Monsopiad Cultural Village Trip...

Okay.... this entry im going to talk about my trip to Monsopiad Cultural Village (yg berminggu2 sdh xpost) opppss... btw.. hello readers. sorry for the late, cos i have no time bah to post this.

first, i would like to say that the trip is really fun and awesome... yeah lots of activities that we doing there... and that day we are lucky cos got a documentary shooting there... and they shoot about the Kadzan Wedding Ceremony.

yeah this is the bride.. being blessed by the bobohizan.

before that fot those who are wondering and wanna know about Monsopiad Cultural Village.. here the article that i grabbed from Monsopiad.com

Monsopiad Cultural Village, the traditional village is a historical site in the heartland of the Kadazandusun people and it is the only cultural village in Sabah built to commemorates the life and time of the legendary Kadazan and head-hunter warrior: Monsopiad. The direct descendants of Monsopiad, his 6th and 7th generations have built the village on the very land where Monsopiad lived and roamed some three centuries ago to remember their forefather, and to give you an extraordinary insight into their ancient and rich culture.

Take a step back into the past, to the days of head hunting and spirit worship, to the days when the Bobohizan, the female high priestess of the Kadazan, ruled the villages and took care of healthand spiritual well-being of their people.


More than being a museum, the concept of the Monsopiad Cultural Village is to document, revive and keep alive the culture and traditions, as well as the believes of the Kadazan people.


Monsopiad Cultural Village is privately owned and managed by his direct descendants.


Your visit at Monsopiad Cultural Village contribute directly to the conservation of one of Malaysia's rich cultural heritages and traditions.

"You have not seen Sabah if you have not visited the Monsopiad Cultural Village "

Mr Roger Crowhurst,
International Adventure Journalist
(Best Foreign Journalist Award, Sarawak, Malaysia 1998 and 1999),
on his visit to the village 20 June 1999.

ok enough for the introduction, we continue our journey through my pics.. heheeh...

this is the ceremony where the bride woman and men eat together with their family.

you see the Lihing (bottle) ? that was the Sabah Wine, is was made from rice.. the sweetest u get the more u easily to drunk... yeah... aramaiiittiii... hehehe...


that was Kirai the women holds, it was the traditional cigarettes made from i-dun-know-what-the-leaf-name-are hahaha...

the brides trying to synch their sumazau dancing.. the bride woman a bit shy.. eheh

group photo..

the cultural perfomance begin...

started by the well famous traditional dance, Sumazau from the Kadazan ethnic

followed by the Limbai dance from the Bajau Semporna

and after that the audience are being shocked by the appearance of the Murut Head Hunters (if u all wanna know what happened next? wait for my next entry.. i will post the videos...)

the Magunatip dance, also known as Bamboo dance..

the dancer give me a big smile..

the head hunter warrior

the Muruts girl wearing their traditional costume

journey to our anchestor

gropu photo again..

Bamboo leaves..

posing next to bamboo trees...

green bamboo..

Gintutun Do Mohoing, which mean our elderly the anchestors...

if you look closly you can see the man-face apparition at that stone.. as by told by the tour guide

Siou Do Mohoing - entrance to the house of skull...

attention

for those

who

are

really

scared

or

afraid

to

see

skulls (lot of skulls)

please

leave

this

post

right

now

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i warning you all ready ok... so... okay...? lets continue...

this is the hanging skulls and got 42 skulls all of it..

this is the 7th generation of Monsopiad. he looked still strong right..?

this is one of the skulls, it was being wrapped by the some dried leaves.

Orang Utan's skulls (read the description )

Tangkong, the metal waist belt

if u look closely you can see the marked... Monsopiad did it...

wait my next entry i will post videos that i have recorded okay..?

-cheers-