Treasure Language Storytelling – Oakland
On Sunday 13 December 2015, approximately 65 people representing the Tigrigna, Iu Mien, and Chochenyo languages, plus members of the wider community, gathered at the New Parkway Theater in Oakland for an evening of treasure language storytelling. This page contains videos from our evening together. More are being added... |
The Blood MonsterThe parable about how the Chochenyo people defeated the blood monster.
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Wild Mien storyThe day the caveman went to hunt humans against the cavewoman's advice.
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This donkey is for our hyenasWhat happened after the greedy wedding guest sat on his donkey.
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You're as good as buried aliveA strange lawsuit in a lawless land, and how it pays to heed advice.
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Welcome, Four Agreements, and Panel
Program Format
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Credits
We are grateful to our storytellers, translators, language champions, and all the participants, for their participation in the first Treasure Language Storytelling event. We are also grateful to Kumu, the UC Berkeley Linguistics Department, and the Language Conservancy, for their support.