The Sarawak Tourism Board is for the
first time ticketing the launch of the Rainforest World Music Festival. The launch
which will be held on the 12 July 2012 (Thursday) at the Sarawak Cultural
Village is a chance for festival goers to meet in person or to have an
autograph with the International and Malaysian band or that once in a lifetime
photo opportunity.
Tickets for the night are priced at
RM80 for dinner. However, for those who just wish to watch the opening show,
tickets are priced at RM30. The launching ceremony and dinner will
be held at Dewan Lagenda, Sarawak Cultural Village, followed by the opening act
by Raiz De Cafezal from Brazil and Rhythm of Borneo from Sarawak.
The overall lineup for RWMF this year
will be Oreka TX (Spain) Hata (Malaysia/Korean/Turkey/Taiwan), Mamadou
Diabate (Mali/ Burkina Faso), Danyel Waro (Reunion Islands), Kanda Bongo Man
(Congo), Khusugtun (Mongolia), Le Trio Joubran (Palestine), La Zikabilo (France),
Raiz De Cafezal (Brazil), String Sisters (Scotland/Ireland/Sweden/Norway/USA),
Cankisou (Czech Republic) Zee Avi (Malaysia/USA), The Diplomats of Drum
(Malaysia), Rhythm of Borneo (Malaysia), Samuel Dass & Prakash (Malaysia) and
The Music of Sarawak (Sarawak).
The Rainforest World Craft Bazaar
(RWCB) will also be held alongside the Rainforest World Music Festival at the
Sarawak Cultural Village and will feature prominently as an important fringe event . RWCB 2012
promises to be even better than in previous years with a greater variety of
arts and crafts with participation from Sabah, Terengganu, Selangor as well as
from countries as far as Uzbezkistan and Indonesia.
15th anniversary of the
Rainforest World Music Festival will be held from 13-15 July 2012. More
information and tickets for the festival available on www.rwmf.net .
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