A small ethnic group within the Kadazandusun community is getting a
helping hand from an Australian university to preserve its culture and
language.
Students from the Deakin University have carried out
studies on the language and culture of the Lotud people at the
Linangkit Cultural Village in the northern Tuaran district, a centre
showcasing the Lotud's heritage.
There are less than 20,000 Lotud people in Sabah and they live mainly in Tuaran.
State
Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Hajiji Noor said the
university officials had told him that the Lotud dialect like other
languages of minority groups elsewhere around the world would disappear
if there are no efforts to preserve it.
“So, if foreigners are so
concerned about our culture and language, why can't we?” he asked in a
speech to announce a RM1.5mil state allocation to expand the facilities
and activities of the cultural village on Monday.
The money will
go towards, among others, building a hall and museum to house native
artifacts such as the gusi, a jar used for spiritual ceremonies of the
Lotud people.
Hajiji, also the Tuaran state assemblyman, said the
cultural village that was set up several years ago had attracted
thousands of local and foreign visitors.
Hajiji also announced a
RM100,000 allocation to improve the Lotud House at the Kadazandusun
cultural village in Penampang in preparation for the Kaamatan (Harvest)
Festival.
Source: The Star
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