Harvest Festival 2011/Pesta Kaamatan 2011

The Harvest Festival for the ethnic group of Kadazan Dusun in Sabah falls on 30th & 31st May each year, it's public holidays for us in Sabah. We will be having 4 off days continuously end of this month with Monday and Tuesday being the Public Holiday after the weekend.

Usually the line up of celebrations start a month earlier. We can feel the festivity atmosphere when we stepped into Centre Point shopping mall last Saturday with kadazan songs, local handicrafts booths and the exhibitions of students water colouring featuring natives Kadazan Dusun and Mt Kinabalu at the main hall.

My girls were busy roaming around the booths checking out what's for sale. I took some pictures as if I am a tourist.

the booths at the mall

Handmade necklaces caught Crystal's eyes

Pearl, one of the most sought after jewelry items for tourists who come to Sabah

Earrings, RM10.00 for 3 pairs, cheap cheap, which ebay selling more than RM10.00 per pair

T-shirts as souvenir

Orang Utan

Here are my girls visiting the booths

last but not least, our local produce organic Sabah Tea