Escapy - 2017 - Manjung - Digital Issue

With this year’s theme ‘Cultivating The City’, the
festival also welcomes indigenous tribes from
countries such as the Philippines, Bangladesh,
Vietnam and Indonesia while accompanied by local
tribes from Selangor, Kelantan, Johor and Perak.
The festival takes place at the same official venue
National Botanical Garden, Shah Alam, where it
first debuted in 2015. The weekend festival features
an array of tribal and cultural performances
with a mission to accomplish its objectives. It
hopes to introduce and educate the public on the
culture and heritage of the indigenous people and
to create Selangor as a tourist hub for indigenous
tribes.
“Since the first SIIAF 2015, we want to keep educating
the public on the indigenous people that
we share the state of Selangor with, along with
other tribes of Malaysia,” said YB Puan Elizabeth
Wong, Chairperson of Standing Committee, Tourism,
Consumer Affairs & Environment of Selangor.