We Should Not Forget

July 31st 2024
Audio
Region
Malaysia
Source
Lagu Penan : Performed by Rossa. Written by Rossa & Blake Kendall.
Formats
Performance
Music
Archive of the future
Disciplines
Ethnomusicology
Anthropology
Musicology
Themes
Eco-grief
⁠Indigenous landback
Colonialism

We should not forget,

We don’t remember,
The traditions of the Penan, 
Together we go camp in the forest.
In the past the forest had good times,
In the past it was very good,
Life in the forest with good times, 
Follow our grandparents in the past. 
Change came to the past,
We met the hard times,
No company brought with them happiness. 
The forest had a good time in the past, 
All of it knew no problems,
It didn’t have change or pain.
Every time Penan said ‘No’,
No company brought with them happiness. 
Every time Penan said ‘No’, 
No company brought with them happiness.