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Storytelling by Tribal People of the Himalayas Videoconference (and webcast) on Sat 7 June 2014 A project of Acoustic Traditional, with assistance from World Storytelling Institute Beginning
at 8pm,
Sydney time. 6pm,
Singapore time. 3:30pm, India time. 12noon,
Hungary time. 11am,
London time. 6am, USA
east coast time. 3am, USA
west coast time. *** The
recording of the webcast of the videoconference is here
. We are
working on improving the audio quality in future events. Audio was
recorded in the room in Katmandu. As soon as
possible, that audio file would be placed online, with a link
here. *** Acoustic
Traditional ( www.facebook.com/acoustictraditional.org
) is a
cultural organisation founded and operated by tribal
people of India. One of
its leaders, Koitso Salil Mukhia, www.cuentacuentos.eu/narradores/miembros/india/SalilMukhiaKwoica.htm
, has
kindly requested me to facilitate videoconference participation
(and webcast observation) relating to an Acoustic
Traditional event this coming Saturday (7 June). Salil and
team would be in Katmandu, Nepal. I (Eric,
director of the World Storytelling Institute) would be
at my home-base in Chennai, south India. Acoustic
Traditional has been conducting research regarding
storytelling traditions of numerous tribal people of
the Himalayas (in India, Nepal, Bhutan, and
Tibet). These
peoples include Kiranti people (such as Limbu, Magar, Rai,
and Koit people); and Lepcha people. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiranti
. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbu_people
. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magar_people
. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rai_people
. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepcha_people
. On Sat 7
June in Katmandu, Salil would be hosting a gathering
of storytellers from a number of these peoples. Salil
would translate and retell the stories in English. One
mission of the event might be: Tribal
people telling tribal stories might help the tribal cultures
become more known, understood, and appreciated. Thus, you
are cordially invited to 1) join
the videoconference, 2)
observe a live webcast of the videoconference, and/or 3)
observe an online recording of the webcast of the videoconference. We would
be using the Google videoconference and
webcast system ("Google Hangout" with the "On
Air" option). Additional
info regarding all of this is below. My e-mail
ID is eric@storytellinginstitute.org . Acoustic Traditional's e-mail ID
is acoustic.traditional@gmail.com
. Many
thanks, - Eric Chennai Dr Eric
Miller (PhD in Folklore) www.storytellingandvideoconferencing.com Director,
World Storytelling Institute, My mobile number is (India) 98403 94282 _____ Program Notes for the Sat 7 June
2014 event Salil
himself is a Koit person. His tribal name is Koitso
Salil. The
program from Salil's side in Katmandu would be: Near the
beginning of the session, there would be a brief (5
minute) introduction by Dr Lal Rapacha on the oral
narratives of the Kirantas, with a focus on the Koits. Then
Salil and other tribal people might then tell the following
stories (with English retellings and translations), 1. Story
of the Rainbow: The story of why Koits worship the rainbow
(customarily, a Koit child's formal induction into the community
begins by first being shown to the rainbow). 2. Myth
of Creation. This myth was recently compiled by the Sunuwar
Sewa Samaj in Kathmandu. 3. Story
of the First Fedangma, from the Limbu tribe. 4. Story
of the Jhamphey Mung (Yeti), from the Lepcha tribe. Salil's
team's documentation in Dzongu, Sikkim revealed there are
stories about eight types of Yeti among the Lepchas. Lepchas
seem to be the only tribe to worship Yeti annually. A number
of these legends were collected from a shaman named,
Merek Lepcha. His age is now around 99 years. 5.
Stories from the Magar people. There
could be discussion along the way. The
duration of the event might be between 90 and 120 minutes. ___ Best
regards, - Eric Chennai e-mail: eric@storytellinginstitute.org ______________________________________ To join a "Google Hangout On
Air" videoconference for the first time: If
possible, please use Google Chrome, or Safari. For this
process, it seems one needs to use a gmail ID. If you might
not already have a gmail ID, perhaps you could
create one. Please
open your gmail page. To accept
an invitation to join a Google Hangout videoconference: On the
upper right corner of your gmail page, you may
see an image of a bell. If yes, please
click on this image of a bell. Then you
might see an "invitation to join a Google
Hangout videoconference". If yes,
please click on this invitation. You might
then be asked to join Google Hangout. If yes,
please follow the instructions regarding how to do so. You may
be asked to download a plug-in. Finally,
you might be prompted to accept the invitation. If yes,
please click to accept, and you would enter the videoconference. *** If you
might NOT see an image of a bell on the upper
right corner of your gmail page -- Please
look for a 3x3 set of squares in this
same area of the page (upper right corner). If you
locate this 3x3 set of squares, click on it. Then
click on "Google+". You would
be guided to join "Google+". Once you
might join, a bell might then be visible on the
upper right corner of your gmail page. If you
might see this image of a bell, click on it, and
follow the steps described above. _______________ Just for
general interest: To
initiate and host a "Google Hangout On Air" (a
videoconference that is webcasted for others to observe): Go to https://plus.google.com/hangouts and
follow the prompts. <end>
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