Fest to preserve ethnic culture@Borneo Hornbill Festival 2010.

THE Kuala Lumpur Sarawak Heritage Association(Persatuan Warisan Sarawak KL & Selangor) celebrated its annual  Hornbill Festival at the Malaysia Tourist Centre (Matic) recently.

The festival, held for the past two years, is named after the hornbill, a bird native to Sarawak.

The Hornbill Festival which started on July 24 saw several events that made this tourism centre come alive.

It featured Sabah and Sarawak ethnic dances and theater, Kumang and Keling Gawai pageant 2010, Gawai open house dinner and Sabah craft and food bazaar.

Wearing their best traditional outfits, a total of 38 Sabahans and Sarawakians participated in the pageant.

The association founder Dr Lawrence John said the traditional costumes were all owned by the participants.

“We are organising this event to promote and preserve the culture,” said John.

He is not a Sarawakian but has worked in Sarawak for seven years, and his wife is a Kelabit

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