Rainforest World Music Festival, Sarawak

Rainforest World Music Festival
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Rainforest World Music Festival is a music event that is staged over three days every year at the Sarawak Cultural Village. Since it started in 1997, it has attracted a growing number of audience approaching 30,000. The last performance (at time of writing, August 2009), was held on 10-12 July, 2009. The emphasis of the music festival is traditional music, using traditional acoustic instruments. However, it is common to see electric accompaniment as well.

Performers at the Rainforest World Music Festival come not only from Sarawak and Malaysia, but from all over the world. Past performers included Joey Ayala (Philippines - 1998), Shooglenifty (Scotland - 1999), Inka Marka (South America - 2000), Rajery (Madagascar - 2001), Black Umfolosi (Zimbabwe - 2002), Huun Huur Tu (Tuva - 2003), Te Vaka (Samoa/New Zealand - 2004), Namgar (Mongolia - 2005), Peatbog Faeries (Scotland - 2006), Tarika Be (Madagascar - 2007), and Ross Daly (Greece - 2008).

In addition to the evening performances, there are workshops that are held at various times of the day, where audiences can get up close to the presenters. These are held at the different villages at the cultural village itself.

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