Storytime for kids and young adults
The Goethe-Institut invites you to a reading by
Poornima Weerasinghe from the German Fairy Tales
"The Spindle, The Shuttle and the Needle" and "Three Green Twigs" by the Brothers Grimm on
Friday, March 31st 2023 at 04:00 pm.
Grimm's tales are about children and families and how they reacted to the difficult conditions under which they lived. The Grimms thought the stories and their morals emanated naturally from the German people in an oral tradition, and they wanted to preserve them before the tales were lost forever. In gathering the tales, the Grimms made a unique contribution to folklore, and their Kinder- und Hausmärchen(Children and Household Tales) is even listed by UNESCO in its Memory of the World Registry. It was in large part their first edition, published in two volumes in 1812 and 1815, that inspired folklorists in Europe and Great Britain to gather tales from their oral traditions to preserve as part of their cultural heritage.
© Poornima Weerasinghe
Poornima Weerasinghe is an Educationalist by profession. She enjoys her life as a storyteller, author, poet, and a foodie. Poornima is a BSc graduate in Biology (University of Delhi), Masters Graduate in Conservation and Heritage Management (DIHRM, India) and currently conduct her PhD research in Storytelling in Education with LUC Malaysia. She is trained in cultural science in many countries including at Smithsonian Institution, USA on a State Department Scholarship. Currently she is a full-timer in education management with a premium tertiary education brand in Sri Lanka. Poornima is a member of Pick-A-Book reading club. She performs not only as a storyteller, but also as a book presenter. Conducting storytelling sessions for the children with Sri Lankan origin but living abroad, is a passionate line she is active on.
Telling a story is shedding Sunlight.
You can register your children, by calling this number: 0117 201 299
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