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The attire is made out from black fabric,silk or velvet for ceremonial occasions and is followed by 3 coloured pattern which is red,gold and green.

Red - bravery

Gold -prosperity

Green - bountiful harvest

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Gaung which is the black long sleeved shirt with gold trimmings and buttons

Sauva is the black trousers worn with a waistband that is called toogot followed by gold trimmings along the trousers

Siga which is the headcover is also worn to complete the whole traditional attire.

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Traditional garment is called "Sinuangga" -  short blouse

"Tapi" - wrap-skirt followed with a batik scarf fitted with a belt called himpogot (silver dollar coins)

Accessories -  gold jewellery such as necklace (hamai), bangles (gohong), earring (simbong)and ring(sinsing).

Short sleeves are worn by the young generations while the long sleeves are worn by the older generations.

This traditional garment for women emphasizes the slimness of their waist which is considered as beautiful in the Dusun culture

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Mostly crafted by women

rattan baskets, sepak raga (rattan ball), split bamboo mats, sompoton (bamboo mouth-organ)

Sold to town or sold as souvenier

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Since they believe there are different realm in this world such as heaven and hell, they practice the traditional beliefs by  doing a ceremony  with a shaman called bobolian. People in Dusun who still believe in this traditional ceremony will show respect to the bobolian. Besides, most of the bobolian are the eldery. and also one of the primary role of bobolian is to appease the rice spirit.

Kaamatan Festival
They celebrate the harvest festival which begin on the first May, celebrated throughout the month of May each year. It culminates in the grand harvest festival celebration on the 30th and 31st May. Celebration to honor the rice spirit - bambaazon

Division of Labor
For women : they doing household task although males are expected to take care of it when their wives are ill, in state of pregnancy or absent from the community.
For men : they doing heavy labor such as building, gathering wood and bamboo supplies, including field repair,planting, harvesting and etc..

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Dusun communities basing their food production on irrigated rice agriculture often contain a number of separate nuclear-family dwellings grouped closely together in a type of "divided longhouse".

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Women - Traditional household task are handled to them, but often handle trading business and harvesting.The weaving of split-bamboo mats, field hats, and sifting trays are the exclusive domain of women

Men -  Dusun men perform the heavy labor associated with house and storehouse building and getting wood and bamboo supplies for this purpose. Men undertake hunting and  the clearing and firing of fields in the preparation of swidden rice cultivation. Men are expected to undertake household task if their wives are ill.

Children -  Older siblings often care for infants and young children when parents are away from the household at work. At about 11 or 12 years of age, children are expected to begin to participate in daily work activities and to be responsible members of their families and community.

Mohoingon - Village leader who has authority in various aspects.  The election of Mohoingon is led by males selected through an informal, community-wide consensus.

Kin Groups and Descent - For Dusun, a kindred is a group of relatives recognizing their relationship to a particular individual without regard to whether the relationship is traced through a male or female relative. Dusun also have specific social groups, all members of which are descendants of a particular founding ancestor, whose activities are told in legend and folktale on special occasions of ritual feasting and ceremony, and in whose name some land and moveable property are owned. These ancestor-oriented kin groups conventionally have regulated marriage between members through insistence on the practice of endogamy.

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binsulong (rattan IQ puzzles)
- A game where the string must be removed without cutting it or dismantling the rattan snare.

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sepak raga (rattan balls)

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"Magagung" (gong beating)

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Gongs

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Bungkau (Jaw Harp)

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Handwoven rattan baskets

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Modern Dusun people have also embraced Islam as their religion due to various reasons such as marriage with a Muslim.

Few Dusuns practice Islam these days.

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Christianity is introduced by white missionary priests during the 19th century.

Most of the Dusun are Christians nowadays.

Dusun Christians reject their ancestors' Animistic culture and belief.

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Malaysia,  Sabah.

Mountain valleys, headwater areas

Labuk and Kinabatangan river

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not allowed to wander outside, they believe that the children born would have skin disease and walk away from home.

they should't ridicule animals or disable people.

their babies will born late if they step over a rope which a buffalo is tied.

Marriage

Not allowed to cancel the engagement. if not, the one who cancel it, need to pay all or half amount of the payment that have been discussed.

all kind of engagement need to be settled during the morning.

dates of engagement are fixed by both parties. should be in a good month and days in even number.

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Sompoton (bamboo mouth-organ)

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Traditional dance called Sumazau which is frequently performed during the Harvest Festival as thanksgiving for the bountiful harvest.

The dance is inspired by eagle flying patterns witnessed by farmers resting in the fields during harvest season.

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Bosou or Nonsom
Another traditional dish made from fish which is fermented or pickled in a jar.

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Mainly irrigated rice agriculture

corn,tobacco, potato, chilies, pumpkins etc.

Harvested crops are used as meals and also as business product

Harvest by using hand and traditional techniques( knives and sickles).

Crops will be stored in storehouses when they are ripe

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Hinava
Salad type dish made from shark meat, or any raw fish.

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Birth

Mother will age quickly if they consume buffalo's meat

not allowed to wash her hair for a month. believed cause mentally impaired when she grow older.

if they cut their fingernails, the winds will come into their body and make them sick.

Death

believed to bring misfortune if they work on that day

all occupants must stay awake if the body still inside the house.

prevent a cat to jump over the corpse.

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The Dusun ancestors are traditional Animists.

They believe that all objects reside a guardian spirit, the most important being "spirit of the rice".

Specific rituals are performed under her name at times of rice planting and harvest.

A creator force, personified into a being called "Asundu," is said to have shaped the universe and to direct the destiny of all its inhabitants. A specific power of the creator, is said to provide for the curative and restorative powers of ritual specialists.

Objects, geographic locations, and persons are said to be imbued with considerable amounts of this power and must be treated with respect or avoided if possible. A special designation (apagun ) and carved symbols are used by Dusun to "wall off such locations or objects from inadvertent human contact".

The Dusun often perform rituals to ward off, alter or manipulate possible future unfortunate events to come.

Rituals and ceremonies involve spirit possession, use of symbolic objects, recitation of lengthy sacred verses

Female ritual specialists tend to concentrate on curing and divination regarding individual illness and bad fortune.

Male ritual specialists tend to concern themselves with alleviation or prevention of a worldwide scope.

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Orang Dusun and the Sabah Homestay Program provides homestay service for tourist to experience their culture.

Their unique culture has attracted a lot of people to join the homestay program.