https://asia.si.edu/ The Freer and Sackler Galleries’ Silk Road Storytelling group is made up of volunteers from the Washington DC community who have cultural ties to various sites along the ancient Silk Road. They trained with professional storyteller Louise Omoto Kessel to learn to tell stories from their homelands including Turkey, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, China, Mongolia, Korea, and Japan. Here is a sample of their stories. We trust that listeners will experience the many ways that appreciation for family, meaningful work, truth, beauty, and mystery are expressed through these unique voices from along the ancient trading route. Mon, 01 Jun 2020 17:28:13 +0000 en-US © 2018 Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Unique voices from along the ancient trading route Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery episodic The Freer and Sackler Galleries’ Silk Road Storytelling group is made up of volunteers from the Washington DC community who have cultural ties to various sites along the ancient Silk Road. They trained with professional storyteller Louise Omoto Kessel to learn to tell stories from their homelands including Turkey, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, China, Mongolia, Korea, and Japan. Here is a sample of their stories. We trust that listeners will experience the many ways that appreciation for family, meaningful work, truth, beauty, and mystery are expressed through these unique voices from along the ancient trading route. Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery fsweb@si.edu clean https://freersackler.mystagingwebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/slik-road-stories.jpg https://asia.si.edu/ Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery fsweb@si.edu The Freer and Sackler Galleries’ Silk Road Storytelling group is made up of volunteers from the Washington DC community who have cultural ties to various sites along the ancient Silk Road. They trained with professional storyteller Louise Omoto Kessel to learn to tell stories from their homelands including Turkey, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, China, Mongolia, Korea, and Japan. Here is a sample of their stories. We trust that listeners will experience the many ways that appreciation for family, meaningful work, truth, beauty, and mystery are expressed through these unique voices from along the ancient trading route. No 166720228 https://asia.si.edu/podcast/dilber-the-beautiful-girl-whose-wish-was-not-fulfilled/ Thu, 05 Oct 2017 17:39:18 +0000 Gio https://freersackler.mystagingwebsite.com/podcast/dilber-the-beautiful-girl-whose-wish-was-not-fulfilled/ folk tales,folklore,storytelling,Turkey Stories from Turkey

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