People In Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

Sabah, which is also a part from Malaysia contains 3 main ethnics which is: Malay, Chinese and Indian.

On the way walking in 'Gaya Street Market’, we found out that in this morning market, the 3 main ethnics gather in one in the market and starts their daily activity here. Although we have different mother tongue language, we can still communicate with other ethnics using Bahasa Melayu which is our national language. 










But on this land, there is also other ethnic which are staying on the same land. For example, which are Kadazan-Dusun, Murut, Bajau and etc. The people of Sabah are divided into 32 officially recognised ethnic groups, in which 28 are recognised as Bumiputera, or indigenous people.

So, I would like to introduce one which holds the most population among the ethnics in Sabah, which is Kadazan-Dusun.
We took this picture when we were walking on the streets where there was also performing arts on the streets. While their major religion supposedly are Christian. 

Why is their costume black in colour? Based on Internet results, during olden times, it was tough to find different kinds of colour textile and the black ones were the most common one to be found, so they used the black cloth and add-on some colourful accessories on the shirt instead. They usually wear these costumes when there are festivals like Kaamatan (harvest festivals as thanksgiving to the rice spirit for good harvest).

Here is a video of a traditional Kadazan-Dusun dance: The Sumazau and Magunatip (Bamboo Dance)

For the 3 main ethnics as you can see in the pictures, unlike the Kadazan-Dusun, they wear much more casual these days as in simple T-shirt  with short pants or trousers.
Since it's the weekend, the citizens of Sabah prefer to got for a casual look when going for an outing which is similar in Kuala Lumpur.















Kota Kinabalu is rich in tourism due to the famous Mount Kinabalu and also a variety of beautiful island surrounding it which attracts lots of tourist to visit here.

While, there were two tourists from overseas that we bumped into. Although they couldn't communicate well when purchasing goods, but by using some body language they are able to understand better.