MEMBERS & VISITORS Your Virtual World Presents “Abandoning The Old Ones” – Korean Folktale In this ancient Korean folk tale, we learn of a loving and dedicated son who refused to follow the custom of taking his very old parent to the mountain and leaving him to die. When the Emporer was able to find […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS Your Virtual World Presents “Beasts And Serpents” – African Folktale Do you know where the animals of the earth came from? Well, let our storyteller relate the fabled West African account of where the beasts and serpents REALLY came from. It all started out in a small West African village with a […]
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MEMBERS & VISITORS African Storytelling Oral storytelling is an African tradition. The National Museum of African Art, in Washington, D.C., is keeping the griot tradition alive and using it to encourage children to read more about Africa. Voice of America’s Saskia de Melker has more.
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MEMBERS & VISITORS SHARE OR THINK ABOUT IT If you were able to live to the age of 100 and retain EITHER the mind OR body of a 30-year-old for the last 70 years of your life, which would you want?
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MEMBERS & VISITORS SHARE OR THINK ABOUT IT What roles do love and affection play in your life? Enjoy this short folktale of love and affection from one of America’s native tribes.
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