Orang Asli music
Orang Asli playing on a nose flute and a stick zither.
The Orang Asli maintain an intimate relationship with the natural environment and their music culture takes inspiration from this. Musical instruments are made from forest materials, while the music itself echoes sounds of the forest. Music is performed for pleasure or for ceremonial purposes rooted in animistic beliefs which revere the mountains, forests, seas and rivers.
- Information in the full article includes
- Rainforest music
- Music of wood and bamboo
- Ceremonial music
- Dreamsongs
- Songs for lost souls