kadazan/dusun (sabah) and bunun (taiwan), are we from the same ancestry?

Theory 1: kadazan might have originated from taiwan
i first heard of this from a friend of mine who went to taiwan before. he said that the culture and way this group of people dress is so damn similar to the kadazan. but back then i didnt think so much about it.

then another friend stated something similar to me last night, am not sure how he came across that though.

when i google about this a bit, i found out that lately a number of people have been pointing out that the bunun community in taiwan have alot in common. their assumption is that the bunun might have migrated to borneo and settled down, and some how called them self dusun (before the term kadazan exist). some says the dusun migrated to taiwan, but i dont think so. there's a higher chance that the bunun community might have the navigation and shipping technology back then than the other way round. everyone knows chinamen (or rather lets just say chinese) have remarkable navigation technology and travels well during that era.

also, there's a thread up in sabah forum that's discussing about this topic


i extract part of it here:

BUNUN dancing style and their clothing: Atmost 99% similar to KDM***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f2ZpZkfaUI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIt5f9SIVJA&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9M2ZHMg82Q&feature=related

***KDM - kadazan dusun murut.

Girl of Alisan: (May be "Alisan" mean "Kadazan")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAuEOVTS2hw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2EhJXx7Tp4

Harvest Song by Bunun:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9M2ZHMg82Q&feature=related

another blogger came up with this

i'm a bit confused though, about what he wrote.

and an e-book (i didnt read this. just that u might be interested)


Theory 2: kadazan from indo-china (wait, taiwan IS indo china, isn't it? ah..nvm)
It is not exactly clear from where the Dusunic tribes have come, and when they settled in the north of Borneo. More recent archaeological evidence places the origin of the Dusunic people in the area that was known as Indo-China. Some 10,000 yeas ago, during the last ice-age and when Borneo was still part of a wider landmass, called the Sundaland, those people could have moved by toot to these parts of the world. It is also possible that they have moved trough Laos, Vietnam and the Philippines, and a few thousand years ago arrived by sea. Language affinities, and similarities of customs, dresses and religious belief system make both assumptions possible.
source: http://www.sabahtravelguide.com/mapguide/default.asp?page=monsopiad_kadazan

oh, and i'm pretty sure i read somewhere saying kadazan comes from mongolia. couldnt find the link to that though.

theory 3: i havent figure this out! haha..

p/s: i havent check all the links up there, so if some of them isn't working, my bad, please accept my apology. this is a kinda rush up post, i shall do some more further reading later