Kadazan - what it really means! (part 2)

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Kadazan - the good Spirited people (Peter Mojuntin), Sakag do Kinoingan (Ignatius Buji), Kadazan tokou savi-avi (James Ongkili), a name that pissed off the devil, and his human allies, and contradicts the teaching of Mohd and his ulamas because according to them only Muslims are human and non-Muslims are worst than animals.

The "Inaait" of the Bobohizans (Bobolian) are passed down from generation to generation. It takes a long and challenging process to train a novice into a 'matured' bobohizans who were expected to exercise leadership, wisdom and discipline in their vocation. The following is an excerpt which was taken from a preliminary dialogue between the Bobohizan, through his or her 'divato' or spirit guide and a 'principality, normally a bigger or higher demon. (It has to be understood that the Bobohizan's primary objective is to 'seek the divine intervention of Kinoingan (Creator God) but he had to pass through these 'demons' and had to appease them by bringing some kind of offerings to them, of course, this is indeed a deception)

Male Bobohizan leading in the Harvest Festival

"Divato oi, kumukud oi,

Kodivataan dikozu, komukudan di muzu,

Iiih  kano podo umangkai, kodivatan dikozu,

Komukudan dimuzu, umakai tokou,

Kanou manakadai,

Kanou munsuvab,

Manakadai doid hibababou,

Mononsuvato id sombou.

Divato oi, kumukud oi,

Toodo tokou do madsakazan,

Toodo tokou do mogundanan,

Om sontimbang tokou no,

Sombat nokio, nombo nopo au otimbang

Nga timbangon do timbagat,

Paaton do tanghansod,

Do au no otimbang,

Au apaat nga oiti no tokou do hintaga,

Disakazan, diti hinsonod, diti tudanan.

Kanou bosizo tokou sakazan,

Koudo do tozohud,

Bobosi ingkondio.

Koudo do bongutano,

Ingkokondio  ih binosi,

Bongutan ih ginaud.

Uha induvo bosi,

Kiva nga intohu gaud.

Aati to no do tozohud,

Uha induvo bosizo,

Vanga intohu gaud.

Iiih om nokosondikot  to no oi Ondig,

Iiih om nakasa'amboi to no oi Andam.

Nokosondikot kito nodo nantadon,

Nakasahamboi kito nodo gazamon,

Hiiih sondikoton unsui,

Hiih sonhoboson kio.

Logon: "Tuuk oi Boisan, Bahazi,

    isai  ti monondikot,

   Dozo iti manahambo?"

Tuuk oi Boisan, Bahazi,

Ada oku intukao,

Nobobou oku pom sandak,

Noguom oku pom dazang;

Ada oku ih intukao,

Iiih nobobou oku ih,

Noguom oku ih kio.

Logon: " Tuuk oi Boisan, Bahazi,

     Koiho kodo monondikot.

     Aanom ko monanhaboi,

     tondu Tanga'a ko toi,

     Tu kisinakai do baahon,

     Kinudan do tuvakon,

     Kisinakai do hinava,

     Kinudan do dadai? "

Gina gina naku,

Om kisinakai do baahon,

Tuvakon, hinava, dadai,

Tondu Kadazan zou ih,

Kimokudan kio:

Tu kisinakai zou do tagung,

Kinudan do gimbahon,

Kisinakai do tandaa,

Kinudan do tomudung,

Kisinakai zou do ondika,

Kinudan do inandoi,

Kisinakai do sangadangon,

Kinudan do sontomungan,

Kisinakai do pamantai,

Kinudan do hobuon,

Kisinakai zou do koiing,

Kinudan do doisoos,

Kisinakai do suud,

Kinudan do sudai,

Kisinakai do tumau,

Kinudan do tisu,

Tumau do ginavo,

Iiisu do hinsonod."

(At this point, my grandma, who had been a Christian (RC) for a number of years, stopped

as she felt that the evil spirits i.e. divato, were trying to come back to her.)

