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Celebrate corn in Kota Marudu!
“What!? Where!?” would not be an entirely unlikely response to this statement, so let’s pop the kernel on this unusual celebration.
Kota Marudu is a small district of Sabah bordered by the more well-known areas of Kudat and Kota Belud. It’s in the northern part of Sabah on the way to the Tip of Borneo and at 130km away from Kota Kinabalu, it’s about a 2 hour drive on a fairly straight road.
The population is made up of the Kimaragang and Tobilung Dusun communities, but you will also find Bajau, orang Sungai, Bugis, Suluk and Brunei natives here.
A must buy in Kota Marudu is, of course, corn, which plays an important part in the local economy.
In fact, so important are maize products to Kota Marudu that an annual Pesta Jagung, or Corn Festival, is held to celebrate this prosperous staple and the industry that forms the backbone of the district, althouht it seems noawaydays it is referred to as Kota Marudu Festival.
The Corn Festival is a 2-day celebration filled with corn-related activities such as corn industry exhibitions, corn competitions, traditional sports which may or may not involve corn and, the highlight of the event, the Maize Beauty Queen Pageant held on the second day, featuring local beauties decorated with corn-derived jewelry.
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