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The first professional female sape musician, Alena Murang is a vessel for the heritage of her people. From Sarawak, Malaysia on the magnificent island of Borneo, her stories are borne of the world's oldest rainforests and the people that live within.
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Famed as a sape’ songstress, Alena sings in the endangered...
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Alena Murang is a Malaysian born musician, the first...
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music videos. Inspired by an old Kelabit love song,...
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Paintings and prints by Alena Murang. Widely known as a...
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Alena Murang is a talent in the international entertainment...
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Kanid Studio works on projects that aim to make heritage...
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Alena Murang is a Malaysian born musician, the first professional female sape' player. Growing up in Sarawak on the island of Borneo, her music reflects her Dayak heritage and contemporary lives, influenced by folk music, rock music and world music.
The world’s first female sape’ performer ~ music from Borneo. In 2022, The World Listening Post wrote “Alena Murang’s songs evoke both the mystery of a faraw...
Alena Murang (born 1989) is a Malaysian singer-songwriter, sape player, visual artist and educator who sings in endangered languages including Kelabit and Kenyah. She is one of the first women to play the sape, a lute instrument from Borneo traditionally (pre-1930s) reserved for male healers.
Nov 3, 2016 · Alena sings traditional folks songs and plays the sape. Alena Murang has learnt the traditional art forms of the Kelabit, Kenyah and Penan people since the age of six, including dancing,...
Famed as a sape’ songstress, Alena sings in the endangered Kenyah and Kelabit languages and is the first woman to professionally play the lute instrument of the highland tribes of Borneo. Alena has carried the enchanting sounds of the sape’ to over 20 countries, from Iceland to Australia to Thailand to the USA.
Oct 3, 2021 · Alena Murang, the first professional female sape player, is preserving the indigenous music of Borneo.