SANDAKAN: The first Borneo Rhythms of Rimba Wildlife Festival (ROR) will come alive on October 3 and 4 in the nature destination town of Sandakan.
The venue for the outdoor festival will be the Rainforest Discovery Centre in Sepilok that is well known internationally for the Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre and the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre.
Within the lush 4,294 hectares (10,610 acres) of tropical forest at Sepilok, the programme will feature presentations from the government, conservation and academic organisations such as Sabah Forestry Department, Land Empowerment Animals People (LEAP), Borneo Rhino Alliance (BORA), Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre (BSBCC), HUTAN, Danau Girang Field Centre (DGFC), University of St Andrew’s Scotland, University Malaysia Sabah, Reef Guardian, and many more.
Their collective work covers the gamut of Borneo’s forest habitats, elephants, rhinoceros, orang utans, sun bears, pangolins, whales, dolphins and other marine life forms.
Intertwined with the above would be music performances by Amir Yussof, Jason Lo, Pink Tan, Carburettor Dung, Guba, Jin Se and many more.
Numerous arts and craft workshops, zumba, yoga and contemporary dance presentations will also make up the colourful, wildlife and nature-centric vibes of the festival.
The festival aims to present a mosaic of the amazing tapestry of our biodiversity, and evolve it into an annual celebration of Borneo’s animals and forests, reaching out to an international and family-centric audience.
The ROR fest is organised by the not-for-profit society, Future Alam Borneo (FAB).
The festival is proudly supported by the Sabah Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Environment, Sabah Forestry Department, the Embassy of the United States of America in Kuala Lumpur, numerous corporate entities and the passionate contributions of countless wildlife-loving friends.
For further enquiries, please contact [email protected] or call Anton Ngui at 012 2071044.