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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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7 FESTIVAL TRIPS THAT SHOULD DEFINITELY BE ON YOUR RADAR

3. Catch the beat at the Sarawak Rainforest World Music Festival Photo by DH Saragih’s/Shutterstock. It might be well known that Borneo is the place to go for rainforest landscapes. But did you know it’s also home to a three-day celebration of culture, arts and music? Described as one of the best-kept…

Erivina JihelJune 23, 2019

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Music festivals Asia 2019: 17 events you can’t miss, from beach parties to boat bashes

Rainforest World Music Festival, Borneo – July 12-14 Perhaps Asia’s answer to the UK’s Womad, Rainforest World Music Festival in Borneo is a gathering of eclectic performances from across the globe, from the Celtic folk of Scotland’s Talisk and the evocative throat singing of Mongolia’s Sedaa to the politically astute…

Erivina JihelJune 23, 2019

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RAINFOREST WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL 2019: A CELEBRATION OF ETHNIC MUSIC

Celebrating the diversity of world music by bringing together renowned world musicians from all continents to perform against Kuching’s tranquil rainforest, the Rainforest World Music Festival is a unique three-day music festival that music lovers should definitely mark their calendars for. The festival features a wide range of performances from traditional music,…

Erivina JihelJune 23, 2019

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Gelombang Dahsyat At Adau di Rainforest World Music Festival Kuching 2018

Penampilan At Adau di panggung utama RWMF 2018Melihat At Adau di atas panggung rasanya seperti melihat konsep Rainforest World Music Festival secara keseluruhan. Rainforest World Music Festival memang tidak seperti festival musik lain yang pernah saya tonton. Di Rainforest World Music Festival, musisi-musisi dari seluruh dunia bersinergi “berjuang” di jalan…

karunaJanuary 23, 2019

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RWMF places in “Global Top 10” in Transglobal World Music Chart’s Festival Awards

The Rainforest World Music Festival placed in the “Global Top 10” in the Transglobal World Music Chart’s (TWMC) Festival Awards. TWMC congratulated the Festival, praising RWMF’s “huge vision for gathering the strengths to create such an immersive event”. TWMC launched their Festival Awards for the first time in 2018 with…

karunaJanuary 18, 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!

7 FESTIVAL TRIPS THAT SHOULD DEFINITELY BE ON YOUR RADAR

Music festivals Asia 2019: 17 events you can’t miss, from beach parties to boat bashes

RAINFOREST WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL 2019: A CELEBRATION OF ETHNIC MUSIC

Gelombang Dahsyat At Adau di Rainforest World Music Festival Kuching 2018

RWMF places in “Global Top 10” in Transglobal World Music Chart’s Festival Awards

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