A Little Island That Danced

By Julia Tan

May 2013 FEATURE
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Oratnitza (Bulgaria) vocalist Popa, left, and flutist Hristiyan.
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Bringing world music to Penang is one thing, but getting the different musicians from three continents to jam together is quite a bonus. It reflects the diversity of the crowd itself. The Penang World Music Festival is here to stay.Oratnitza's Horhe on the didgeridoo.Music defines us. It gives us an identity, a culture. Flutes carved from animal bone, stone drums, goat-skin string instruments – all these have been unearthed in ancient civilisations all over the world, and in some form...

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Julia Tan

is a former editor of Penang Monthly. She remembers her time with the magazine with great fondness.

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