“There are too many people who play the sape well but do not know the purpose of its music,” he said. The 40-year-old from Kampung Taee, Serian, has been playing the sape for 25 years now and ...

She is part of Sarawak’s first female sape group called Ilu Leto, which means “we, the ladies” in the native Kenyah language. Syafiqah herself is of Chinese and Iban descent.

Ivana Anz Eddie, 14, is one of the most popular students at Kuching’s SMK Penrissen No.1. Teachers and students know her by name because she’s one of the two female sape players in school.

There were also very few sape teachers compared to the number of sape enthusiasts here in the capital, and even if they knew how to play it, not many people understood the history of the instrument.

“Social media has made it easier for people to discover the sape. I see more and more young people getting interested,” he said. The Gawai Dayak Open House, hosted by Orang Ulu leaders, drew around ...

The sape is a guitar-like traditional stringed instrument from Sarawak. Now a professional player, the 38-year-old said her love for the sape bloomed in 2012, during the final-year project for her ...

One of them is Alena Murang, a Kuching native who has been making a name for herself playing the sape, a traditional lute used in the island of Borneo. Together with her long-time mentor and sape ...

CARLSBERG Malaysia is paying tribute to the cultural richness of Sabah and Sarawak through a new series of artist-designed packaging that blends Bornean heritage with intricate rice art. The ...

Having joined PUSAK in 2021, Martinus has performed regularly at cultural events across Sarawak. Now in his final year at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, he hopes others his age will continue the ...