Nunuk Ragang
Coordinates: 5 ° 42 ′ 50.6 ″ N , 116 ° 51 ′ 18.5 ″ E
Nunuk Ragang describes a place in the southeast of the Ranau district in the Malaysian state of Sabah that is significant in the cultural understanding of the Kadazandusun . The Kadazandusun Cultural Community (KDCA) uses the site as a memorial and to carry out the appointment of their supreme leader, Huguon Siou .
Lore
The Nunuk Ragang is a legendary red banyan tree which, according to tradition, grew at the confluence of the Sungai Kegibangan in the Sungai Liwagu near the village of Tampias in the southeast of the Ranau district in the Malaysian state of Sabah . The word Nunuk is a Dusun word for the banyan tree and Ragang is an abbreviation of "aragang", the Dusun word for the color red. The village of Nunuk Ragang was once founded under the huge banyan tree. The Dusun tradition sees this village and its surroundings as the original settlement of the Dusun ethnic group native to Borneo .
memorial
Since 1996 the Kadazan-Dusun Cultural Association (KDCA) has carried out annual pilgrimages to Nunuk Ragang, which may coincide with the appointment of its supreme leader, Huguon Siou. In 2004, the Kadazandusun cultural community erected a memorial on the place where they believed the original village had stood. The Nunuk Ragang Memorial (Tugu Nunuk Ragang) is shaped like a large fig tree that contrasts with the surrounding palm oil plantations.
Web links
swell
- Monica Glyn-Jones: The Dusun of the Penampang Plains , 117, 2 volumes, London, 1953
- HIM Evans: The Religion of the Tempasuk Dusuns of North Borneo , pp. 187-88; Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1953
- Benedict Topin, (n. D.) The Origin of the Kadazan / Dusun: Popular Theories and Legendary Tales in Our Cultural Heritage , Kadazan Cultural Association, pp. 73-77.
- Nunuk Ragang and the Mystical Origin of the People of Sabah ; Accessed February 28, 2013
Individual evidence
- ↑ Allan Dumbong: Empowerment of Kadazandusun Youths in Nunuk Ragang , 2007