Music for cleansing the universe-drumming and gong ensemble music in the Mamahui Pogun ceremonies of the Lotud Dusun of Tuaran, Sabah, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Jacqueline Pugh-Kitingan, Judeth John Baptist
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Borneo Research Council, Inc 2009
• Subjects: ML3544-3776 Folk, national, and ethnic music
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31109/1/Music%20for%20cleansing%20the%20universe-drumming%20and%20gong%20ensemble%20music%20in%20the%20Mamahui%20Pogun%20ceremonies%20of%20the%20Lotud%20Dusun%20of%20Tuaran%2C%20Sabah%2C%20Malaysia.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31109/3/Music%20for%20cleansing%20the%20universeMusic%20for%20cleansing%20the%20universe-drumming%20and%20gong%20ensemble%20music%20in%20the%20mamahui%20pogun%20ceremonies%20of%20the%20Lotud%20Dusun%20of%20Tuaran%2C%20Sabah%2C%20Malaysia_ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31109/; https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ff8a8d25a6fae169d8f54b0/t/60429c39b86a496af4919ce6/1614978123624/BRB_2009_40.pdf

Mamahui Pogun is a major cycle of rituals performed over several weeks during times of calamity, among all the villages of the Lotud Dusun of Sabah, the east Malaysian state of northern Borneo. The Lotud speak one of the more than 50 Austronesian languages spoken by the main part of the population o...