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Dusun is the collective name of a tribe or ethnic and linguistic group in the Malaysian state of Sabah of North Borneo. Due to similarities in culture and language with the Kadazan ethnic group, a new unified term called "Kadazan-Dusun" was created. Collectively, they form the largest ethnic group in Sabah. A small minority of Dusuns can also be found in Brunei where they are defined by the constitution to be one of the seven Bumiputera groups. ==Etymology== It is also suggested that the word Dusun was a "name calling" given by the Sultan of Brunei. Since most parts of the west coast of Sabah were under the influence of the Sultan of Brunei, taxes were collected by the sultanate from the "Orang Dusun" called "Duis" (also referred to as the "River Tax" on the area of south east of North Borneo). However, the "orang Dusun" that was purposely and perhaps administratively used by the British to represent all the various ethnic groups in Sabah were simply calling themselves as being the "Momogun" because the "Momogun" means "The People of the Land" which derive from the word of "Pogun" mean "The World / Land / Place". Thus therefore these earlier ethnic group were called according to the village / place : i.e.: Lotud / Kimaragang / Tombonuo / Rungus/ Tangas / Tatana...etc.. Thus this suggests that the term Dusun was created by the British to name the various ethnic group only for the purpose of administration and registration. Since in 1881 upon the introduction of the Chartered North Borneo Company, an entity that was introduced by the British Government and made their first settlement in Kudat, the northern town of the North Borneo, the local people were registered as the "Orang Dusun" probably following the Sultan of Brunei administration records. In the early time of independence, their leader had form UPKO and Pasok Momogun to representing the people of dusun in the first election. Throughout the 1950s the leaders of the North Borneo (Sabah) realising the significant distortion of facts and the actual naming of the dusun race in Sabah by the British's administration. Thus in the late 1950s, some of their leader propose the use of "Kadazan" to replace the word of "dusun" which reflacet a bad impressation on the people. Subsequently the Kadazan Dusun Cultural Association (KDCA) were introduced and provide pressure to the British govern to officially adopt the name "Kadazan/Dusun" which means the "People of the Land" (Terms adopted from: the Council of Bobolians/Bobohizans/KDCA) as the official race in Sabah and to represent all the 32 ethnic groups of then called the "Orang Dusun". The term Kadazan/Dusun was successful in uniting the Kadazan/Dusun throughout Sabah. In 1963, when Sabah, formed Malaysia together with Sarawak, Singapore and the Peninsular Malaya, the term Kadazan/Dusun was then officially been acknowledged by the Federation of Malaysia as one of most dominant races in Sabah, together with the Bajaus, Chinese and others. The term "orang Dusun" was officially terminated administratively. The KDCA continues to unite the Kadazan/Dusun through the celebration of the "Tadau Kaamatan". The Kadazan/Dusun were united and intermarriages were so rampant as the result of infrastructure development and isolated Kadazans were becoming educated and vocals. It was in 1984 the ideology of Dusun was brought in again and had been heavily promoted by a political party in Sabah called AKAR. As the Kadazan/Dusun were becoming more confused as the result of the historical facts about the Origin of Dusun and why Kadazan/Dusun - the History of Sabah had been diluted, where the Federation of Malaysia were promoting "Satu Bangsa, Satu Negara" (One Race, One Nation) and the Historical facts learned from Schools in Sabah were diverted exclusively to the History of Malaya's Independence (31 August 1957) and Malaya Sultanate History, while little emphasis was given to the "Formation of Malaysia", the actual 16 September 1963, and the History of Sabah, the Kadazans were basically confused politically and disunity started to crop in. The word "Kadazan" actually not derived from the word "kedai" (meaning "shops" in Malay) but what is meant is actually the "people who live in a more urban area and not in remote places like the Dusuns". The Dusun people who live in Penampang and Papar areas were called "Dusun Tangara" while the Dusuns who live in Districts like Tambunan, Ranau and Keningau were called "Dusun Liwan" and Dusuns who live in Kudat, Kota Marudu & Pitas were called "Dusun Kimaragang". But only Dusuns in Penampang did not like the name Dusun because they didn't like to be called "backwards" as in the olden days Dusuns were considered backwards who live in remote areas. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dusun people」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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