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Small Island Big Song ft' Alena Murang - Pemung Jae (Small Island mix)

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Pemung Jae (Small Island mix)
Small Island Big Song ft' Alena Murang

“The knowledge and values in the songs are in more than the words. They are in the tempo and the melody. They are in the vibration.” Alena Murang

For our rainforest
Dedicated to our Earth’s tropical rainforests, the lungs of the world.

lyrics

PEMUNG JAE (Small Island mix)

Kenyah language, traditional.

Pemung jae natelu tuyang alem
ini alem ini edang, bulan
alem, alem ini
edang, edang bulan
atek lan nelan nelu ina tuyang

Nyae ketai nye ekem tuyang sa'o
sungai sa'o sungai limon
kanan
sa'o, sa'o sungai
limon, limon kanan
atek lan nelan nelu ina tuyang

(English Translation)

We are sitting together tonight,
under the moonlight
This night, this night
Under the moonlight
My very good friend

Take care my friend,
whilst paddling downriver
Down river, down river
My very good friend


A quote by Lakei Tawan (Penan Elder)

Tana' itu' geh
Tana; ulo' be' nineh ulo' be' nineh
Be' inah tah jah, irah jah

And the land
The land belongs to us all, to us all.
Not just one alone, one alone.

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from Small Island Big Song, released September 10, 2018
7. PEMUNG JAE (Small Island mix)

English title – Being together
Composer – Kenyah folk song
Language – Kenyah, Sarawak Malaysia
Nature sound – The Upper Kelapang River, Long Peluan, Sarawak, Malaysia

Featured Artist –
Alena Murang – Kelabit - Sarawak, Malaysia -Vocals and sape’.

With –
Sina Do’o Ilah – Kelabit - Sarawak, Malaysia - Pagang
Sina Ngelinuh Karuh - Kelabit - Sarawak, Malaysia – Kelabit Epic Poem (Excerpt)
Pahin Lusang – Penan - Sarawak, Malaysia - Oreng
Lakei Tawan – Penan – Sarawak, Malaysia – Quote

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Small Island Big Song Taipei City, Taiwan

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United for environmental & cultural justice, and to make incredible music.

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