Kaamatan

Kaamatan
The bobohizan perform the magavau
Status	Active
Genre	Paddy harvest festival
Date(s)	May
Begins	1 May
Ends	31 May
Frequency	annual
Country	Sabah, Malaysia
Participants	Kadazan-Dusun peoples

Kaamatan or Pesta Kaamatan is a form of harvest festival celebrated annually in the state of Sabah in Malaysia. It is normally celebrated by the ethnic Kadazan-Dusuns, as well as by other related ethnic groups in the state, and lasts for the whole of the month of May, ending with a public holiday on the 30–31 May. On 31st May, a traditional beauty pageant known as Unduk Ngadau will be held and it ends the harvest festival with a newly crowned Unduk Ngadau in the annual host district, Penampang.