KUWAIT: A woman takes a picture of a statue depicting ‘Hemarat Al-Gayla’ by Kuwaiti artist Bader Al-Mansour at a gallery in Kuwait City on January 14, 2019. ‘Hemarat Al-Gayla’ (afternoon ...
Since the publishing of Dr. Bukar Usman’s first book of short stories, The Bride Without Scar and Other Stories, in 2005, his literary output has been increasingly tremendous. The maiden ...
Kick off your weekend with a family friendly event. The Rogers Public Library is hosting Friday Folk Tales & Fables. Starting at 3:30 p.m. kids will have the chance to listen to fables and have discus...
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This record-breaking musical spectacle adapted from the Academy Award-winning Disney film of 1992 is based on the collection of Arabian folktales "One Thousand and One Nights" dating back to the 1700s ...
Folktales are our oldest stories, and they distill a people's character and experience in deceptively simple texts. Hear from Dr. Barbara Henry from the University of Washington on fairy tales.
The folktale, though a useful tool of character formation, moral transformation, cultural authenticity, communal harmony, and educational entertainment, is endangered today. In spite of the ...
Legend of the White Snake is one of China's Four Great Folktales. This is its prequel. (Picture: Light Chaster Animation) White Snake is a prequel to Legend of the White Snake, China’s most famous rom...
In 2014, several indigenous communities in the Mekong started recording their stories and legends with the help of a group of researchers who are exploring how these narratives can help exposing the d...
Myths and Folktales are born when human beings need a story to explain the unexplainable or teach themselves an important lesson. These stories are often made up of oral narratives which include legen...
A few weeks ago, I bought tickets to take my kids to what promised to be an exciting performance at a local Jerusalem theater. The day of the show arrived, and to my disappointment, the actors perform...
Hadithi Hadithi, Hadithi Njoo! (Story Story, Story Come!) is a common refrain that rang out in homes and classrooms all over Kenya in the prior to the nineties. Folklore, by many standards, is a dying ...