Season 2 | Ep 15 | The Squirrel & The Forest Gecko | An Indigenous Tale from Brunei

Where and how you hear / read a story is an excellent way to interpret a story. Take this story for example: I read this first in an anthology of food tales. When I read the story in context of food tales, I was reminded of the significance of food and it being a cultural indicator. When I went looking for another version of this story, I discovered it on a website that seeks to preserve the cultural practices of the indigenous tribe that this story belongs to. In that context, this story is a gentle reminder of humans, communities and the nature of collective wisdom. If you are telling this story in a classroom, especially to young children, be imaginative with your telling! The humour in the story comes from the fact that the animals would roast their hunt anyway, despite. that they find reasons to not share nails, scales or skin! When you tell your story, don't spell it out...let the children spot this themselves. Use the story to talk about food and how humans & animals find their food. Blend in lessons of social customs, traditional foods and find an opportunity to weave in a class picnic with multi-cultural cuisines! For older classes, make this a story about Indigenous Tribes and their lives in nature. Weave in lessons on food security, economics and social structures. This is an interesting tale in #OrganisationalStorytelling handbook, a ready-to-tell-tale that will invite employees to share their wisdom. Stories die if they are not told. They become stale and perish if not shared and retold. But how do you invite people to think of a story to tell? This one is a good start. In my last episode, I mentioned that I am toying with the idea of an e-book on the stories in this podcast. This week, I have an update! I have a structure for the book & I hope to finalise it before I get into the next episode. Would you like a book based on this podcast? What would you like it have? Connect with me on social media or drop me an email. Links and details below! *****๐™‚๐™ค๐™ก๐™ฅ๐™ค: ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™จ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐˜ผ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™’๐™ค๐™ง๐™ก๐™™ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™– ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™—๐™š ๐™จ๐™๐™–๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฎ๐™ฌ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š, ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐˜พ๐™ก๐™–๐™จ๐™จ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ค๐™ข, ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™‡๐™ž๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™ข ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐˜ฝ๐™ค๐™–๐™ง๐™™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ค๐™ข. ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™ข๐™š๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™œ๐™œ๐™š๐™ง ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ข๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š. Story Source | A Feast of Stories - Food Tales from Asia Published by FEASTSquirrel & Forest Gecko Curious about Sarwak and its people, here is a good start. If you are using this story as a gateway into the lives of indigenous people and their lives,Also Read | Shared Meals:How Eating Together Strengthens Communities | The Communal Table | The Joy of Food | Food as an intervention for Early Years LearningTo know more about my work, visit my website | Your Story Bag If you like this podcast & want to support our work, you could Gift-a-Story and help us make Storytelling sustainable. You can follow my content across Social Media with the hashtag #StorytellingWithRituparna Subscribe to my newsletter on Tealfeed Connect with me on LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter or Swell You can also write to me at [email protected] Until the next story... Happy Storytelling!

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Golpo is the Bengali word for stories. It is a curious little word, both a verb and a noun at the same time. As a child Rituparna would insist on two stories and two songs every night. She would pretend to go off to sleep testing her parents to see if they'd finish the story they started to tell. When her grandmother told her stories she would kick her legs in the air fighting sleep before it wrapped her in. Golpo, the joy of oral storytelling returned to Rituparna's life as a mother. From a visual storyteller she discovered the magic of the spoken word all over again. Now a Performance Storyteller, Trainer, Consultant & Coach Rituparna is the Founder of ** *Your Story Bag* ( http://www.yourstorybag.com ) *.* Rituparna believes that stories bridge people & telling stories creates a shared experience. So whether you listen to these stories in the classroom, boardroom or living room, each of these stories will trigger conversations amongst people. Go ahead & try it out... If you like this podcast & want to support our work, you could Gift-a-Story ( https://pages.razorpay.com/GiftaStory ) and help us make Storytelling sustainable. You can follow Rituparna's content across Social Media with the hashtag *#StorytellingWithRituparna* Subscribe to her *Newsletter* ( https://aeed3c74.sibforms.com/serve/MUIEANeH_NJnNHEomI-mHnzyXsylUslyrMGTFsQdfzuYbR5Z6KVG3_WwGqYofOgXkZQtRsUJ8W0zT5NTWbiT7yi5Q93oPEaohxyX9kuAKa0mYGoL5MDHMSAATxn1W0tYvNqNr6sE1h0AkNLABBNZYQiOO9a43rW4SzMAzD7GvLBZkAea1u3r5Oecqmbbj6uENpCcO6sCclHVULGk ) Connect with her on LinkedIn ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/rituparnaghoshstoryteller/ ) , Instagram ( http://www.instagram.com/rituparna.storyteller ) , Twitter ( http://www.twitter.com/rituparna_ghosh ) or Swell ( https://www.swellcast.com/rituparnaghosh ) You can also write to her on *[email protected]*