Long Bedian expects 3,000 visitors for HFMDF this year

Dennis (seated centre) has a group photo taken with HFMDF committee members.

MIRI: Over 3,000 visitors including from outside the state are expected to throng Long Bedian in Apoh, Baram for this year’s Highland Folk Music and Dance Festival (HFMDF) from Dec 9-11.
It will coincide with the first anniversary of Telang Usan’s elevation to a district and Long Bedian to a sub-district.

“HFMDF is an initiative by the government to promote the folk music and dance of the Orang Ulu ethnic group in Sarawak,” Telang Usan assemblyman Dennis Ngau, who is the organising chairman, told a press conference yesterday.
In conjunction with HFMDF, a mobile outreach programme involving over 10 government agencies will also be held in Long Bedian.
Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg is expected to officiate at the event on Dec 9.

Note: Newspaper cut from The Borneo Post who has the copy right for the above article.