PUT BURUI // Burui’s blowpipe is the song for the dancers to dance the graceful datun julud dance ☁️ emulating the hornbills flight in the sky. I wanted a traditional rendition of the song with four sape’ parts, and a fifth one with some quirky sape’ ad libs. We tracked in 2019, and last year invited brother @nikocoyez_flutes to record whatever he felt like on top. He had time to record just one take over in France and it was perfect, we didn’t edit anything. Niko lived with my sape’ teacher and his late wife for many months & I knew he understood the vibe of the song. Sky Songs releases on 1 April 2021. Get your CD or casette via @tandang_store or @bandat.recordstore

Jom sapot lokal #cutilokal Mah Meri Cultural Village is a cultural village about the Orang Asli's (aboriginal people of Malaysia). We had a fun time and also learnt many new knowledge from that place. It is located at Carey's Island, Jenjarom. Entrance fee is RM 20 for adults and RM 15 for children. Operation hours is from 9A.M. to 5P.M. There are some stalls at the 'village' selling carvings and handcrafts made by the aboriginal people. The sellers would communicate using the voice of nature. One of them pointed at the carvings and said:"wowowowoww". He is imitating the sound of the dog. He means that the carving is a dog. The looks of their carvings are pretty different from our modern decor because they like to describe the animals carved out creatively.  We also learnt how to do reed origami from the female aboriginal people. They are very patient and the origami that symbolised keris, prawn, etc will be our bring back souvenir. We do tried their traditional clothing. It was made of tree bark and flour sacks. It feels ok to wear it but i am feeling extra hot because it is a hot day. It also feels a bit rough. Other than that, we tried the slingshot and the blowpipe. Those are their traditional hunting tools. The slingshot was pretty fun. We shot cans using palm tree seeds.  The blowpipe was actually very hard to blow. I cant really blow it more than 1 metre far.  We also found out that birdcallers were ment to communicate with others while hunting, and not to call birds.#demikitademimalaysia #sapotlokal #cutilokal @hongleongbankmy

If you’d love to dive deeper into Sabah’s culture, Mari Mari Cultural Village (@mmcv.official) provides you just that. Not only you’ll be able to learn about 5 different ethnic tribes, but you’ll also have the chance to experience their lifestyles by trying out the blowpipe to hunt, learn how to cook meals, and start a fire using bamboos. . . 📸 @riverbugasia 📍Mari Mari Cultural Village . . #sabah #borneo #malaysia #tourism #photooftheday #nature #fun #photography #beautiful #enchantingsabah #travellater #traveltomorrow #culture #tradition