RAINFOREST WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL

Sarawak Cultural Village

Sarawak, Malaysia

By Linda Aksomitis – visit guide2travel.ca

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/

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/

Sarawak Cultural Village surrounds lake

Map of village

See: traditional art…

See traditional homes…

Play traditional games…

Eat a meal!

Have a coconut drink

Participate in a workshop

Or two…

Attend the evening shows!