Slideshow about the Rainforest World Music Festival held annually in S

1. RAINFOREST WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL
Sarawak Cultural Village
Sarawak, Malaysia
By Linda Aksomitis – visit guide2travel.ca

2. History of festival
• Three day annual festival
• Held outside Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia in the Sarawak
Cultural Village
• Founded in 1997 by Randy Raine-Reusch, a Canadian
world music instrumentalist
• Celebrates diversity of world music
• http://rwmf.net/

3. Sarawak Cultural Village
• Idea of celebrating Sarawak’s cultural traditions for
tourism started in 1960s
• Mid-1989 house warming for the village near Santubong
Mountain outside Kuching
• Features a Bidayuh, Iban, Orang Ulu and Melanau
longhouse, Penan hut, Malay village house, and a
Chinese farm house.
• http://www.scv.com.my/

4. Sarawak Cultural Village surrounds lake

5. Map of village

6. See: traditional art…

8. See traditional homes…

10. Play traditional games…

12. Eat a meal!

13. Have a coconut drink

14. Participate in a workshop

15. Or two…

16. Attend the evening shows!