Kumang pageant winner defends contest, says it showcases Iban culture

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Clarissa (centre) in winning the Durin Cultural Festival Kumang contest.

SIBU: A Kumang beauty pageant winner has dismissed talk that the contest is demeaning to women.

Clarissa Rinya Setian, who won the 2024 Durin Cultural Carnival Kumang contest, disagreed with academic Prof Datuk Dr Jayum Jawan, who said that Kumang events degraded and demeaned Dayak and Iban women.

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