Note: dictated by Odu Ginayam ( a student bobohizan in early 1900)

            recorded by: Gun Ignatius Buji (grandson) in 1964.

 Note: The author wish to acknowledge Gundohing Justin Stimol's contribution in correcting a couple of the misspelled term in the ina'ait i.e. "tott" to "tuuk"
(These articles are copyright to the author and permission is given to copy them for educational purposes provided the source is acknowledged.)

End of part 2

Kadazan - what it really means! (part 1)

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The root word - daza -which is used only to refer to a Deity, for an example, "Tama Za" (Our Father referring to God the Father) is interpreted in the ordinary language of the Kadazan as "dagai". The prefix - "Ka" is a another powerful kadazan word which had multiple meanings depending on its usage and context but ordinarily, it means the spoken word as "ka disido" - according to him or simply, "he said" but repeating it completely alters its meaning, "kaka" - rumor or something of doubtful or unproven origin. It also signifies breathing out as in, "Ruach" and as in "Ruach Ha-Kodesh - Spirit of God" The suffix 'an' or just 'n' is normally added to a verb or  an adjective, together with the relevant prefix like "ka, ki, ko, etc " to make it into a noun or pronoun for example - uhi (go back) - ko-uhi-an or 'omoto-harvest' - ka-amata-n (kaamatan) (In this particular example, the verb "omoto" when made into a noun (kaamatan), the 'o' is replaced by 'a' and just 'n' , instead of 'an', is added to it)

So using this basic tool, "Ka" - according  to or spoken; "daza" or simple "dagai" - we, us or ours; and the suffix 'n' added to it makes it a noun. Literary, it means "we-spoke or our breathe" but the important element here is the adjective "daza" is used instead of "dagai" which means that God is speaking and not ordinary human beings.

Many of us who had been trained in western universities and embraced its mindsets and philosophies had limited ourselves when trying to understand eastern mindsets and its way of life especially as it relates to the spiritual and metaphysical realms. Kadazan is an eastern language though much of its culture and history had been destroyed either through neglect or invading forces in the past, one can still glean some of its traces when one prayerfully and faithfully commit oneself to seek the truth through the enlightenment brought about by the Power of the Holy Spirit or Sunduvan Tohidang and serious study of the Word of God.

Revelation knowledge, as some describes it, comes directly from two main sources, which are (a) the Spirit of God and (b) Satan and his evil spirits or counterfeit holy spirit. Only those who had been washed by the Blood of the Lamb of God and filled, empowered and led by His Spirit can have the required discernment, another topic dealt with fully by many authors and bloggers elsewhere. 

Before the arrival of the Christian missionaries, the life in the Kadazan communities revolved around the 'revelational knowledge' dispensed  through the ministry or office of the Bobohizan (Priest or Priestess) and these revelations were  more often than not from the evil spirits or counterfeit holy spirit. How do we know that? The Word of God tells us that 

the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another. (Gal 5:22-26)

end of part 1.

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The Kadazans at the crossroads

Abba Father gave me a name - Kadazan - and am proud of it.

Abba Father gave my great, great, great Aki a name - Kadazan - and I am proud of it and so will my children and grandchildren . I come from a 'dusun' (orchard/village) but I am not a 'dusun'; rather I own it and work it (to be exact, God owns it and I am just a steward of it)

The Bible says that when God created the first human, He called him "Adam - אדם i.e. a human being (in my Mother tongue "KADAZAN") and he put him in charge of a 'dusun' where "Satan", through the woman, led him to sin against God. Satan overcame him and took over what God had entrusted to him, i.e. dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.He also lost his immortality for one of God's universal law is "the wages of sin is death". 

And to celebrate this 'victory' and as a reminder to Adam (Kadazan) that Satan was his 'Tuhan' he changed his name to "Dusun" (Orchard) and implanted it within his heart and mind, and that of his generation to come, that he, and his future generation, is no more "Adam (Kadazan) - the son of God" but "Dusun" - D(evil)'s son or rather 'slaves'.

