New rice festival is a traditional event celebrated by the La Chi ethnic group for a long time. It is held annually in the ninth lunar month when the rice harvest comes. The La Chi believe that celebrating new rice during the harvest season is an opportunity to give thanks to heaven and earth, ancestors that have blessed the good harvest, which also means inviting ancestors to have new rice first and their descendants eat new rice then. In addition, new rice festival is an opportunity for villagers to pray to ancestors, heaven and earth for good health, prosperity, happiness, fruitful crops, good breeding of poultry and cattle, etc...New rice festival is accompanied with specific traditional customs such as worshiping the mother of rice, pounding green rice (cốm), worshiping ancestors at the patriarch’s house, worshiping ancestors by families. Besides these customs, such folk games as swinging, đánh yến, đánh sảng and singing folk songs have well preserved by the La Chí ethnic group in Nà Khương commune.

Forms of cultural expression, complex beliefs associated with the worship of Mother Goddesses of the Four Palaces. The main components include: Shaman, Thanh Dong, Palace of Literature, Thu incense, Hau Dung. In the past, offerings often included sticky rice, meat, fruits, betel nut, areca, wine, tobacco, and votive paper. Costumes are associated with the behavior of each character. The first is the worshiping ceremony to the Holy Buddha, the most important is the Hau Dong ritual, and the last is the thanksgiving ceremony. One question includes: Asking the Holy Spirit to enter (death), pronounce, bestow and send off. There are 36 copper prices, but mainly the Lords, Quan, Hoang, Adorable, Co, and Uncle will have bronze prices. The dances and props are rich, associated with the characteristics of the region and the characters. Cung Van plays the lute and drums. The songs are rich, changing according to the happenings and order of the saints of the bronze bar. There are different forms of literary singing, including worship singing, thi singing, ho singing, and Van singing at the temple and communal houses.

Sabah's largest ethnic group, the KadazanDusun and their traditional dance is called Sumazau which literally means 'dancing'. Sumazau is synonymous with festivities and celebrations such as weddings and especially the Pesta Kaamatan or Harvest Festival, which is a thanksgiving for a bountiful harvest of rice. The accompanying music is played by the sompogogungan ensemble consisting of six hanging gongs and a drum. The sumazau consists of two basic dance motifs. In the first motif, the dancer steps from side to side, shifting weight from one foot to the other, while gently swinging the arms at the sides in time to the music. In the second motif, the dancer raises the heels slightly, with arms raised. For men, the arms are stretched out at shoulder level with hands moving up and down. For women, the arms are also outstretched, but at a lower level.

‘Berendoi’ (to lulluby) originates from the word ‘endoi’ of the Perlis Malay dialect meaning a hammock to put a baby or child to sleep. This custom is as the family’s thanksgiving after receiving a newborn baby. This custom too develops in Kedah especially in districts sharing the same boundaries as Perlis such as Bukit Besar, Kota Sarang Semut, Kubang Rotan and Bukit Kerengga. Berendoi has elements of the Islamic teachings with at least three or four participants chanting rythmatically during the ‘bercukur’ or shaving of a week-old baby’s hair. Among the activities in the berendoi ceremony still around today are mouth splitting, lulluby and Lulluby Above The Coconut Tree Shoot Or Make A Vow. Every performance is usually held together with a thanksgiving feast and ‘akikah’ (slaughtering of an animal usually a goat for the baby) with the goat’s meat as the main dish. Berendoi starts after the meal is served. The Berendoi group consists of a number of men adorning the Malay attire with pelikat sarung and songkok (head gear), or women in either a uniform of baju kurung or baju kebaya attire with head scarf. The Berendoi group starts their performance by chanting verses praising Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and then the group leader cradles the baby and places him in the hammock. The song usually sung first is Ya Rabbi in the Arabic and Malay languages with the lyrics full of praises of the Prophet.