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| a Mulla Nasrudin story; Hodja Nasrudin story | |
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| Sound recording, story; Mulla Nasrudin or Hodja story and folk tale from the Middle East, told by Ben Haggarty as part of The Grand Storytelling Festival Celebration, at The First International Storytelling Festival at Battersea Arts Centre, London, 2nd February 1985 | |
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| Introduction by Ben Haggarty to this, the celebration at the end of the festival week, followed by a Hodja story told by Ben Haggarty. A story about the village under attack. The Hodja saves the village by building a bloody structure of camel's skins, climbing to the top of it and claiming to be the god of the Earth. When challenged to cure the attacker's daughter of her blindness, the Hodja states that it is the god of the sky who can help with anything above the waist, but if she should need any attention below the waist, he would be happy to assist her. | |
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| audience:- | adult |
| recording quality | |
| condition:- | fair; poor |
| completeness:- | complete |
| duration:- | 0 hours, 8 minutes, 34 seconds |
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| The First International Storytelling Festival took place at Battersea Arts Centre, (Venue Director Jude Kelly) London, in 1985, and was the first international festival of storytelling held in the UK. It ran for 7 days, from Monday Jan 28th to Sunday Feb 3rd. The festival was initiated and directed by Ben Haggarty who had been involved in running the West London Storytelling unit and Storytelling Unit Clubnights since 1982/1983. It was funded by a guarantee against loss from the GLC. The festival programmed included performances for adult audiences, talks and lectures, school sessions, a festival 'clubnight' and a teacher's conference on Storytelling in Education. | |
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| storytelling:- |
storyteller: Ben Haggarty male / British / born 30.11.1958 |
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| origin:- | Middle East |
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| images of Ben Haggarty performing for children during the festival | |
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| Festival poster | |
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| festival flyer front cover | |
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| festival flyer showing introduction | |
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| festival flyer showing festival timetable | |
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| festival flyer full page spread showing artists biographies | |
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| festival flyer back cover showing booking and access details for the festival advertisments and acknowledgments | |
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| additional festival flyer in orginal format ready for photcopying | |
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| Click to enlarge images | |
| programming:- |
Festival Artistic Director: Ben Haggarty |
| storytelling:- |
Lavender Hill, London, England: Battersea Arts Centre
02 Feb 1985 festival: The First International Storytelling Festival The Grand Storytelling Festival Celebration The Festival Clubnight |
| gift from:- |
storyteller: Ben Haggarty |
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