Pro 23:7  For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: (So Satan wants us to think in our heart that we are actually not Kadazan, children of God - but Dusun; that is his deceptive strategy to dominate and control us, directly or indirectly)

But the 2nd Adam, the Anointed Savior (Jesus Christ), who became the Sacrificial Lamb (Huminundun) as an atonement (bohi) for Kadazan's sins, had already paid the ONCE FOR ALL SACRIFICE on the Cross at CALVARY when he declared, with His nailed arms outstretched on the Cross, "IT IS FINISHED" When we do the Sumazau with a "Keeehoi" we should be reminding Satan and his human alliances on earth that "IT IS FINISHED" because Jesus Christ had paid everything for us. When UNKO was established, the message from our ABBA FATHER was "tuhUN-KO" om okon ko kouvaan(Dusun)-ko, bavang (Sungei)-ko, hivan(Liwan)-ko,etc 

So who am I? I AM A KADAZAN - CREATED IN THE IMAGE AND PICTURE OF GOD (KINOINGAN), FELL INTO SINS BUT BY GOD'S GRACE IN OUR FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST (Second Adam), WE HAVE BEEN SAVED AND BEING RESTORED TO THE POSITION THAT WAS INTENDED FOR US - CO-HEIRS AND CO-RULERS WITH JESUS CHRIST IN ETERNITY.

If you say, I am a dusun or anything less, I will definitely say, "Devil, IN JESUS NAME, GO TO HELL  I AM A KADAZAN - SON OF THE LIVING GOD. JESUS IS MY BOSS NOW!" MARANATHA!

All praise and Glory to Jesus Christ!

THE WAY FORWARD - but must BALIK KAMPUNG first!

MERDEKA, MERDEKA, MERDEKA .......IN JESUS NAME. AMEN

The only way towards unity amongst the various tribes of the Kadazan people, and indeed amongst the various denominations in His Government, is through bended knees of continuous, prevailing and committed supplications, prayers and repentance to the ONLY ONE True God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the Creator and Master of the Universe, who gave to man (Kadazan) His Word and Spirit (JESUS) as the Only Way, Truth and Life to Him.

The Kadazan knows Him as Kinoingan Minamangun, a loving and self-sacrificing Father revealing Himself as the Word of God who became man (Kadazan) (Huminundun) and offer Himself as “Bohi” (korban) for the redemptions of our sins for unless and until the inner man has been completely transformed in the likeness of Jesus Christ, whatever ever we do always has a hidden agenda that only promotes the kingdom of the world (Self) and of Satan and totally opposed to the Perfect Will of the Father and His Eternal Purpose for Mankind. (Kadazan)

In another 25 days, we will be celebrating our 47 years of independence from Colonial Rule when God had said to us, (TUH)UN KO, thus the first political party ever established in Sabah was appropriately named UNKO – United National Kadazan Organization – which was given the Divine Mandate, among others, To Unveil His Unknown Nations of (His) Kingdom Overseas but sad to say that this was sabotaged as those given the tasks were ill equipped and not very well grounded in the “inner-man”.

When Donald Stevens shouted in the KK (Jesselton) town padang, “Merdeka, Merdeka, Merdeka” (Freedom! Freedom! Freedom!), he was holding the very “CONSTITUTION” that outlined the vision, missions, instructions, directions, strategies and operational manual to run the newly independent Nation of Sabah, having about 55 per cent who had responded to the Father’s call for being His children – Kadazans! – the good-Spirited people (Neh 9:20) It was not just freedom from Colonial rule but also from the bondage of Satan, Sins, rebellion against the Father, Deception, Poverty, Racial Prejudices and Injustices or being consigned to self curse (Proverb 23:7a) as “Dusun (Orchard), Liwan (Valley), Sungei (River), Tuawon (Herb), and so on forever, but then why was no concerted effort made to “study, research, map out and communicate what was in the CONSTITUTION    which God had given to our leaders and religious teachers, priests, catechist, bishops, pastors, professors and scientists.