Penampang: Sabah will host a joint Kaamatan-Gawai celebration on June 12, this year.

The third edition of the celebration will be hosted by the Kadazandusun Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) after it was organised in Miri, Sarawak by its counterpart, the Dayak Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI), last year.

According to the publicity chairman of the organising committee, Pius Jaua, various programmes have been lined up for the annual event, including showcasing the Kadazandusun and Dayak cultures.

"This includes the parading of the Kaamatan Unduk Ngadau and the Kumang Gawai," he said at a Press conference here, Friday.

Among the main objectives of the celebration are to further enhance the friendship, goodwill and networking that have been established among members of the two Chambers, he said.

"Equally important would be the need to put into practice the call by the Government for greater national unity and integration, through intermingling and interacting during a joint celebration such as this," he said. Jaua said KCCI's adviser, Datuk Ajit A Galun, has been appointed as the Organising Committee Chairman.

Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities, Tan Sri Bernard Dompok, is expected to be the guest-of-honour with DCCI President, Tan Sri Leo Moggie, and KCCI President, Frederick Lojingki, also on hand.

Last year, more than 200 members from Sabah attended the joint-celebration in Miri and this year it is expected that Sarawak would reciprocate by sending a bigger delegation. More than 600 members and friends from KCCI and DCCI are expected to turn up for the celebration this year at a venue yet to be determined.

DISTRICT LEVEL KAAMATAN CELEBRATIONS

THEME:
“TOGETHER WE MOULD A BETTER FUTURE”