To celebrate the Kaamatan festival or the Harvest Festival of Sabah, Borneo.. I decided to write song for this occasion. A good way to occupy my time since I am having some trouble sleeping anyway. Normally, Kaamatan songs are in Kadazandusun language. Yeah, you guessed it. I don’t speak the language even if it’s my mother tongue. Sad. Anyway, enjoy the acoustic version of this song. It sure took me more than 4 hours. I even went out for dinner with a friend and continued doing this.
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The Lyric
THIS IS KAAMATAN
This is Kaamatan, everyone is welcomed
No matter where you are from, we say no problem
This is Kaamatan, everyone is welcomed
And if you try the tapai, you’ll say aramai…tih!Every year in the month of May
Sabah is the place to stay
Kadazandusun harvest festival
Spirit of ‘bambarayon’ the source of it allFrom those days even until now
We will have the Sumazau
A dance as beautiful as an ancient song
To the beat of the instruments that we called gong‘Unduk Ngadau’ crowns the beauty queen
To honor ‘Huminodun’ sacrificed in her teens
her beauty, grace, strength and bravery
Represents the people who plants the ‘padi’
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Stephen. Projek masa depan magkali tu.. thanks!