A Tale of Two Shores
Presented at Asia-Europe Meeting - ASEM Cultural Festival 2021
Storytelling video with narration, music and visual art illustrations presented with the support of the Cultural Diplomacy Fund.
Date: | 22 – 26 Nov 2021 |
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Location: | Online, YouTube |
Fee: | Free |
Details: | Website |
A timeless tale exists in the deep jungles of Borneo and in the dark woods of Germany. The folktale of 'Umpong-Umpong & Babakud' is part of the Borneo oral literature, and its analogue 'Jorinde & Joringel' is part of Germanic fairytales.
'A Tale of Two Shores' breathes life into a lesser-known Grimm’s fairytale and Asian folktale while celebrating the existence of almost identical stories that exist in completely different geographies, rooted in totally diverse cultures and told in unrelated languages. It is in this perceived separation, and distance that we find resemblance, similarities and connectedness. Oral literature sheds light on our shared experiences and reveals our commonalities, as people of this world. The theme of love is the one language the whole world speaks, with or without words.
Presented as a storytelling video with narration, music and visual art illustrations, 'A Tale of Two Shores' aims to raise awareness of the oral tradition as intangible cultural heritage while honouring our shared similarities despite distance, language and place.
Watch 'A Tale of Two Shores' storytelling video here.
This video was presented with the support of the Cultural Diplomacy Fund from Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth - MCCY, and National Arts Council Singapore
Presented at Asia-Europe Meeting - ASEM Cultural Festival 2021
Storyteller & Producer: Kamini Ramachandran
Illustrator: Annalisa Salis
Musician: Raghavendran Rajasekaran
Video Production: Zeetrope Productions
Key Visual: Zane Lee
Trailer Filmed & Edited by: Zane Lee