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Midang Midang Music Video Launch

Kuala Lumpur, 27th November 2019: Alena Murang, an independent musician of Kelabit heritage from Sarawak, has launched her ‘Midang Midang’ music video at GSC Quill City Mall this morning. Over a hundred attendees came to show support; comprising mainly of media and invited guests. With her focus on bringing native songs…

Erivina JihelDecember 2, 2019

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RWMF CLOSING WITH 23,650 FESTIVAL-GOERS

KUCHING – Sarawak’s headliner tourism attraction, the Rainforest World Music Festival (RWMF) has proven that it is more than just a music festival if this year’s sell-out crowd is anything to go by. A capacity crowd of 23,650 from all parts of the world attended the three-day festival. RWMF performers,…

Erivina JihelAugust 14, 2019

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Rainforest Festival, Sarawak | rhythms.com.au

Rainforest World Music Festival (Sarawak, July 2019) By Chris Lambie On trips across Vietnam in 2012 and 2103, I was surprised to hear very little traditional music. The closest I came – outside Ha Noi’s Water Puppet Theatre – was a shared picnic with locals in the countryside. Men in…

Erivina JihelAugust 14, 2019

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RWMF hits biggest number of visitors this year | theborneopost.com

KUCHING: The just-concluded Rainforest World Music Festival (RWMF) from July 12-14 has racked in 23,650 visitors. Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said the number of visitors was the biggest since the festival started in 1998. “The number of people who came to the…

Erivina JihelJuly 18, 2019

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LET’S GO GREEN, DOWNLOAD THE RWMF WEB-APP!

Kuching –As part of Rainforest World Music Festival go green initiatives, a dedicated festival web-based app is now accessible on mobile devices. The link to myguide.rwmf.net enables festival-goers to find out the daily activities at the site and to enable them to plan their own program for duration of the…

Erivina JihelJuly 11, 2019

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RWMF PROMOTING SARAWAK’S MUSICAL HERITAGE

KUCHING: RWMF 2019 will feature five Sarawak Bands who will play alongside some of the most prolific world music bands from all parts of the world. The wildly popular At Adau brings the ancient melodies and rhythms from the different tribes in Borneo to the 21st century by fusing it…

Erivina JihelJuly 2, 2019

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SPIRIT OF THE HORNBILLS AT RWMF 2019

KUCHING: For the first time ever, Spirit of the Hornbills will bring their vibrant, unique cultural dance to this year Rainforest World Music Festival. It is a dance academy that teaches Dayak traditional dance, through their unique passion and enthusiasm in dancing, headed by Chief Siti Habibah and Apriyadi as…

Erivina JihelJuly 1, 2019

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SEDAA – MONGOLIA MEETS ORIENTAL AT RWMF 2019

KUCHING: Sedaa means "voice" in Persian and connects traditional Mongolian music with the Orient which makes an extraordinary and fascinating sound, the group consists with master singers Naranbaatar Purevdorj, Nasanjargal Ganbold and Ganzorig Davaakhuu together with Omid Bahadori, a Persian multi-instrumentalist and composer also living in Germany. Sedaa created a…

Erivina JihelJuly 1, 2019

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EXPLORE EXOTIC FACETS OF MOROCCO’S MUSICAL HERITAGE

Music is fundamental in the Moroccan daily life and it is at the heart of this nation's cultural heritage. At this year’s RWMF, festival goers will have the rare opportunity to experience the music of Mehdi Nassouli whose passion for preserving Moroccan music is matched by his energetic and engaging…

Erivina JihelJune 25, 2019

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DUPLESSY & THE VIOLINS OF THE WORLD ON A WILD RIDE

KUCHING: Four soloists. Four cultures. Four instruments. Four temperaments. They are Mathias Duplessy, Guo Gan, Naraa Puredorj and Aliocha Regnard who have come together to create a dazzling and emotive display of stories and landscapes spanning the East and West. The crossing strings of these virtuosos weave a path between…

Erivina JihelJune 23, 2019

Midang Midang Music Video Launch

RWMF CLOSING WITH 23,650 FESTIVAL-GOERS

Rainforest Festival, Sarawak | rhythms.com.au

RWMF hits biggest number of visitors this year | theborneopost.com

LET’S GO GREEN, DOWNLOAD THE RWMF WEB-APP!

RWMF PROMOTING SARAWAK’S MUSICAL HERITAGE

SPIRIT OF THE HORNBILLS AT RWMF 2019

SEDAA – MONGOLIA MEETS ORIENTAL AT RWMF 2019

EXPLORE EXOTIC FACETS OF MOROCCO’S MUSICAL HERITAGE

DUPLESSY & THE VIOLINS OF THE WORLD ON A WILD RIDE

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