Performers for RWMF 2006

Every year, many distinguished musicians and artistes will perform in the Rainforest World Music Festival to a receptive crowd. For this coming RWMF 2006 we have:

	TENGIR TOO (Kyrgyzstan)
	Old mountain music from Kyrgyzstan – spiritual, regal and full of the colours taken from  nature and spectacular landscapes. This concert is supported and presented by the Aga Khan Music Initiative in Central Asia – a program of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture.
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	LES YEUX NOIRS (France)
	A band that will take you from dark melancholic laments to frenetic part gypsy, part Klezmer music.
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	CALLE SUR (Latin America)
	Energetic entertaining infectious dance music from various ethnic from Latin America and the Caribbean basin.
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	GENTICORUM (Canada)
	Traditional Quebecois tunes and tongue-in-cheek lyrics and humour from this entertaining trio.
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	KILEMA (Madagascar)
	Multi-instrumentalist with soulful traditional songs from another Rainforest.
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	MALAYSIAN DHOL FEDERATION (Malaysia)
	A Powerhouse of Percussion from the Punjab.
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	NAHAWA DOUMBIA (Mali)
	Wassalou singer and taboo breaker with stories from her life in her songs.
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	AYNUR (Turkey)
	Due to unforseen circumstances, AYNUR of Turkey is now not able to be at the Rainforest World Music Festival A powerful soulful singer with a blend of Turkish, Kurdish and Greek traditions
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	EGSCHIGLEN (Mongolia)
	Evocative throat singing and shamanistic folk music from the nomads of the grasslands.
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	HOTEL PALINDRONE (Austria)
	Swedish, Balkan, Alpine, dance music performed using a wealth of instruments
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	CHUNGMYUNG ART TROOP (Korea)
	Samul Nori folk percussion and dance from Korea at its most dynamic.
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	PEATBOG FAERIES (Scotland)
	Raw Celtic music complete with bagpipes, bodhrans, fiddle and true blooded Scotsmen.
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	BIRINGKENG TUA’AN (Sarawak)
	Indigenous drums and bamboo instruments from the Bidayuh tribe of Sarawak
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	YAP TING (Sarawak)
	Soulful haunting Chinese music played on the hu lu si
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	CHINESE PERCUSSION – TRADITIONAL ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA OF KUCHING (Sarawak)
	Percussionists with humourous stories told through their instruments.
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