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Forty Voices in One Tropical State
This series, Voices of the Land Below the Wind, explores the extraordinary cultural tapestry of Sabah — a place where more than forty distinct indigenous groups make up…
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Kadazan-Dusun Roots Run Through the Rice
The Kaamatan harvest festival each May isn't just a celebration — it's a spiritual negotiation.
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Sea Nomads Who Became Inland Cowboys
The Bajau are one of the few peoples in the world equally at home on open ocean and on horseback.
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The Last Headhunters and Their Trampoline
The Murut were the last ethnic group in Sabah to abandon headhunting, a practice they didn't fully relinquish until the early twentieth century under British colonial…
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One Roof Over Thirty Families
A single Rungus longhouse can stretch over seventy meters and shelter more than thirty families under one continuous roof.
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Sape Strings and Woven Worlds
The sompoton, a mouth organ made from a dried gourd and bamboo pipes, produces a sound so distinctive that UNESCO has recognized it as part of Malaysia's intangible…
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