Huminodun is a character in the Nunuk Ragang legend of the Kadazan-Dusun. According to the legend, Huminodun was a maiden sacrificed to feed her famine-stricken people, and her sacrifice became the origin of the Kaamatan harvest festival and the beauty pageant of Unduk Ngadau, celebrated annually in the month of May by the Kadazan-Dusun community in the state of Sabah and the federal territory of Labuan in Malaysia.
Huminodun is a character in the Nunuk Ragang legend of the Kadazan-Dusun. According to the legend, Huminodun was a maiden sacrificed to feed her famine-stricken people, and her sacrifice became the origin of the Kaamatan harvest festival and the beauty pageant of Unduk Ngadau, celebrated annually in the month of May by the Kadazan-Dusun community in the state of Sabah and the federal territory of Labuan in Malaysia.
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