Month-long harvest festival kicks off in Sabah

To bountiful crops: Musa (centre) cutting paddy stalks to mark the start of Kaamatan at Pisompuruan Square in Tambunan as Kitingan (left) looks on.

KOTA KINABALU: A symbolic harvest marked the launch of Sabah’s month-long Kaamatan (harvest) festival in the scenic Tambunan valley.

Amid the beating of gongs, Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman sliced several padi stalks as Huguon Siou (Kadazandusun paramount leader) Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan, who is also the deputy chief minister, looked on.