Kulāiwi is a Hawaiian trio whose name means “native land,” reflecting their mission to reconnect people with place and ancestry. Their track “Ka Nani Aʻo Maunakea” blends traditional language with contemporary harmony, evoking aloha ʻāina and cultural healing.
FRIDAY 7th AUGUST
| WORKSHOPS | PERFORMANCES | |||||||||
| DEWAN LAGENDA | IBAN LONGHOUSE | BIDAYUH HOUSE | THEATRE STAGE |
JUNGLE STAGE | TREE STAGE | |||||
| 2.00 – 2.45 pm
ESTILO SON JAROCHO Zapateado fiddle and requinto styles from Vera Cruz With Ramon Hernandez and musicians of SON DE MADERA
|
2.00 – 2.45 pm
OUT OF A PIECE OF WOOD An in-depth look at the famous Sape, boat lute of Sarawak – and how it has evolved from the traditional to the contemporary Speaker – Connie Lim With Mathew Ngau + Saufi Aiman This lecture-demonstration is brought to the Rainforest World Music Festival by the Friends of the Sarawak Museum |
2.00 – 2.45 pm
THE AKA PEOPLE FROM KOMBOLA Music and way of life with the Pygmies from Congo Brazzaville With Sorel Eta and musicians of NDIMA |
2.15 – 3.00 pm
KAPELA MALISZOW (Poland) |
|||||||
| 3.00 – 3.45 pm
MALOYA ANOU! Chants and percussions from the Indian Ocean island of La Réunion With Aldo Araste, Valery Servan, Jean Pascal & Jean Madia of LINDIGO |
3.00 – 3.45 pm
CHAKUNCHAK Interactive dance workshop. The popular Malay joget Instructor : Hamidah Mohd and musicians from the SARAWAK CULTURAL VILLAGE |
3.00 – 3.45 pm
THIS IS MY ISLAND IN THE SUN A musical journey tracing the roots of calypso With Drew Gonsalves and musicians of KOBO TOWN |
||||||||
| 3.30 – 4.15 pm
ALAVERDI (Georgia) |
||||||||||
| THE ECSTASY OF THE DANCE
Interactive dance workshop. The trance inducing Boduberu from the Maldives Led by Adam Shinan With musicians and dancers of HARUBEE
|
4.00 – 4.45 pm
HIT THE RIGHT NOTE Dulcimers, xylophones and gongs Leader – Salomon Gau Jatong utang – Salomon Gau (LAN E TUYANG) Yangqing – Ho Khong Wee & Eugene Yip (KENWY YANGQING ENSEMBLE) Engkerumong – Mohd Khairil (SAYU ATENG) Pratuokng – Arthur Borman (SARAWAK CULTURAL VILLAGE)
|
4.00 – 4.45 pm
LONG STROKES Bowed instruments from everywhere Leader – Angus Grant Fiddle – Angus Grant (SHOOGLENIFTY) Violin – Natalia Arroyo (SON DE MADERA) Morin Khuur – Enkhjargal Dandavaanchig (EPI) Nyckerharpa – Kacper Malisz (KAPELA MALISZOW) Violin – Idzam Jamil (SAYU ATENG) Er Hu – Tan Yean Chang (CULTURE SHOT) Fiddle – Richard Klein (LE BLANC BROS CAJUN BAND) Fiddle – Jesse Hull (LE BLANC BROS CAJUN BAND) |
||||||||
|
OUTSIDE STAGES ARENA 5.00 – 6.00 pm RWMF COMMUNITY DRUM CIRCLE By 1DRUM.ORG Join in the interactive percussion session |
||||||||||
| PHOTOS & AUTOGRAPHS MERCHANDIZE STORE DEWAN LAGENDA | 7.30 – 7.50 pm
MIRING CEREMONY (Sarawak Cultural Village) |
|||||||||
|
8.00 pm SARAWAK CULTURAL VILLAGE
8.50 pm SANGPUY
9.20 pm KOBAGI KECAK
10.15 pm LE BLANC BROS CAJUN BAND
11.10 pm BARGOU 08
00.30 am SHOOGLENIFTY |
||||||||||
| 7.50 – 8.35pm
SANGPUY (Taiwan) |
||||||||||
| 8.35 – 9.05 pm
KOBAGI KECAK (Bali, Indonesia) |
||||||||||
| 9.05 – 10.00pm
LE BLANC BROS CAJUN BAND (Australia / New Zealand) |
||||||||||
| 10.00 – 11.00 pm
BARGOU 08 (Tunisia) |
||||||||||
| 11.00 pm – 00.15 am SHOOGLENIFTY (Scotland) |
||||||||||
*Program subject to changes
