What sounds do you associate this land with? For choreographer Cheng Tsung-lung, it’s the fusion of tunes carried over from a faraway land, the mesmerizing, syncopated chanting of Taoist mantras, and the crooning of songs so woeful that it seems to suck you in and take you back in time. These are some of the sounds that inspired the music skillfully crafted by seasoned musician Lim Giong for 13 Tongues.
How do you mimic the tone colors of a voice from the past? The storyteller known as "13 Tongues" is the stuff of legend among Bangka residents. His use of cadences and inflections was said to be so masterful that it evoked vivid imagery in his audiences.
11:08You’ll be hard-pressed to find a more colorful place than Bangka, where old meets new. Bangka is like a painting featuring wild colors and unruly strokes. The colors are never enti
11:08What sounds do you associate this land with? For choreographer Cheng Tsung-lung, it’s the fusion of tunes carried over from a faraway land, the mesmerizing, syncopated chanting of
11:05In Bangka, you can observe the body language of people you don’t usually run into elsewhere: performers in religious processions, disabled people peddling incense sticks, to name a
10:33How do you mimic the tone colors of a voice from the past? The storyteller known as "13 Tongues" is the stuff of legend among Bangka residents. His use of cadences and inflections
