Ladies and Gentlemen, please be seated as our event is about to begin

soon.

Announcing the arrival of our guests of honor, Yang Amat Berhormat
Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, Yang Amat Berhormat Datuk Seri
Panglima Musa Haji Aman and Datuk Seri Panglima Wences Angang.
Let us all stand and put our hands together and welcome their arrival.

Datuk Seri Panglima Wences Angang.

A very good evening and a warm welcome we bid to our guests of
honour, Yang Amat Berhormat Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, our Prime
Minister of Malaysia, Yang Amat Berhormat Datuk Seri Panglima Musa
Haji Aman, our Chief Minister of Sabah, Datuk Seri Panglima Wences
Agang, our chairman of the Sabah Cultural Board, Datuk-Datuks, Datin-
Datins, Ladies and Gentlemen.

Datuk Seri Panglima Wences Angang

My name is Jona and it is my pleasure to be here as your emcee on this
lovely day in the land below the wind. Sabah, situated in the lovely
Island of Borneo, is one of the 13 states that makes us Malaysia. Sabah
is a land of inspiring natural scenery, lush ancient rainforests, vibrant
coral reefs and mysterious indigenous cultures. There are 32 officially
recognized ethnic groups in Sabah with the largest non-indigenous
ethnic group being the Chinese and the largest non-indigenous group
being the Kadazan-Dusun. Two other larger ethic groups in Sabah are
the Bajau and Murut.
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Once again, we, the Sabah Cultural Board would like to welcome our
guests of honor, Yang Amat Berhormat Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak,
Yang Amat Berhormat Datuk Seri Panglima Musa Haji Aman, Datuk
Seri Panglima Wences Agang and the rest of our guests to the official
launching of our International Sabah Culture and Art Festival themed
Kopisanangan Kinorikatan here, at the 6
th
floor of Studio Tari LKNS!

Datuk Seri
Panglima Wences Angang
2014
Kopisanangan Kinorikatan

Kopisanangan Kinorikatan, which means welcome in the language of
the Kadazan Dusun, one of the main ethnic groups in Sabah, shows the
warm, welcoming attitude of Sabahans and our willingness and
keenness to share our unique and diverse culture not only to West
Malaysia, not just South East Asia but to the rest of the world.
Kopisanangan Kinorikatan -

-Today, we shall share with you a series of cultural performances,
including the famous and popular traditional Sumazau, Magunatip and
Daling-Daling dances, performances by a traditional Malay orchestra
and sajak reciting or poem reciting which will truly give you a taste of
Sabahs unique and diverse culture. However, before we proceed to our
programs, we would like to invite our Director of the Sabah Cultural
Board, Datuk Seri Panglima Wences Angang to deliver us a welcome
speech. Datuk Seri Panglima Wences Angang, please.

Magunatip Daling-Daling
Datuk Seri Panglima
Wences Angang Datuk Seri Panglima Wences Angang.

Thank you Datuk Seri Panglima Wences Angang for your warm
welcome speech. Now we would like to invite our Chief Minister of
Sabah, Yang Amat Berhormat Datuk Seri Panglima Musa Haji Aman to
deliver a speech for us. Yang Amat Berhormat Datuk Seri Panglima
Musa Haji Aman, please.
Datuk Seri Panglima Wences Angang

Thank you Yang Amat Berhormat Datuk Seri Panglima Musa Haji Aman
for your fascinating speech. And now, we would like to welcome our
Prime Minister of Malaysia, Yang Amat Berhormat Datuk Seri Najib Tun
Razak to share a few more words with us. Yang Amat Berhormat Datuk
Seri Najib Tun Razak, please.

Thank you YAB Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. And now, we would like to
invite our guests of honor please come up onto the stage for d opening
ceremony.

Thank you. And now, ladies and gentlemen, first up on our agenda is a
kompang performance by the students of SM Tshung Tsin. The
kompang is a Malay instrument of Arabian origins, a type of drum that is
made of animal skin and often played at weddings, traditional and
official ceremonies. Ladies and Gentlemen, we welcome our kompang
players of SM Tshung Tsin.

kompang Kompang

kompang
Thank you students of SM Tshung Tsin for the wonderful kompang
playing. Our next performance is the Sumazau dance, an extremely
popular traditional Kadazan Dusun dance that can be considered as the
state dance of Sabah. Originally danced to celebrate a good harvest
during the Harvest Festival, or Pesta Keaamatan, it is often danced now
to welcome visitors and danced at official functions. Ladies and
Gentlemen, you may all sit back and enjoy the show.
Kompang

Well, Im sure that was fun. Our next performance will be performed by
a traditional gamelan ensemble. Originally from Indonesia, the gamelan
is a traditional orchestra that plays ethereal lilting melodies using an
ensemble of gongs, percussion and stringed instruments. And enjoy.
gamelan

gamelan
Thank you to our gamelan ensemble for that truly beautiful music. Our
next performance will be by Ali bin Abu Amin, a student of SRS Datuk
Simon Fung, who will be reciting a Malay poem, or sajak of
entitled Jatuh Cinta Dengan Keindahan Gunung Kinabalu. Ali bin Abu
Amin, please.
gamelan
Datuk Simon Fung Ali bin Abu Amin
Jatuh Cinta Dengan Keindahan Gunung Kinabalu. Ali

Thank you Ali for that lovely recital. Our next performance will be
another exciting traditional dance called the Magunatip. Two long
bamboo poles are held horizontally above the ground at ankle-height.
They are clapped together to a high-tempo drumbeat. Requiring great
agility, dancers are required to jump over or between the poles without
getting their feet caught. Sounds exciting, doesnt it? Ladies and
Gentlemen, may I present to you our Magunatip dancers!
Ali
Mangunatip

Mangunatip Mangunatip

Thank you dancers for that thrilling performance. Right up next on our
agenda is the Daling-Daling dance. Originating from Jolo,Sulu as a
courtship dance, it is now also very popular in Sabah. Enjoy the show.
Daling-Daling

Announcing the departure of our guests of honor, Yang Amat
Berhormat Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak , Yang Amat Berhormat Datuk
Seri Panglima Musa Haji Aman and Datuk Seri Panglima Wences
Agang. Let us all stand and put our hands together to bid them farewell.

Datuk Seri Panglima Wences Angang

As the saying goes, for every beginning, there is an ending. And for
tonight, our event has come to an end. We would like to thank everyone
who came to our humble event tonight and before that, we would like to
express our heartfelt thanks to our guests of honor, Yang Amat
Berhormat Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, Yang Amat Berhormat Datuk
Seri Panglima Musa Haji Aman and Datuk Seri Panglima Wences
Agang for their presence at tonights launching of the International
Sabah Culture and Art Festival 2014. Until we meet again, thank you
and good night.

Datuk Seri
Panglima Wences Angang 2014