Rituals to ‘contact’ spirits begin


Seeking the spirits: One of the Lotud priestesses chanting during the ritual in Kampung Bantayan.

KOTA KINABALU: A series of indigenous rituals called monolibabau have begun at the foothills of Mount Kinabalu.

Two tantagas (Lotud priestesses) began a ceremony by the ethnic Lotud community of the Tuaran district to communicate with the mountain spirits last night at a community hall in Kampung Bantayan near Tamparuli town.

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