Bamboo,
the world’s tallest grass and the panda bear’s favorite food has become
increasingly omnipresent in recent times. A readily renewable resource, bamboo
has especially captured the attention of the design world and is now
extensively used for home construction, interior adornment as well as the
production of lifestyle products.
However,
in the Malaysian state of Sabah, where as many as 35 species of bamboo
belonging to more than 10 genres grow in abundance, bamboo continues to be
primarily used to make melodic wind and percussion musical instruments like the sompoton(bamboo aerophone), the bungkau (the jaw harp) and the seruling(flute).
So
in order to celebrate bamboo’s usefulness in making musical harmony, an annual
festival, known the Bamboo Music Festival is hosted at Dewan
Tun Hamdan in the small town of Tamparuli in Tuaran district. This year, this
charming festival and homage to bamboo will be held on Wednesday, 27th
November.
The festival program in 2013, features various interesting
events like special
musical performances by the Kinabalu Bamboo Orchestra and the Taiwanese Bamboo
Orchestra. Also scheduled for the festival day, is a bamboo music competition
featuring local bamboo ensembles along with groups from the Philippines and
Indonesia.
The
festival environs will additionally display bamboo products and exhibits like a
bamboo raft house, baskets, trays, decorative items and more. Traditional
sports events like rampanau (bamboo stilt-walking) races will also form a part
of the festival.
So
if you have a yen for bamboo, and admire it as a resource, come to Tamparuli in
Sabah for the annual Bamboo Music Festival and enjoy the beautiful bamboo
derived melodies, as you are further enlightened about its many amazing
qualities.
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