Pesta Sabah

What is Pesta Sabah?
Pesta Sabah is another given name to the Harvest festival,which i guess is invented to neutralise the effect of just including one or two races only.This way, people will not say that kaamatan is just for the kadazan/dusun or Murut only but for everybody and everyone that originates from sabah.Pesta Sabah is meant to celebrate the cultural diversity in Sabah especially.and kaamatan will not be celebrate by the kadazans but all people in Sabah..

Why should they change the name to Pesta Sabah?even for tourism purpose?
Pesta Kaamatan in itself carries a weight that enable it to attract people in its own right.Pesta kaamatan is an exclusive and unique celebration of sacrifice and gratitude. When they put together several celebration together with Kaamatan, it loses its meaning and although it will be celebrate as usual but the spirit would never be the same.

really..the G is so busy planning on unity and strengthening the ties between people.So busy organizing program that will put together people in one situation where everything feel out of place.Why can they let them merge naturally.let people of different race celebrate different celebration.dengan cara itu, kita boleh melihat tradisi tersebut dengan lebih jelas.tak perlu neutralise anything or tone down the effect of the cultural tradition..apa yang akan kita belajar dari tradisi orang lain sekiranya kita takut untuk tunjukkan wajah celebration tu yang sebenar?

kisahnya, macam hari rayalah.kalau kita kata raya is for everybody, perasaan raya yang sebenar tu tak ada sebab kita rasa it's more to perayaan biasa dan bukan sebagai satu perayaan yang sepatutnya.so, where is the uniqeness?apa yang boleh dipanggil sebagai lain dari yang lain sekiranya kita terlalu cuba neutralise everything?

teringat sambutan pesta kaamatan di UMS beberapa tahun lalu..it's completely lost its meaning to me because they all include budaya bangsa lain yang tak ada kena mengena dengan semnagat pesta kaamatan tersebut.and ini bukan soal tak mahu include orang lain..soalnya,kita mempertahankan sesuatu itu in its pure form so we get the real spirit of the celebration..whatever it is..

lagipun,what's wrong in saying that Pesta Kaamatan "dirayakan "oleh orang KadazanDusun dan Murut?In what way can it hurt other people?and other people tu bukankah ada perayaan mereka sendiri yang dibuat pada hari dan bulan tertentu?