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A night with Jerry Kamit

December 17th, 2009 by seth. 2 Comments.

Last night i really had a great time having spend my time in a place called Secret Sanctuary. Located in Stutong Indah. It’s been a long time since I have relax with a beer and hear a Sape Player plays the nice tune of the Ethnic group from Borneo.

The Sape

Jerry Kamit is a sape player from the Iban community of Sarawak, Borneo. This is the largest province of Malaysia and is known for a remarkable rainforest that is fast disappearance as a result of logging activities. He began playing the complex string instrument in 1996 and has become a member of the Tuku Kame world musical band at the Sarawak Cultural Village. Kamit was one of dozens of musicians to participate in the tenth edition of the Rainforest World Music Festival in July 2007.

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Cyril  on December 17th, 2009

This dude is awesome. I loved his performance for the World Championship thing. Hopefully he’ll be performing for RWMF again.

seth  on December 17th, 2009

yo bro, come tomolo night… nya perform gik… we go together. have dinner while dgr nya main…

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