Kota Kinabalu

88000 Kota Kinabalu - 88999 Kota Kinabalu
Sabah
East Malaysia

Kinabalu National Park - Mount Kinabalu is the pride and soul of Sabah. Bursting through the famed "Spine of Sabah"- Crocker Range, it soars aloft spectacularly into the Borneon sky. Its awesome height commanded reverence from mortals living in its shadow in bygone era.  In fact, it figures centrally in the traditional belief of the once animistic Dusuns in its foothills and the Kadazans in the plains and valleys beyond, who for centuries had regarded it as the resting place of the dead - their version of heaven. Until today, Dusun high priests dutifully perform the annual sacrificial rite of killing seven white chickens near the summit to appease the spirits.

 

Updated On: 04.11.14