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TAWAU: The Ninth Tawau Inernational Cultural Festival 2020 themed [Budaya Etnik Millenium Era 2020] will be held at the open space in front of Tawau Municipal Council (MPT) building here on March 18-21. some 70,000 people are expected to attend the event.

President of TMC, Datuk Ir. Amrullah Kamal (pic) said 30 ethnic groups in Sabah, particularly those who have lived in Tawau, will participate in this festival while some other ethnics from Indonesia and India would also be showcasing their culture.

Amrullah said the presentation would be divided into three main segments, which are: (A) Medley new creation dance performance of Ethnic groups in the coastal zone; (B) Medley new creation dance performance of Ethnic groups in the interior zone; and (C) international dance performance (Indonesia and India).

On March 21, a “Sumazau” welcome dance will be performed from the council field heading to the ‘West Gate’ of Chester Street at 3:45 p.m. while ethnics parade will start from the ‘West Gate’ of Chester Street heading to the MPT building. The night event will be kicked off at 7:30 p.m.

He hoped the mass participation of ‘Sumazau’ welcome dance (a minimum of 3,000 participants) and ethnics’ parade (a minimum of 3,000 participants) could be listed in ‘The Malaysia Books of Records.’

Besides that, a Gala night dinner also will be held at 7p.m. on March 18, 2020 at Tawau community hall and will be officiated by Datuk Christina Liew Chin Jin.