Buffalo as grand prize at Indigenous Peoples’ Day celebration
KOTA KINABALU: A buffalo, two goats, chickens, ducks, and other prizes will be up for grabs for the lucky visitors of the inaugural Sabah level Indigenous Peoples’ Day celebration at Dewan Masyarakat Pekan Kiulu on August 8 and 9.
Organizing chairman Tan Sri Wences Angang said free lucky draw tickets would be issued to everyone who registered during the occasion.
He said the buffalo would be the grand prize, the goats being the second prize and live chickens and ducks would be the third prize amongst other goodies.
Winners will be announced on the afternoon of August 9.
Angang said the organizers were expecting at least 5,000 people would attend the launching ceremony on August 9, which will be officiated by Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal.
The organizing chairman confirmed that 20 ethnic associations will be participating in the various programs lined up for the event.
“We are also inviting about 50 leaders of the ethnic associations in Sabah. There are 50 ethnic associations (in Sabah), we are actually inviting all of them for the opening,” said Angang.
“(There will be) three main exhibitions. One on traditional food, traditional tools like musical ones, various cultural ethnic performances, preparation of traditional food,” he added.
Besides that, a Bosou (a KadazanDusun signature dish such as preserved fish or preserved mixed vegetables) Competition has already attracted 30 participants from throughout Sabah.
In addition, two separate seminars will be held on indigenous intellectual property and indigenous rights on the night of August 8, amongst other activities.
Meanwhile, the exhibition will combine the two concepts of live demonstrations and static showcases that will be done by the ethnic associations and Sabah Museum Department and Sabah Archives Department respectively.