Sape Borneo Festival 2008

Date: 13/12/2007 [THURSDAY]

Sape Borneo Festival 2008 will be held sometime September 2008 at the Marudi Town, Baram.

Its Organising Chairman, Encik Lihan Jok says the festival is held as a prelude of the Baram Regatta 2008 will shown sape players from Sarawak, Sabah and our neirbouring countries, Kalimantan and Brunei Darussalam.

Encik Lihan told reporters this after chairing the Sape Borneo Festival Committee Members Meeting at Resident Miri office, last night.

He said the objective of the festival is to highlight and promote sape music traditional well-known locally and internationally among different races and tourists as well as to boost tourism industry in Northern region.

Among activities have been set up during the one day festival are sape music workshop, sale and exhibition, handicraft and to break the Malaysian Guinness Book of Record on 2002, the longers Orang Ulu 'Datun Julud dancing'.

Chief Minister, Pehin Sri Haji Abdul taib Mahmud expected to officiate the event.