Hello...

Welcome to Rainforest World Music Festival 2013. Welcome to Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia for the first time travelling here. Welcome to my NT (read: Anti) Gravity Zone and i'm Aliey Eyezie, the owner of this blog. Please pardon my English ｍ（．＿．）ｍ - just pretend you understand... haha

Anyways, as you might already know - i'm at the Rainforest World Music Festival (also known as RWMF) in Sarawak Cultural Village, Santubong, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. Together with me, six other bloggers (under Sarawak Bloggers)...

CONCERTS/NIGHT SHOW
(￣┏∞┓￣) Anajonessy – http://www.helloanajonessy.com/
(￣┏∞┓￣) Khairol Adzeman – http://qwertyreflect.blogspot.com/

BEHIND THE SCENES
(￣┏∞┓￣) Lindy Sim – http://www.lindysim.blogspot.com
(￣┏∞┓￣) Garner Wyne Madcat - http://preciousmadphoto.wordpress.com/

THE WORKSHOPS
(￣┏∞┓￣) Sentia B – http://belian-n-cengal.blogspot.com
(￣┏∞┓￣) Ophelia John – http://ophephotography.blogspot.com/

Courtesy from Ophe's Photoblog

To read my previous post about RWMF2013, please do click on the link below :
RWMF2013: Songs My Mom Taught Me [ HERE ]

My humble gratitude to Sarawak Tourism Board for inviting us from Sarawak Bloggers and personally i am very thankful for the opportunities as this is my first time attending this prestige event. Thank you too, to Sarawak Bloggers because they have given me the confidence to write about this festival. Please take note all photos without NTGravity Zone watermark will be credited to Sarawak Tourism Board unless stated otherwise.

Yup. Evening Shows shows that everybody looking forward. They have set two stages - Jungle Stage (bigger size) and Tree Stage which located side by side only. Visitors are allowed to seat anywhere and anyhow but only in the permitted area. As i am part of the media, i am allowed to get in closer to the stage to get a better view of the photoshoot. (。⌒∇⌒)。

Jungle Stage and Tree Stage

Photographers from various media

Four Giant Screens also provided around Sarawak Cultural Village so visitors won't miss anything while having dinner or strolling around at village marts or food marts.
  
The evening starts off with Native chanting also known as a festival blessing in Sarawakian style because these oral blessings came from different indigenous tribes of Sarawak such as the Bidayuh, Kayan, Iban, Orang Ulu and Malay. Also a welcoming act from Juk Wan Emang, he is 71 years old and he's performing the rare and dying art of nose flute of Sarawak. This flute used for courtship among the Kayan people.

Juk Wan Emang

The next performance at the Jungle stage also from Sarawak - they called themselves - Lan E' Tuyang, Lead by Matthew Ngau a very well known musician, artist and instrument maker. They exhibit Orang Ulu music on the beautiful boat lute of Sarawak, the Sape and accompanied by percussion and a dancer.



At the Jungle stage after Lan E' Tuyang, Rhythm in Bronze also from Malaysia performing beautifully with gongs and gamelans. They are a mix of traditional instruments with contemporary compositions. In 2004, Rhythm in Bronze had won the "Best Music Concert" award in the World Music category at BOH Cameronians Arts Awards and followed by few other awards in 2005.





France performers are ready to take over the tree stage soon after Rhythm in Bronze done with their performance. Chet Nuneta sings transcontinental traditional songs accompanied by mostly percussion with dazzling sound and theatrical display of vocal polyphonies and polyrhythms.





From Columbia, Rey Vallenato Beto Jamaica makes us dance with their fiesta dance music of Columbia. Beto Jamaica was the winner of the Vallenato Competition in 2006 - 2007. 




By this session, most people around the Jungle stage already start dance happily. I already imagine a virgin pina colada... hahaha