Niah Caves is located within the district of Miri in Sarawak, Malaysia.
Part of Niah National Park, the main cave, Niah Great Cave, is located
in Gunung Subis and is made up of several voluminous, high-ceilinged
chambers. The Great Cave lies in a large limestone
block, about a kilometre long in general north to south direction and
about half a kilometre wide, that is detached from the main Gunung Subis
complex, by a valley between about 150 to 200 meters wide. The main
Gunung Subis complex rises to about 394[1]
meters above sea level at its highest point. The whole "Gunung Subis
Limestone Complex" lies some 17 kilometres inland from the South China Sea
coast and about 65 kilometres south west of the town Miri. It is
roughly heart shaped measuring five kilometres from its northern tip to
the south and four kilometres across. The Gunung Subis is surrounded by a
low countryside with gentle hills from which the small limestone massiv
and its smaller detached blocks rise rather appruptly out of the
jungle, some with cliffs over 100 metres high.[2]
Though it is not an extensive cave system compared to others in
Sarawak, it has been estimated to cover some 10 hectares and the roof
rises to about 75 metres above the cave floor in some places.[3]
In geological terms, the limestones are part of the Subis Formation.
This is dated to some 20 to 16 million years ago during the Early
Miocene.[2]
The caves have been used by humans at different times ranging from the
prehistory to neolithic, Chinese Sung-Era and more recent times.
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Saturday, August 3, 2013
Rainforest World Music Festival
The Rainforest World Music Festival is an annual three-day music festival celebrating the diversity of world music, held in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia,
with daytime music workshops, cultural displays, craft displays, food
stalls, and main-stage evening concerts. It is now one of the largest
musical events in Malaysia with a total weekend audience approaching
30,000.
The festival features a wide range of performances from traditional
music, to world fusion and contemporary world music. The festival
emphasizes the use of traditional acoustic world instruments, although
electric accompaniment instruments are common. Invited performers come
from Sarawak, other provinces of Malaysia, and countries near and far.
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