1. KADAZANDUSUN
GIVING BIRTH
 Newborn baby
should be kept
from open are a
until the 7th day
 Newborn baby will
be given 2 names:
o Real name
o Temporary name
*to avoid the baby
from being taken
away by ROGON
GAIYOH
MARRIAGE
 Anything regarding
the proposal to the
women must be done
in the morning time
 The engagement
could not be called-off
DEATH
 Believes in the
sign of death
(MOGOMBIRUOH)
 The house must be
in complete
silence during the
death
 Family of the
deceased should
be bringing foods
to the grave every
evening for 7 days
in a row

2. MURUT
GIVING BIRTH
 The newborn
baby should be
given name as
soon as possible
 The name might
change depends
on the
circumstances
MARRIAGE
 Early marriage- girls
: 13 years old, boys:
15 to 18 years old
DEATH
 Any death should be handled with
carefully- to avoid any catastrophe or bad
luck
 During death: family of the dead, will hit
the ‘gong’
 The body should be left in the house for 2
days before being putting into ‘bajau’
 ‘Tajau’ will be closed with woods , small
lamp will be placed on top of it to scare
off ghosts and demons
 Day 2: 12a.m- ‘tajau’ will be brought out
of the room, family members will be
crying and circling around it
 Day 3: Men in the family will go to the
cemetery to check on the grave
 Day 4: Family members will be having
fun-respect the last night of the dead in
the house

3. BAJAU
DEATH:-
Guarding the grave
- Done for 7 days
- As a safety precaution: to avoid the ‘balan-
balan’
- The men will be guarding the grave
- The women will stay at the dead’s house with
his family

4. IBAN
PREGNANCY:
The husband:
-cannot cut down trees= continuous bleeding during delivery
process
-cannot break eggs with knife / stick=baby might be born blind
-cannot bring tortoise into the room
-cannot plant any banana tree= avoid the baby from having big
head
The wife:
- Do not spill any kind of oil on palm

5. MELANAU
DURING PREGNANCY
 Women cannot eat smelly fruit- avoid body adour
 Cannot eat hunted animals- the baby will be burnt
 The husband:-
- Cannot cut off woods on top of other woods
- Cannot eat ‘pari’- baby will be deformed(lips)
- Cannot attended any death- baby will be dead with no reason
 Women cannot be scared off- affect the unborn baby
AFTER GIVING BIRTH
 Cannot be saying good things about the baby
 They feel more proper to say that the baby is ugly