Silk Road Stories

Jade

Peach Boy

The Discovery of Silk

The Ruti Eaters

Malik and the King

How Asanga Came to See the Future Buddha

The Cow Boy and the Weaving Lady

Dilber, The Beautiful Girl Whose Wish Was Not Fulfilled

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The Freer and Sackler Galleries’ Silk Road Storytelling group is made up of volunteers from the Washington DC community who have cultural ties to various sites along the ancient Silk Road. They trained with professional storyteller Louise Omoto Kessel to learn to tell stories from their homelands including Turkey, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, China, Mongolia, Korea, and Japan. Here is a sample of their stories. We trust that listeners will experience the many ways that appreciation for family, meaningful work, truth, beauty, and mystery are expressed through these unique voices from along the ancient trading route.

Jade

Silk Road Stories

More episodes from "Silk Road Stories"

Peach Boy

The Discovery of Silk

The Ruti Eaters

Malik and the King

How Asanga Came to See the Future Buddha

Jade

The Cow Boy and the Weaving Lady

Dilber, The Beautiful Girl Whose Wish Was Not Fulfilled