Sabah and Sarawak reject narrow categories

By Kent Lo , 23 December, 2025
Mt. Kinabalu and Rajang River abstract illustration.

WE have only one tribe here: Bornean

Forged by Mount Kinabalu and Rajang River. Fed by rice grown under one sun and nourished by the same rains.

 

Gini bah: 

Our lingua franca flows. Multiple tongues. One family.

Our bloodlines fuse. Multiple ancestries. One pulse.

We carry the wisdom of our ancestors.

Kitak tauk sik?

 

Here, every system, every structure, is inclusive.

 

Do not label us as “lain-lain.”

Sini tiada “lain”, Bornean saja.

 

One tribe. Countless traditions.

This, is the way.