11-09-2021, 08:26 AM
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KOTA KINABALU – If coffee was your cultural drink, would you not be offended if someone compared it to urine?
This was the question posed by Sabah-based think tank Wisdom Foundation chairman Datuk Seri Wilfred Madius Tangau when he was asked about the negative remarks recently made during the climax of the “Timah” controversy.
During a webinar hosted by Wisdom titled “Alcohol and Borneo Sensitivity” last Saturday, Tangau, as one of the panellists, said alcoholic beverages are part of the culture and custom in Sabah and Sarawak.
“In Sabah, it has become a tradition, a custom for a group of people – villagers, family or friends – to eat and drink together after an activity such as a gotong-royong. This does not mean that we in Borneo are alcoholics.
“We also have alcoholic drinks, like lihing, montoku, bahar, tuak, langkau, that are part of our indigenous cultural heritage.
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