Editing Sabah (section)

=== Holidays and festivals ===
{{main|Public holidays in Sabah|Public holidays in Malaysia}}
[[File:State Unduk Ngadau Kaamatan crowning.jpg|thumb|right|During the harvest festival of ''[[Kaamatan]]'', there is heritage beauty pageant of ''[[Unduk Ngadau]]'' being held annually in Sabah to honour of the legendary ''[[Huminodun]]'', a maiden who sacrificed herself to save her people.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://international.astroawani.com/malaysia-news/unduk-ngadau-more-just-beauty-pageant-363224|title=Unduk Ngadau more than just a beauty pageant|agency=Bernama|via=Astro Awani|date=26 May 2022|access-date=1 February 2025}}</ref>]]
[[File:KotaKinabalu Sabah Borneo-Bug-Fest-2016-01.jpg|thumb|right|The Borneo Bug Fest in 2016, featuring [[Volkswagen Beetle]].]]
Sabahans observe a number of holidays and festivals throughout the year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sabah.gov.my/main/en-GB/Home/EventHoliday |title=List Of Public Holiday (Updated Regularly Every Year) |publisher=Sabah State Government |access-date=3 September 2016 |archive-date=11 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911121308/https://www.sabah.gov.my/main/en-GB/Home/EventHoliday }}</ref> Apart from the national [[Independence Day (Malaysia)|Independence Day]], [[Malaysia Day]] celebrations and the State Governor's birthday, Sabah celebrates [[Sabah Day]] annually on 31 August.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=112493 |title=Sabah Day should be remembered |newspaper=Daily Express |date=1 September 2016 |access-date=1 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160903110928/http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=112493 |archive-date=3 September 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thestar.com.my/opinion/columnists/one-mans-meat/2016/09/03/the-other-sabah-celebration-an-alternative-commemoration-on-aug-31-could-be-the-sign-of-a-future-shi/ |title=The 'other' Sabah celebration |work=The Star |date=3 September 2016 |access-date=3 September 2016}}</ref> Every ethnic groups celebrate their own festivals and the culture of open house (''rumah terbuka'') with the visits of families and friends from other races and religion are a norm especially with the interracial marriage between different ethnic groups of different background.<ref name="Ipgrave2008">{{cite book |author=Michael Ipgrave |title=Building a Better Bridge: Muslims, Christians, and the Common Good: a Record of the Fourth Building Bridges Seminar Held in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, May 15–18, 2005 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O109P8UHP2wC&pg=PA109 |year=2008 |publisher=Georgetown University Press |isbn=978-1-58901-731-3 |page=109}}</ref> Sabah are the only state in Malaysia to declare the [[Kaamatan]] celebration a public holiday.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Erich Kolig |author2=Vivienne S. M. Angeles |author3=Sam Wong |title=Identity in Crossroad Civilisations: Ethnicity, Nationalism and Globalism in Asia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N_Jkjk2Tec4C&pg=PA48 |year=2009 |publisher=Amsterdam University Press |isbn=978-90-8964-127-4 |page=48}}</ref> Both Sabah and Sarawak are also the only two states in Malaysia that declare [[Good Friday]] a public holiday.<ref name="Ipgrave2008"/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/2013/03/21/declare-good-friday-a-public-holiday/ |title=Declare Good Friday a public holiday |author=V Thomas |work=Free Malaysia Today |date=21 March 2013 |access-date=8 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130323195416/http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/2013/03/21/declare-good-friday-a-public-holiday/ |archive-date=23 March 2013 }}</ref> Many festivals are being held annually in Sabah such as the [[Bon festival#Bon Odori|Bon Odori]] Festival,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsabahtimes.com.my/nstweb/fullstory/20438|title=Bon Odori 2017 celebrates Malaysia-Japan continuous relations|author=Dk Ryni Qareena|publisher=New Sabah Times|date=11 December 2017|access-date=19 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919043503/http://www.newsabahtimes.com.my/nstweb/fullstory/20438|archive-date=19 September 2018}}</ref> Sabah Jazz,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=134578|title=Music lovers throng inaugural Sabah Jazz|author=Ricardo Unto|newspaper=Daily Express|date=29 April 2019|access-date=2 May 2019}}</ref> Borneo Bird Festival,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.borneobirdfestival.com/ |title=Home |publisher=Borneo Bird Festival |access-date=5 September 2016}}</ref> Borneo Bug Fest, Borneo Eco Film Festival,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.beff.org.my/ |title=Home |publisher=Borneo Eco Film Festival |access-date=5 September 2016}}</ref> Kota Kinabalu Food Fest,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kkfoodfest.com/ |title=Home |publisher=Kota Kinabalu Food Fest |access-date=5 September 2016 |archive-date=8 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508125315/http://kkfoodfest.com/ }}</ref> Kota Kinabalu Jazz Festival,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kkjazzfest.com/ |title=Home |publisher=Kota Kinabalu Jazz Festival |access-date=5 September 2016}}</ref> Sabah Dragon Boat Festival, Sabah Fest,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sabahfest.com/ |title=Home |publisher=Sabah Fest |access-date=5 September 2016}}</ref> Sabah International Folklore Festival and Sabah Sunset Music Festival.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sunsetmusicfest.my/ |title=Home |publisher=Sunset Music Festival |access-date=5 September 2016 |archive-date=28 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228053711/http://www.sunsetmusicfest.my/ }}</ref>