Saturday, May 05, 2007

Traditional sports competition to mark World Museums Day in Sabah


By Ismail Haji Mansor

KOTA KINABALU - The public is invited to take part in a traditional sports competition to be held at the compounds of Sabah Museum Heritage Village and the Agnes Keith House in Sandakan until May 27. The activities will be held daily from 9am to 5pm.

Sabah Museum has lined up several competitions on traditional sports such as fishing, catapult, blow pipe, guessing the total number of paddy seeds, paddy pounding and plucking paddy seeds on every weekend.

The event is held in conjunction with the Crafts Exotica 2007 to commemorate World Museums Day carrying the theme 'Museum and Universal Heritage'.

Apart from the traditional sports event, museum visitors will also be able to witness a demonstration on handicraft-making by the Tombonuo, Bonggi and Orang Sungai ethnic groups as well as the Dusun Tambunan community at the museum's Heritage Village.

Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Musa Haji Aman will be expected to launch the event on May 18.

The public will be entitled for a one-day free entrance ticket to the museum complex as well as the Agnes Keith house in Sandakan and Batu Tulug Museum in Kinabatangan on May 18.

The museum conservation building will also be opened to the public from 9am to 3pm.

Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin Weekend

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