Sarawak Malaysia Borneo: A Quick Take of Rainforest World Music Festival 2013 Bands

We have created a short write-up for each of the twenty-one (21) bands performing at this year's Music Festival. They are not listed in any order.

BAND	About The Band
MADEEH (Sarawak, Malaysia)	Bidayuh traditional roots music on hand-made bamboo instruments and drums Music like it has been in the jungles of Borneo for centuries.
RAFLY WA SAJA (Indonesia)	The unique voice of Aceh and Rafly combined with some of the top musicians from Jakarta A fitting performance on the 10^th anniversary of the earthquake and resulting tsunami in Sumatra.
MOHSEN SHARIFIAN & THE LIAN BAND (Iran)	Regarded as Iran’s most prestigious folklore music band. They play Boushehri music that is the amalgamation of centuries of social, cultural, religious melting pots in Iran. They have received 7 awards for performance of Ney-Anban, 3 Best Music titles, 3 Best Singer titles, 3 awards for Best Percussion from Iran.
JUK WAN EMANG (Sarawak, Malaysia) <Picture not available>	The rare and dying art of the nose flute of Sarawak. This is the instrument used for courtship among the Kayan people. Juk Wan Emang is 71 years old and comes from the interior of the Rainforests.
NUNUKUL YUGGERA (Australia)	Traditional Aboriginie song and dance troupe Their performances portray their unique lifestyle, religions and tribal legends in their performances. They have been called the Australian answer to the New Zealand Haka.
SHANGYIN CHINESE CHAMBER MUSIC ENSEMBLE (Sarawak, Malaysia)	Winner of 2013 at Shanghai Folk Music Orchestra Showcase Sarawak flavor and Malaysian folk music interwoven with Chinese traditional instruments.
HABADEKUK (Denmark)	Powerful horns, toe-tapping fiddle and contagious rhythms One of Denmark’s leading folk bands that uses old folk melodies in 21^st century presentation. Their CD “Hopsadaddy” was awarded “Album of the Year” at Danish Music Award Folk 2011 Their fiddle player Kristian Bugge was awarded “Folk Artist of the year” at Danish Music Award Folk 2011 Nominated as best live act of the year for Danish Music Awards 2012
NATIVE CHANTING (Sarawak, Malaysia)	Oral blessings from the different indigenous tribes of Sarawak – the Bidayuh, the Iban, the Orang Ulu, the Melanau.
DIZU PLAATZIES & THE IBUYAMBO ENSEMBLE (South Africa)	Sub-Saharan African music. Painted warriors, female dancers, traditional music played on handmade instruments. Exulted voices, wonderful instrumental textures and thrilling percussion His album “African Kings” won Best Alternative African Album at the SAMA awards 2009
SPIRITUAL SEASONS (Ukraine)	Medieval, Irish and Scandinavian folk band from Kharkov, Ukraine.
MAYA GREEN (Sarawak, Malaysia)	Dato Medan Abdullah on the legendary boat lute of Sarawak – the sape.
RHYTHM IN BRONZE (Malaysia)	Gongs and gamelans. A mix of traditional instruments with contemporary compositions. “Best Music Concert” award in the World Music category at the 2004 BOH Cameronian Arts Awards. Following this, Wujud Antara, received three BOH Cameronian Arts Awards in 2005, for “Best Group performance – Instrumental”, “Best Group performance – Voice” and “Best Musical Direction” (Sunetra Fernando and Jillian Ooi) in the Music category.
PINE LEAF BOYS (USA)	Cajun and Creole band from Southern Louisiana 4 times Grammy nominated. Ancient songs and dances revived and brought to the stage with wild exuberance and energetic performances. Their accordion player, Wilson Savoy, just won a Grammy 2013
CHET NUNETA (France)	Vocal polyphonies + polyrhythms They sing transcontinental traditional songs accompanied by mostly percussion
LAN E TUYANG (Sarawak, Malaysia)	The very well known musician, artist and instrument maker, Matthew Ngau, with traditional Orang Ulu music on the beautiful boat lute of Sarawak, the sape, accompanied by percussion and a dancer.
REY VALLENATO BETO JAMAICA (Colombia)	Fiesta dance music of Colombia. Beto Jamaica was the winner of the Valleneto Competition 2006-2007
KRIES (Croatia)	Traditional Croatian chants – very dark, very mystic – fused into wild ethno rock.
GEMA SLDN-SARAWAK CULTURAL VILLAGE (Sarawak, Malaysia)	A collection of different percussion instruments of Sarawak – drums, gongs, bamboo.
KILA (Ireland)	Songs based on gorgeous traditional Irish melodies. Percussive like singing and driving rhythms They have supplied and composed music for a number of films, TV, theatre Shortlisted Choice Music Prize, 2008 Nominee in Meteor Irish Music awards, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,2007, 2008 2002 Meteor Irish Music Industry Award - Best Trad Act Hot Press Readers Choice Awards - Best Trad Act - 2003, 2004, 2007
ALP BORA (Turkey)	Music from Turkey and the Balkans. A mix of eastern and western colours.
PALSANDAE (Korean)	Korean traditional music with acrobatic and dance woven into the performance. The show includes shamanic prayer songs, pansori and pangut performances.