Alena Murang launches virtual platform Project Ranih to archive Kelabit folk songs


Alena is working to introduce Kelabit folk songs and culture through the virtual platform Project Ranih. Photo: S. Magendran

Have you heard the Leleun Kuh Ba’o Buda, a beautiful lullaby from a mother monkey to her baby? What about Piu’ Piu’ Alung Alung, a chant-song about a child who is good at fishing?

Kuching-born KL-based musician/artist Alena Murang, 31, and her cousin Joshua Maran grew up listening to these Kelabit children’s folk songs.

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