After a long spell of silence, I will take you back to a place I have described earlier: Nthchisi Rain Forest and Ntchisi Forest Lodge. This weekend Birgit and I and two friends experienced the "Rythm of Rain forest 2016", which was a music festival in the Ntchisi Rain forest. A small group of around 25 people stayed at the lodge and "walked through" a number of concerts in different locations and different musical tradition. Efforts are made to protect the rain forest, and this festival was another attempt to raise awareness of the pearl in the central part of Malawi. Musicians and the listeners were brought together into a dynamic group that enjoyed nature, good food, inspiring music and social encounters.
I will take you through the festival with some photos. The evening concerts were conducted in candlelight, and my camera could not sort out the light conditions sufficiently to be able to share images from Friday evening "Afro Funk", in which traditional Malawian music was fused with funck-rock, and the Saturday evening which was a reggae set.
Saturday started with a guided tour in the Ntchisi Rain Forest by Eston, a dedicated retiree who devotes almost all his time to protect the rain forest. While we had a good walk, we were provided with rich variety of facts and stories about the forest and life inside and around the forest through history and today.
The afternoon was spent by the waterfall deep down in the rain forest. Yount singer and song writer Jaco Jana, just returned from music studies in Trondheim in Norway, shared World Music.
At the Sunset Rock, Chavala Mangwenya and his student Patrick took us through Traditional Malawian Music as the sun was magically setting.
The festival ended Sunday morning with singer and song writer Neil Nayar with his combination of popular songs and Afro Country.
Malawi is not only about drought, corruption and poverty. Malawi is about magical nature, culture and social awareness.
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