Rainforest World Music Festival

The Rainforest World Music Festival is a unique festival that brings

together on the same stage renowned world musicians from all 

continents and indigenous musicians from the interiors of the 

mythical island of Borneo.

Its formula of afternoon informative workshops, ethno-musical 

lectures, jamming sessions and mini concerts, followed by evening

performances on the main stage has proven to be a hit with the 

audience, who come from near and far.

The festival site also sets up a variety of food and drink stalls, an 

arts and crafts area as well as a counter for festival memorabilia, 

Sarawak souvenirs and CDs by the performing artists, all this 

contributing to a fun filled, wholesome festival experience. 

World Music plus a country fair atmosphere in the midst of lush 

greenery.

The Rainforest World Music Festival, a not-to-be-missed occasion, 

guarantees a smashing time in the heart of the 

Borneo Jungle !

The Rainforest World Music Festival is an annual three-day music festival celebrating the diversity of world music, held in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, with daytime music workshops, cultural displays, craft displays, food stalls, and main-stage evening concerts. It is now one of the largest musical events in Malaysia with a total weekend audience approaching 30,000.

The festival features a wide range of performances from traditional music, to world fusion and contemporary world music. The festival emphasizes the use of traditional acoustic world instruments, although electric accompaniment instruments are common. Invited performers come from Sarawak, other provinces of Malaysia, and countries near and far. Festival acts have included: Joey Ayala (Philippines - 1998), Shooglenifty (Scotland - 1999), Inka Marka (South America - 2000), Rajery (Madagascar - 2001), Black Umfolosi (Zimbabwe - 2002), Huun Huur Tu (Tuva), Cynthia Alexander (Philippines) - 2003), Te Vaka (Samoa/New Zealand - 2004), Namgar (Mongolia - 2005), Peatbog Faeries (Scotland - 2006), Tarika Be (Madagascar - 2007), and Ross Daly (Greece - 2008), Shannon (Poland - 2005, 2007).

Sarawak Monument

Kuching Cat Icon Monument

Kuching City’s famous Cat Icon Statue recently received a new urban art makeover from a group of Kuching volunteering knitters. The new look of the Cat Statue, now has a new purple with cream and a white hat, as well as a golden yellow purplish scarf that makes it looks like a Boy Scouts team.

 This Kuching City Cat Statue iconic monument wears different costumes for different occasions. Before this, it was the Chinese New Year festival season. The Cat Statue was well decorated with Chinese costume in conjunction with the holiday festival season.

 The art makeover volunteered by the group of Kuching knitters, was led by Crafthub director, Heidi Munan. They stitched a ninemetre strip of yarn into a hat and another three metre into a scarf. To ensure the hat is well placed on the Cat Statue, it was reinforced with metal wires making sure it will last long under the humid weather in Sarawak.

 Materials used were from recycle and unwanted items such as thrown away water bottles and pompoms.

 Miss Heidi Munan, the director and leader of the club for Crafthub, mentioned the idea to start out and decorated the KuchingLandmark Cat Statue was proposed by a group of non-government organisations since last year.

 It took the group 6 months to complete the costume. During that period of time, they met up once a week to do the stitches and some of them who were looking forward to it eventually decided to continue the job at home with the given materials.

 The only cost involved was labour as the beautifully produced yarn was made from recycled items or a half completed work and unwanted yarns.

 Heidi was inspired by the design from the latest urban street art called yarn bombing. Originally yarn bombing was used to decorate trees and benches made of colourful knitted and crotched yarn or fibre clothes.

 “It is hoped that this attempt on urban street art would not only promote the art but also entice city folks to take up this new interests and expand its use in the future as an embellishment to the cityscape and the promotion of the city’s culture and tourism” she said.

 Their hands are currently tight with charitable works at the Children Cancer’s ward of the Sarawak General Hospital, by knittingcolourful patched blankets and hats. After that, they will move on to stitching soft toys.

 Those who are interested to learn stitching may drop by at the Sarawak Museum Café on Wednesday from 10 am to learn stitching from Heidi.

 Kuching South City Council (MBKS) Mayor Dato James Chan advised public not to touch or remove the hat or scarf.

Sarawak Gambir

Gambir Sarawak, is an amazing natural herbal product that is swiftly rising in popularity to replace the Jamaican Stone for premature ejaculation treatment or cure. This all natural herbal remedy gives you effective, vigorous, long endurance intercourse and the hardest erection you will ever have in your life. In other words, Gambir Sarawak makes you last longer in bed and will cure the sexual problem of premature ejaculation, making you far more sexually appealing naturally, without the use of drugs or uncomfortable treatments. The herbs found in this remedy work with your body, meaning that you get an all natural, organic erection with no strange side effects afterwards.

Gambir Sarawak owes its name to its place of origin- Sarawak, Borneo. The main ingredient, Gambir which is found in Sarawak is actually an astringent substance extracted from a Gambir plant of the Madder family. Traditionally Gambir was popular for chewing with betel nut among the natives in Sarawak. There is even a street named after it, Gambir Street, as Gambir and other spices were actively traded back in the early 1900’s because it was such a popular herb and remedy for Borneo’s trading partners. Nowadays, it is being used and sold (even on eBay) worldwide for premature ejaculation treatment.

Gambir Sarawak is widely used as natural herbal

Gambir, also known as Uncariae Ramulus et Uncus in Latin, is mostly found in South East Asia. It is an extract prepared from the leaves and twigs of Ourouparia Gambir (Gambir Plant).

Medical research shows that gambir is a powerfully astringent. It restrains excessive discharges, overcomes relaxation and congestion, and checks local hemorrhages. Gambir is also used in relaxed sore throat, relaxed uvula, and the relaxation and congestion of the fauces common to speakers and singers.

In traditional Chinese medicine, Gambir is used to calm wind to relieve convulsions; calm the liver; and remove (or clear away) heat.

Locally in Sarawak, Borneo, Gambir Sarawak has been widely used by the native people to cure gum and toothache, insect bites and minor cuts. Gambir Sarawak also has been widely used as sex enhancement aid to cure premature ejaculation. The results are found to be better than Jamaican Stone.

Gambir Sarawak gives your penis the menthol and tingling sensation pleasure that really add more fun and excitement in your sex life which the Jamaican Stone cannot offer. This mean Gambir Sarawak is more superior to Jamaican Stone because Jamaican Stone makes one loose sensation and sex does not remain as much fun afterward. However Gambir Sarawak is different. Gambir Sarawak is absorbed by the skin and does not numb the skin but instead has very potent anti-serotonergic activity, which means that it delays the orgasm reflex without effecting the normal sensations.  Sex life remains fantastic and excited!

Although Gambir Sarawak is mainly used by men for premature ejaculation cure or to last longer in bed, there have been reports that women using it love the burning sensation on their clitoris/labia and have achieved multiple orgasms due to the tingling sensation and the prolonged performance by their lover.