A Tribal tattoo convention that brings you back to the Borneo golden age and exposes the multitude of cultures, customs & traditions of Sarawak’s indigenous tribes.
The Tribal Events has teamed up with one of the Sarawak’s renowned traditional tribal tattoo artist, Jeremy Lo of Monkey Tattoo Studio to organize “Gathering of the Tribes” tattoo convention with the support of Sarawak Convention Bureau and Sarawak Tourism Board.
This convention will be held in Kuching, Sarawak from the 14th to the 16th of January 2011 at the Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK) and targets to bring in 500 delegates from around the world.
Mr. Jeremy Lo, Tattoo artist and owner of Monkey Tattoo commented, “Borneo tattoo is by far the most popular design in the tattoo world today and we are proud to represent Sarawak at the international level to create awareness that Sarawak is where traditional tribal tattoos originated from.”
In 2009, the promotion in UK, Europe and recently in Singapore was a success where internationally acclaimed tattoo artists and enthusiasts from all over the world has registered for “Gathering of the Tribes” tribal tattoo convention 2011.
Mr. Abel Jaboh, Chairman of the organizing committee and owner of Tribal Events said, “We have enticed and drew more international delegates from the tattoo show in “2nd Singapore Tat2 Show” at Singapore Expo from the 8th to the 10th January 2010. The participants were entertained by the traditional dances and Sarawak world renowned Sape player, Mr. Mattew Ngau who has performed several times in Rainforest World Music Festival.”
“Be part of the tribes! By coming to our convention next year, we are positive that the delegates will experience once in a life time opportunity.” Mr. Abel Jaboh added.
For more information, visit Gathering of the Tribes
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