Forest spirits: Don’t break these taboos

One should avoid camping near a banyan tree as it may be the abode of spirits. This filepic shows Hindus praying to Banyan trees in Bhopal, India asking for long lives for their husbands. — EPA

Almost every Sabahan has heard stories about spirits on Mount Kinabalu, says Murphy Ng, who writes a Sabah travel blog at www.mysabah.com.

He says the most important rule of climbing Mount Kinabalu is not to make noise because whoever enters the forest is an outsider entering the “territory” of the spirits.