Monday, November 19, 2007

"Mount Kinabalu - My Story to 4095.2m!"


"A short video diary of my climb up Mount Kinabalu - the tallest mountain in SE Asia. "
via fergusmacdonald

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" Mount Kinabalu (Akin Nabalu - "The Ancestor's Mountain") - Sacred Mountain for the Kadazan/ Dusun.

Kadazan /Dusun believed that when they died, their spirit will be resting at Mount Kinabalu "Aki Nabalu", a place that konorohingan/God has given them to rest in peace. Locals believe that Ritual Ceremony or "sogit" should be practiced every year to pray and or to naturalise the guiding spirit, but nowadays it is not practiced by the younger generation. Is it because of the existence of religion or disbelieved of the old adats?. It is sad that the younger generation always make wrong perceptions about the old adats. It is not superstitious or wrong to believe that when you climb the mountain, you should not make a lot of noise, or chasing at an odd thing like animals and wandering around alone or taking stones or plants from the mountain, otherwise bad things may happen. It is said that the mountain is the home of the spirits and the spirits wants human to behave like how you want you guest behave when they visit your home. It is advisible but not a must, before you climb Mount Kinabalu, you ask for permission to the Aki spirit - the ancestor's spirit , that you're going to visit their place and ask for a safe journey."
via http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Academy/7637/kadazanDusun.html

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