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/