PENAMPANG: The district crowned its Unduk Ngadau winner – Marcerine Marcus.
The 26-year-old from Kg Buit Hill won the title and took home RM6,860 worth of cash and prizes, including a tiara, trophy, sash and bouquet, donated by Datuk Ewon Benedick, Minister of Entrepreneur and Cooperatives Development.She will represent the district at the State-level Unduk Ngadau competition in KDCA on May 31.
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Marcerine’s mother, Melissa Hairy, proudly said all her four children are fluent in their mother tongue, Kadazan, from a young age.“The effort to teach them Kadazan from young was worthwhile and it is not only for today’s pageant but, it is for the sake of preserving our culture and native language.The eldest in the family, Marcerine works in the Imaging Department at Cyberjaya Hospital in Selangor.
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