The soundtrack, with original music by Malaysian composer Adam Mansor, combines urban dance music with traditional Malay folk music -- in harmony with the storyline about a hip-hop band in Kuala Lumpur who head east into the Malay heartland, on the run from loan sharks because they can't repay the money they borrowed for their equipment.

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One of England's largest annual folk music and dance events is to end, with organisers blaming businesses for not supporting it financially.

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There was a Romanian folk music and dance-influenced Gypsy section, before the Rave element, which had far eastern influences, emerging "all sparkly and sporty".

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Bhangra is the folk music and dance of the Punjab region of India, but it's become hugely popular in dance clubs around the world.

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Now layer dance music onto the traditional Russian folk music.

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The festival peaks on Whitsunday (19 May) with a street parade, which features colourful dance groups from Korea and Japan, trucks blaring music from Brazil and Angola, plus Irish folk, Jamaican dancehall, Caribbean soca and more.

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