Kota Kinabalu City Harvest Festival Carnival
The Ka'amatan (harvest) Festival is celebrated as a thanksgiving in honour of the bambaazon (rice spirit) for a good harvest by the Kadazandusun and Murutic communities in Sabah. This is the city-level Ka'amatan celebration which include highlights such as the most anticipated Harvest Beauty pageant or the Unduk Ngadau, sugandoi (singing) competition featuring Kadazandusun songs, drinking of rice wine (lihing) competition, local food tasting and many more. All are welcome to join the city dwellers in the merriment, Sabahan style!