2 Shes rab-The Foxy Sister-in-law and the Two Brothers (Teller: Shes rab)

Shes rab ཤེས་རབ, male, b. 1933, retired teacher from Rimang རི་མང Village, Bis mdo/ Wendu བིས་མདོ/文都 Township, was once a monk who was forced to be come a layman during the Culture Revolution. He later became an official teacher within the local government education system. He remembered many folktales in 2011, having told many to his grandson, granddaughter, and schoolchildren. His stories were once greatly enjoyed by students and told during breaks.


Endangered Folktale Preservation in Xunhua Tibetan Areas,
Qinghai Province, PR China

A Canada Fund contribution of 191,600 RMB allowed an important local Tibetan folktale project to be carried out in Xunhua Salar Autonomous County. The project digitalized the folktales, encouraged local schools to use local Tibetan literary resources, transcribed the collected folktales into Tibetan writing and translated them into Chinese and English, providing audio versions of the originals told by village elders, and a retold audio version of the original materials by professional radio broadcasters in the Amdo Tibetan dialect. The stories were collected from Wendu, Dobe, Garing, and Gangtsa townships in Septemper 2011. The writing and translation was completed 2 December 2011.
The project achieved:

• Production of recorded 49 folktales onto 6,000 CDs of traditional folktales, in standard Tibetan as well as the regional dialect.
• Production of 6,000 books (314 pages) of traditional folktales, written in Tibetan, Chinese, English.
• Preservation of folktales via digitalization.
• Provision of reading and listening materials for local schools and outsiders.
• Provision of produced items to a wide audience, enhancing local interest in traditional culture.

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Education

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• Xunhua Tibetan folktales
• Tibetan folktales
• Tibetan oral literature
• Shes rab
• Canada Fund
• Haidong
• Qinghai
• Xunhua Sala Autonomous County
• Asian folklore
• China minority folklore
• Asian folktales
• Amdo
• A mdo
• A mdo Tibetans
• Amdo Tibetans
• Amdo Tibetan folklore