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Silk Road Stories

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.

Episodes:

Dilber, The Beautiful Girl Whose Wish Was Not Fulfilled

https://asia.si.edu/podcast-player/19480/dilber-the-beautiful-girl-whose-wish-was-not-fulfilled.mp3

Stories from Turkey

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The Ruti Eaters

https://asia.si.edu/podcast-player/19474/the-ruti-eaters.mp3

A story from Bangladesh

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Malik and the King

https://asia.si.edu/podcast-player/19468/malik-and-the-king.mp3

A story from Bangladesh

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How Asanga Came to See the Future Buddha

https://asia.si.edu/podcast-player/18680/how-asanga-came-to-see-the-future-buddha.mp3

Stories from Tibet

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Jade

https://asia.si.edu/podcast-player/18672/jade.mp3

A story from China

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The Cow Boy and the Weaving Lady

https://asia.si.edu/podcast-player/18656/the-cow-boy-and-the-weaving-lady.mp3

A story from China

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Peach Boy

https://asia.si.edu/podcast-player/18648/peach-boy.mp3

A story from Japan

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The Discovery of Silk

https://asia.si.edu/podcast-player/18644/the-discovery-of-silk.mp3

Stories from China

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