Kadazan-Dusun
Kadazan - Dusun or Kadazandusun is a summary of various indigenous tribes in Sabah, Malaysia belonging to the ethnic group of the Kadazan Dusun or. Belonging to the Kadazan - Dusun collective term is defined by the Kadazandusun Cultural Association Sabah ( KDCA ) in article 6 of the Constitution.
Related ethnic groups
According to Article 6 of the Constitution of the KDCA - term Kadazan - Dusun is a " general and comprehensive ethnic label, based on the respective culture, tribe, language, dialect and the manner of speech " includes the following ethnic groups:
- Bonggi
- Bundu
- Dumpas
- Gana
- Garo
- Idaan
- Kadayan
- Kimaragang
- Kolobuan
- Kuijau
- Lingkabau
- Liwaan
- Lobu
- Lotud
- Lundayo
- Makiang
- Malapi
- Mangkaak
- Minokok
- Murut
- Ngabai
- Paitan
- Pingas
- Rumanau
- Rungus
- Sinobu
- Sinorupu
- Sonsogon
- Sukang
- Sungai
- Tatana
- Tangara
- Tidong
- Tindal
- Tobilung
- Tolinting
- Tombonuo
- Tuhawon
- Tutung
- Bisaya
History
The designation is based on a formal decision of the 5th Conference of Delegates of the Kadazan Cultural Association (KCA ) of 4 and 5 November 1989. [Note 1] During the conference, the participants agreed that this was the best alternative, the identity crisis to encounter either as Kadazan or Dusun designating ethnic groups, since the politicization of disagreement of the two ethnic groups in the 1960s, the growth and development of the multi - ethnic Kadazan - Dusun community had weakened and disabled in socio - cultural, economic and political terms.
On this basis, decided the United Sabah Dusun Association ( USDA) and the Kadazandusun Cultural Association ( KDCA ) that in local schools to teaching language ( Pupils ' Own Language - POL ) is called the Kadazandusun language, and mainly from the Bundu Liwaan dialect should consist of bonds from the other Kadazandusun dialects. At the Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS ) is a Department of Kadazandusun has been set to the cultural heritage of the Kadazan - Dusun to explore thorough and documented. The university also offers courses in Kadazandusun to as an elective, which enjoy great popularity especially among foreign students.