The ‘jatong utang’ is a lesser-known traditional musical instrument of the Orang Ulu in Sarawak. A local musician and instrument-maker is doing his best to promote it to the world.
KUCHING: Names like Jerry Kamit and Elizabeth Bungan are among the renowned musicians when it comes to sape or sampe, which is the traditional lute of the Orang Ulu community, namely the Kenyah and Kayan, in Sarawak.
KUCHING, June 19 Names like Jerry Kamit and Elizabeth Bungan are among the renowned musicians when it comes to sape or sampe, which is the traditional lute of the Orang Ulu.
KUCHING: The sape, the traditional boat lute of the Orang Ulu community, is now an iconic world instrument thanks to Sarawak’s renowned Rainforest World Music Festival (RWMF), says the state Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts Ministry.