Rising costs force cancellation of Paramin’s Parang on D Hills

The Paramin Cul­tur­al Or­gan­i­sa­tion has an­nounced the can­cel­la­tion of its an­nu­al Parang on D Hills event for 2026, cit­ing ris­ing costs and lim­it­ed fund­ing.

In a state­ment is­sued yes­ter­day, the or­gan­i­sa­tion said that af­ter much de­lib­er­a­tion and care­ful con­sid­er­a­tion, it had de­cid­ed not to host the fes­tive event, which has been held free of charge since 2009.

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It said stag­ing the event had be­come in­creas­ing­ly dif­fi­cult over the years, with ris­ing ex­pens­es and lim­it­ed fi­nan­cial sup­port leav­ing it with lit­tle choice but to can­cel this year’s edi­tion.