Nunuk Ragang

Nunuk Ragang is a site traditionally considered as the location of the original home of the ancestors of the Kadazan-Dusun natives who inhabit most of northern Borneo in Sabah, Malaysia. The site, nearby a village named Tampias, is located at the intersection of the left (Liwagu Kogibangan) and right (Liwagu Kowananan) branches of the Liwagu River to the east of Ranau and Tambunan districts where various Dusun sub-groups of Liwan Dusun, Tinagas Dusun, Bundu Dusun, Talantang Dusun, Tagahas Dusun, Orang Sungai and Tambanuo are living.

The two river branches joined up to flow into the Labuk River and drain out into the Sulu Sea. At the site, and under a giant banyan tree, a settlement referred to as Nunuk Ragang was founded where the giant tree was said to be able to give shade to a longhouse sheltering 10 families in it. According to the stories of the elders of the Kadazan-Dusun tribe, the tree was six fathoms in size and its lush leaves could shelter seven Kadazan huts measuring 240 square feet. The legend about Nunuk Ragang had been passed down via oral traditions to the younger generations despite there is still no archaeological excavation ever been carried out to establish the veracity of the legend.

In 2004, the quasi-government group of the Kadazan-Dusun Cultural Association (KDCA) set up a monument near Tampias at the site of what they believed to be the original village. The word "tampias" means "sprinkled" or "dispersed". The monument was built in the form of a huge fig tree. The association conducts annual pilgrimages to the site, timed to coincide with the inauguration of its paramount chief, the "Huguon Siou".