Chennai
Storytelling Festival 2022
Fri 4th to Sun 27th Feb 2022
This is the 10th annual edition of the CSF.
Editions 1-8 occurred almost fully in-person, in
Chennai.
Editions 9-10 -- via Zoom videoconference.
Festival theme :
"Ways
Storytelling of Various
Cultures, Religions, World-views,
and Practices can Facilitate
Growing, Maturing, Teaching and Learning,
Playing, Creating, Transforming, and/or
Healing
in
Individuals and Groups --
and
the Healing of the Environment."
Festival theme -- Brief version :
Storytelling for
Growing, Maturing, Teaching and Learning,
Playing,
Creating, Transforming, and/or Healing
***
Here is the CSF
2022 Poster.
***
Here is a
list of 180 of the Storytellers
and Session
Leaders in CSF 2022.
Here is a
list of these people, with
Timings,
and Contact info.
***
Here is
the Schedule for the final weekend
of CSF 2020, on Fri 25th, Sat 26th, and
Sun 27th Feb.
The timings are (approximately) India time --
Fridays, 5:30pm-10:30pm.
Saturdays, 8:30am-3:30pm, and 5:30pm-10:30pm.
Sundays, 8:30am-3:30pm, and 5:30pm-10:30pm.
To determine
timings in any location,
please see
https://thetimezoneconverter.com
***
Here are links
to Flyers for the sessions
on Fri 25th, Sat 27th, and Sun 28th Feb.
***
Here are lists
of CSF 2022's
1) 39
Workshops.
2) 12 Long-form
and/or Thematic Storytellings.
3) 5 Talks (with
Storytelling, Dance, Song, etc).
4) 1 Open-mic
Storytelling Session.
5) 1 Healing
Story Circle.
6) 6
Storytelling Sessions in Indian Languages
Other
than English.
***
Info about CSF 2022's
6
Storytelling Sessions in Indian Languages
other than
English is here.
***
Admission to all CSF 2022 events is free.
***
To register for all of the English-language
sessions, please send an email request to
info@storytellinginstitute.org
To register for the sessions in languages
other than English, please click here.
***
Please consider giving a contribution to
help support the Chennai Storytelling
Festival.
Hundreds of work-hours go into facilitating
this event.
Just placing the 181 photos
of the Storytellers and Session Leaders
onto the Festival poster
was a big project.
From inside India, one way to contribute
to CSF 2022 would be via Google Pay to
98403 94282.
From outside India, one way to contribute
would be via Paypal to this webpage.
Please email to info@storytellinginstitute.org
to let us know, 1) soon after one might give a
contribution, or 2) if one might prefer to give
via a different method.
Also, please consider giving contributions to
Festival Co-host Laura
Simms, and the other
Session Leaders and Storytellers of CSF
2022. All are
listed here
-- if one clicks on
a name, one sees the person's contact info.
***
Festival
Welcome Address (5 minutes).
From Ms. Geeta
Ramanujam,
* Founder of the Storytelling Revival in India,
* Co-founder and Co-facilitator (with Eric)
of the Indian Storytelling Network, and
* Founder and Director of Kathalaya (Bangalore).
***
Here
is info about CSF's 24 Planning Groups
(Topic Groups).
***
Here
are links to recordings of some events
in CSF 2021 (in Feb 2021), and other previous
editions of the CSF.
***
The Chennai Storytelling Festival is presented
by the World Storytelling Institute (which is
based in Chennai) in association with the
Chennai Storytellers group and other
organisations and individuals. The WSI
and the CSF are directed by Dr. Eric Miller.
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CSF 2022 Storytelling Sessions in
Indian
Languages other than English
The timings for each of the below is 4pm-6pm
India time (some sessions might go longer).
Each of these sessions would be at a different
Zoom Link! For
the Zoom Link of a session,
please see the Session Flyer, or send an email
to the Session Coordinator --
1)
Sun 6th Feb -- Tamil
Storytelling.
Sudha
Umashanker <sudha.umashanker (at) gmail.com>
The Session Flyer is here.
___
2)
Sat 12th Feb -- Telugu
Storytelling.
Lavanya
Srinivas <laavanyasrinivas (at) gmail.com>
The Session Flyer is here.
3)
Sun 13 Feb -- Indian Multiple
Languages Storytelling.
Including
Tribal Languages! Celebrating Language Diversity!
Sree
Karuna <sreekaruna.g (at) gmail.com>
The Session Flyer is here.
___
4)
Sat 19th Feb -- Kannada
Storytelling.
Lakshmi
V <lakshmi341987 (at) gmail.com>
The Session Flyer is here.
5)
Sun 20th Feb -- Malayalam
Storytelling.
Anitha
Ranjit <anisumi65 (at) gmail.com>
The Session Flyer is here.
___
6)
Sat 26 Feb -- Hindi
Storytelling.
Sonia Bareja
<soniabareja76 (at) gmail.com>
The Session Flyer is here.
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Flyers for Sessions on
Fri 25th, Sat 26th, and Sun 27th Feb
To determine
timings in any location,
please see
https://thetimezoneconverter.com
1
Storytelling:
"Healing
in Islaam".
Mubeen
Irshad, K. Mashuda Muthi, and Zarin Maraikayar.
Sat 26th
Feb, at 9:30am (India time).
The
Session Flyer is here.
2
Workshop:
"Exploring
Humour and Crafting
Comedy
in Stories".
Debjani
Bhaduri and Team.
Sat 26th
Feb, at 5:30pm (India time).
The
Session Flyer is here.
3
Storytelling
with Music:
"A
Banquet of Joha: Sacred Laughter of the Sufis".
Rebecca Lemaire
and Hend Al Qataa.
Sun 27th Feb, at 7:30pm (India
time).
The
Session Flyer is here.
4
Workshop:
"Ritual
Engagement with Folktales".
The
Minnesota Folktale Gardening Club.
Sun 27th
Feb, at 9:30pm (India time).
The
Session Flyer is here.
***
To determine
timings in any location,
please see
https://thetimezoneconverter.com
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