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Music Diversity At Its Best At Rainforest Festival
KUCHING (Sarawak, Malaysia), July 9 (Bernama) -- The 78-member Sarawak
Percussion and Ensemble will showcase the ethnic music of the East Malaysia
state's communities, ranging from the Iban to the Bidayuh, to the Orang Ulu and
Melanau, at the Rainforest World Music Festival (RWMF 2012) over the weekend
beginning Friday at the Sarawak Cultural Village near here.
Led by home-grown music director Narawi Rashidi, these local musicians and
artistes will perform rare forms of traditional music and dance on stage as well
as on the ground at the same time.
"Their music and instruments are as diverse, lush and poly-layered as the
Sarawak’s rainforests and, other than showcasing the famous warrior dance,
seldom-heard tunes such as ethnic chanting and melodies from various communities
will also take place," said a statement issued by the event organiser, Sarawak
Tourism Board, here on Monday. Sarawak is one of the two Malaysian states on the
island of Borneo.
Music fans are asked to make a date with them on the second and third night
of the festival, where the group will entertain with all metal-based music
instruments and all drums and bamboo-based instruments, respectively.
The festival will also showcase other renowned bands from all corners of the
world, such as Mamadou Diabate from Burkina Faso, Le Trio Joubran from
Palestine, Khusugtun from Mongolia, Raiz De Cafezal, a group of Brazilian
Amazonian Indians, Oreka TX from Spain, La Zikabilo from France, String Sisters
comprising fiddlers from the Scandinavian countries, Scotland, Ireland and the
United States, Kanda Bongo Man from Congo, Cankisou from the Czech Republic,
Daniel Waro from the Reunion Island and HATA, comprising musicians from
Malaysia, South Korea, Turkey and Taiwan.
They will also be joined by Malaysian musicians like Samuel Dass and
Prakash, Diplomats of Drum as well as Sarawak's very own Rhythm of Borneo.
Taking place at the same venue will be the Rainforest World Craft Bazaar
(RWCB), which features prominently as an important fringe event.
-- BERNAMA