WORLDVIEW DAN AMALAN: PENGALAMAN KADAZAN DATARAN PENAMPANG SABAH

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Hanafi Hussin

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This article discusses worldview and its importance in the community life of westcoast of Sabah with reference to the Kadazan community in Penampang, Sabah. Worldview serves as a guide in their lifestyle which gradually becomes their traditional practice. The systematic lifestyle is guided by structured worldview interpretation which is binding through various rituals. The performed ritual could determine balance lifestyle between human being and spirits. Multi-faceted performances performed to ensure harmonious co-existence. The harmonious lifestyle without any interference either from good or bad spirits denotes the state of continuous state of osogit (cool) among the Dusun. In relation thereto, the state of co-existence between human being and spirits would be perceived as ahasu if there is no continuous harmony between them.

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