Nunuk Ragang

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Nunuk Ragang denotes a significant cultural understanding of the Kadazandusun place in the southeast of the district of Ranau in the Malaysian state of Sabah. The cultural community of the Kadazandusun ( KDCA ) uses the site as a memorial and to carry out the appointment of its supreme leader, the Huguon Sioux City.

Tradition

The Nunuk Ragang is a legendary red banyan tree, according to tradition at the confluence of Sungai Kegibangan in Sungai Liwagu grew near the village Tampias in the southeast of the district of Ranau in the Malaysian state of Sabah. The word Nunuk is a word of Dusun for the banyan tree and Ragang is a shortening of " aragang ", the Dusun word for the color red under the huge banyan tree was once the village Nunuk founded Ragang. The tradition of the Dusun sees this village and its surroundings than the original settlement site of the native to Borneo Dusun ethnic group.

Memorial

Since 1996, the Kadazan Dusun Cultural Association - ( KDCA ), annual pilgrimages conducted by Nunuk Ragang, optionally coincided with the appointment of its supreme leader, the Huguon Sioux City, coincide. 2004 established the cultural community of the Kadazandusun a memorial in the place had been at the their view, the original village. The Nunuk - Ragang Memorial ( Tugu Nunuk Ragang ) has the form of a large fig tree which stands in contrast to the surrounding palm oil plantations.