Music and Dance
Rainforest World Music Festival 2011 in Sarawak
The music festival is one of the worlds most unique festival will be held from 8-10 July that brings together on the same stage renowned world musicians from around the world and indigenous musicians from the interiors of Borneo.
Rainforest World Music Festival have been running for over 10 years and has attracted many music lovers from the world over to the Land of the Hornbills which is Sarawak. A much sought after event by many, bookings have to be done in advanced as those who come here on the last minute will find themselves without lodging and end up camping in the area of Damai.
At there, also have a variety of food and drink stalls, an arts and crafts area as well as a counter for festival memorabilia, Sarawak souvenirs and CDs by the performing artists. The guest who come to this festival want to gain the experience in the middle of a rainforest that was valuable and definitely worth for them.
Currently, there are 21 bands have been confirmed to do their performance for the Rainforest World Music Festival that comes from around the world which are Agungbeat from Sabah, Startijen from France, Pacific Curls from New Zealand, Mamak Khadem from Iran and many more.
What are the Music Festival provides?
Program: there are 21 bands playing a diverse range of world genres, the festival is fetauring 7 different acts per night over 3 nights not including some of the special shows on the last day.
Workshops: the workshops include afternoon informative sessions, ethno-musical lectures, jamming sessions and mini concerts throughout the many unique ethnic homes at the cultural village, followed by evening performances on the main stage area. For those who are very interested in musical may try this workshops.
Food and village mart: more than 30 stalls will be available throughout the cultural village which is filled with interesting local Sarawakian foods, crafts, interesting souvenir items and international food and drinks.
Rainforest World Music Festival store: this store will be stored with the music festival merchandise such as souvenir t-shirts or any favourite artist CD which the guest can even get signed from the various artist during the workshops.
Every guest
have the best opportunity to experience the lifestyle, culture and heritage of
the local ethnic tribes found throughout Sarawak which are Iban people, Penan
Tribe, Bidayuh people, Melanau and Orang Ulu of Sarawak.
The Musical and Dancing
Heritage (Iban)
Who are the most talented in music and dance? Iban people are the most talented musicians and dancers. It can be shown during the main festivals of Gawai Dayak (Harvest), Gawai Kenyalang (Hornbill) and Gawai Antu (Festival of the Dead) which people will bring out their traditional instruments and celebrate while playing and dancing. The most popular Iban dances is ngajat which are pretty amazing when the guest see them live.
Ngajat is the type of dance which is the most popular in Sarawak and Borneo island itself. There are many types of dances including ngajat induk, ngajat bebunoh, ngajat lesong, ngajat semain, ngajat berayah and ngajat ngemai antu pala.
Ngajat is the dance to celebrate the Gawai festival, as well as celebrating the war victory for the Iban people. Dancers will wear traditional clothing such as ‘mesh’, ‘gagung’ or dress the bird. They also wore hats decorated with bird feathers. What is gagung? Gagung is a bold and loud clothes made from animal skin like leather bears, but not sewn up the left and right. Each rhythm is played in accordance with the ritual. For Ari Gawai Sandau, Rayah drums played for the guest of honor and celebrate Gawai to ber’Rayah’ while carrying the skull of an enemy.
Another type of dance is that dancers will hold a
wooden shield in his left hand and a sword in his right hand and danced like a
face with the enemy by swinging his body to the left and right with the
accompaniment of the sounded like devices large and small gongs, drums, tawak,
bebendai, engkurumong and sape, a stringed instrument like a guitar.
NGAJAT DANCE:
FAMOUS FOOD
SARAWAK LAKSA
The Sarawak Laksa is essentially vermicelli rice noodles (bee
hoon), cooked in a shrimp-based broth that is made to thicken with coconut
milk. Served with generous amounts of crunchy bean sprouts, a few boiled prawns
and garnished with shredded chicken and slivers of egg omelette. For people who like to added spice, there's the thick sambal paste that is usually
served on the side. They can squezee some lime juice into their dish as well.
AYAM PANSUH
Must try the Iban dish of Manok Pansoh (ayam Pansuh) or chicken in bamboo. Ibans and the
Bidayuhs (people of Sarawak) always prepare this dish on any celebration days,
especially the Gawai Dayak (celebration for the end of harvesting). The chicken
will be cut into pieces, while mushrooms, lemongrass and tapioca leaves are
stuffed into bamboos and cooked over an open fire. This will seal in the
flavor and the result is succulent and juicy tender chicken, with gravy hinting
of lemon grass and bamboo.
MIDIN BELACAN
It is very famous menu among people in Sarawak. Pronounced as “mee deen”, midin is a green jungle fern that grows in Sarawak. Local vegetables are served widely, particularly the two types of crispy jungle fern, 'midin' and 'paku pakis'. Midin is often stir-fried with garlic, ginger, or optionally shrimp paste and chili. You can try Midin when you eat 'Nasi Campur' during lunch hours in Kuching.
IKAN TERUBUK MASIN
The numerous waterways provide the people with an abundance of fresh water fish like the Tilapia, which incidentally is the most widely cultivated. It is no surprise that then some of the popular Sarawakian dishes also include these 'gifts' from the sea. It is sold in markets around Sarawak. Ikan Terubuk Masin can be cooked as 'Gulai lemak' or also just frying it.
UMAI
The Umai is traditionally a standard lunch meal for the Melanau fisherman. Main species used include Mackerel, Bawal Hitam and Umpirang. Thin slivers of raw fresh fish, usually it is iced but not frozen, combined with thinly sliced onions, chili, salt and juice from sour fruits like lime or assam go into preparing the dish. Usually it is prepared by the fisherman on their boat using a bowl of toasted sago pearls and easy to prepare it.
KEK LAPIS
Most famous ‘kek lapis’ can found at Kuching. While walking along the Main Bazaar in Chinatown, there are layer cakes that are edible art and come in a huge variety of flavors including coffee, sweet-and-sour, cheese, and assorted bizarre flavors that you would not normally associate with a dessert.
NASIK ARUK
Nasik Aruk is a traditional Sarawakian Malay fried rice. Unlike Nasi Goreng, Nasik Aruk does not use any oil to fry the rice. The rice must be fried for longer time (compared to frying rice for Nasi Goreng) for the smokey burnt taste to absorb into the rice.
BUBUR PEDAS
Unlike many other porridge that we know, Bubur Pedas is cooked with a specially prepared paste. It is quite spicy by using its ingredients which include spices, turmeric, lemon grass, galangal, chillies, ginger, coconut and shallots. Like the famous Bubur Lambuk of Kuala Lumpur, Bubur Pedas is exclusive dish prepared during the month of Ramadan and served during the breaking of fast.
LINUT
Linut is a sticky porridge-like type of food, made from sagu flour. It can be eaten raw, or dipped into spicy sambal belacan. Normally, linut is eaten during high tea or night supper.
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