Mathew chiselling an Orang Ulu motif on a sape at his workshop. THE soft, lilting notes of the sape float through the air as Mathew Ngau Jau’s fingers dance across the strings, bringing a traditional ...

Syafiqah (second from left), who is part of Ilu Leto, Sarawak’s first all-women sape group, at the 2018 World Music Festival in Taipei, Taiwan. — Photos: NURUL SYAFIQAH YUSOP Sarawakian sape player ...

Anderson Kalang teaches and sells the sape, a traditional instrument that has long been part of Sarawak’s heritage. (Bernama pic) The sape has echoed through longhouses along the rivers of central ...

Eugene Kuek Padan (left) and Aldrinn Adrianolv with their sape. From a house in Kuching here come the sweet notes of a song. Outside it’s raining, but inside, Eugene Kuek Padan and Aldrinn Adrianolv ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 16 (Bernama) -- The sape has echoed through longhouses along the rivers of central Sarawak for centuries, its gentle yet melancholic notes accompanying rituals of healing, ...

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MALAYSIANS KINI | The three musicians are a source of attraction at a cafe in Taman Bukit Desa in Kuala Lumpur, prompting many to stop and listen to a sound rarely heard on this side of the South ...

KUALA LUMPUR: The sape has echoed through longhouses along the rivers of central Sarawak for centuries, its gentle yet melancholic notes accompanying rituals of healing, storytelling, and thanksgiving ...