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Sabah Fest
Masidi unveils “Injin Puput” - a Sabah Fest Musical
With 32 officially recognized ethnic groups, Sabah takes pride in its cultural diversity and the people's ability to live together harmoniously despite the differences.
Each year, the Sabah Tourism Board and Sri Pelancongan Sabah, the business arm of the tourism corporation, jointly organize the Sabah Fest, a cultural extravaganza aimed at showcasing Sabah's diverse people, their cultures and traditions.
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A unique art genre in Hong Yi's splash of red
Sabahan Hong Yi, popularly known as Red who has recently taken the art world by storm with her unique art creations, premiered her first artwork in Sabah last week at the Sutera Harbour Marina & Country Club, Kota Kinabalu.
Performing arts
Pang says the performing art must keep abreast of the nation's transformation aspirations
The Ministry of Youth and Sports has always been supportive of any programmes that will hone the skills of youths in arts and music, said its Minister , Datuk Peter Pang En Yin.
Pang, who is also the Sabah Musical-Theatre Society Patron said the efforts of the government and its mission to motivate and inspire youths through music could also bring a similar change to society.
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In came "Playground on Island" from South Korea
Kolej Yayasan Sabah (KYS) in collaboration with the Sabah Computer Society hosted the 3rd installment of "Playground on Island" in Kota Kinabalu from the 25th to 30th of November recently.
Digital Playground was initiated by the Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul in 2007 and has since expanded its presence to Kota Kinabalu on the island of Borneo, and hence the name 'Playground on Island'.
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Sabah Annual Art Selection- expression of passion
207 participants from all over Sabah submitted 219 artworks for the 27th Sabah Annual Art Selection this year. The event is held every year since 1985 in conjunction with the Head of State's birthday. This year, 31 selected artworks with the theme of either "Sabah As I See It" or "Life In My District" were exhibited in Pacific Ballroom, Sutera Harbour Resort on the 10th of October 2012.
Art and culture
PHOTO ESSAY: Come rain or shine
After a 24-year wait, another three months don't seem to matter. Sabah's first environmentally friendly four-storey art gallery is fast taking shape despite its construction having been set back by the rain.
Art and culture
Of a headhunter and girl at harvest
Nurmyatqa Abdullah is seven. Henry Ginibun is 42. Both find artistic expression in their native culture. Nurmyatqa or Tika has been inspired by her Kadazandusun cousins and friends to produce a drawing of a girl at harvest: “Sumandak do Kaamatan”. Ginibun has turned a branch of a tree from the jungle into a sculpture of a head of Monsopiad, the legendary Kadazandusun headhunting warrior who hung his victims' heads, all 42 of them, from the ceiling of his house as trophies. He calls his masterpiece: “When nature speaks about Borneo's headhunter Monsopiad”.
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Chinese ink paints 1Malaysia
Deputy chief minister Dr Yee Moh Chai is excited. It is the first time that Sabah is holding a three-week long Chinese ink painting (水墨画) exhibition at the art gallery in Kota Kinabalu which ends on April 28. About 3,000 people, including some 300 tourists, have visited it where 95 wash paintings by 71 Malaysians are displayed. Two peninsular artists stand out: Chong Chen Chuan, 66, who sold one of his paintings for 400,000 ringgit ($131,600) in China, and Faridah Abdul Hamid Khan, 69, the only known Malay exponent of an ancient Chinese art that dates back to the Tang dynasty (618-907).
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Grannies are a winner for artists
Two young artists Caroline Asan and Wilker Vilan Libin, both 19, find grandmothers particularly fascinating and beautiful. And their black and white portraits of them in pencil drawings have won them prizes. Old people, they say, are excellent subjects for their art. “An old woman's face has a lot of inspiring details,” says Asan who is attracted to wrinkles. Her portrait “Bodu”, which simply means “grandma” in her Kadazandusun language, won her one of the top prizes at the 25th Sabah Annual Art Awards on October 7.
Visual arts
Seeing things like a little child
Think like a little child, draw and paint like one. Jainal Amambing, 42, has been doing this for 24 years. “I look at things around me like a little boy,” says Sabah's best known naïve artist. For that he keeps winning prizes for his paintings. And he has just beaten 35 artists to win the top 4,000-ringgit ($1,290) prize of the second biennial visual arts competition of the Sabah's chief minister's department.
Art & Culture
Lofty feats of a struggling artist
Benedict Chong, 64, is Sabah's most adventurous and sensational artist, according to Jennifer Linggi, the curator of the sabah art gallery. His lanky 170-cm (5-foot-7-inch) frame belies a penchant for grandiose art creations: the world's longest batik tie (50 feet) in 1987, the world's longest orchid tie (200 feet) in 1991 and now Malaysia's biggest batik fan of wood and textile that measures 20 feet tall, 30 feet wide and weighs 100kg. It is still too early to tell if it would be the world's biggest.
An artist’s life
Japanese sisters live on Borneo jungle art
Hikari and Midori Fujita, two elderly Japanese artists (they won't reveal their age), came to Sabah 10 years ago as tourists. They went to Danum Valley and fell in love with the flora and fauna of the Borneo rainforest. Three years later they returned to paint pictures of wild flowers and plants and sell them back home. They have been doing this for the last seven years, making a decent living from their jungle art on their 90-day tourist visa. “The Japanese who live in the city will buy paintings of nature,” says Midori, the younger sister.
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For Zaimie Sahibil, pollution is art
Sabahan artist Zaimie Sahibil, 40, turns marine pollution into beauty for his art. His aim is to tell his audience the dire need to protect sea life from environmental contamination. He has already sold four paintings and two sketches. Two of his paintings fetched 12,000 ringgit ($3,500) each at the launch of his solo exhibition at the art gallery of the Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) on March 8.
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An artist’s payback time
Jamadih Latif, 33, didn't know what to do after he finished form 5 at St Mary's in Papar 17 years ago. So he joined a weekend workshop of the Sabah art gallery at the Sabah museum in Kota Kinabalu to learn to draw and paint. He is back at the workshop. But as a teacher.
“I hope I can give to students what Dzulkilfi Abdul Rahman taught me,” says Jamadih who has since been making a decent living as an artist in the state capital. “You can live for art or make a living from it.”
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Quotes of the Day
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Change is already taking place and change from within is what the government has done.
Prime Minister Datuk Najib Tun Razak referring to the success of the National Transformation Program that has already changed the nation for the better.
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We know of the people's aspirations... They want development so as to raise their quality of life. This is our struggle, we want to ensure progress for the people.
UMNO Deputy President Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin speaking to the Sandakan community at the 'An Afternoon with the Deputy Prime Minister' event yesterday.
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I encourage more companies in Malaysia to do likewise by playing a bigger role in conservation, as it is only through our collective efforts, that we will be able to pass on a beautiful country to our future generations.
Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman congratulated Astro for taking the initiative to organise the record breaking under water clean-up.
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Do not take for granted the support given by the people. We, the elected representatives, must work hard to ensure the promises we made during the 13th general election are implemented accordingly.
The newly reappointed Sabah Chief Minister, Datuk Seri Panglima Musa Aman, speaking at a thanksgiving ceremony held at Sandakan's Sri Libaran Hall on May 16th recently.
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Sabah is blessed with a wealth of natural treasures and for this reason, it is everyone’s responsibility to work together and do their part in keeping our streets, parks and beautiful beaches clean for all to enjoy.
Kota Kinabalu City Mayor Datuk Abidin Madingkir commenting on the Quality Environmental Practices Certification(5S) report presented by the Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC) to the Cleanliness and Environmental Health Department (JKKP) of KK City Hall yesterday.
