolise bravery.

I like this capturing pretty much…bukan senang tau mau jumpa mcm nie..i guess there’r must be daughter & mum or cucu & nenek..cute nya budak kecik tu kan…

-  A crowded waiting the arriving  of CM Sabah, Datuk Sri Panglima  Musa   

Aman.

  - The words of  Kalimaran itself  refers to the craftsmanship activities of the Muruts. And this is some of the  Murut craft that I’ve been capture on that day.
 

 -Bungkas-

 - Colorful variety of Accessories-  

As we go inside, here some of the exhibition  photo…

 - Tininggaulun-

( This jar used to keep died body in a long time ago)

Ada Bran???? Capture with it??? Nothing to scare about….it’s just a heritage jar bah….

This jar used as a bride price/ hantaran/berian those who gonna married with  Murut Ralaa (Murut lady) tapi itu zaman dulu punya…now days I think tidak ada suda yang mau jadikan ini berian cuz susah mau dapat . kalau pun ada just in a certain place in rural area..


And the greatest intensity of Kalimaran Festive is Kalimaran Beauty Contest or ratu Kalimaran (Ralaa kalimaran) . Ralaa means young lady which is hardworking, strong-minded, diligent and trustworthy.

-Here the  seven finalist of Ralaa Kalimaran, unfortunately, I can’t even captured it closely..biasala urang kici..ini pun kena himpit2  sisip2  baru dapat ambik itupun  sipi2  ja..semuanya  cantik ya…