• Source: World Storytelling Day

      • World Storytelling Day is a global celebration of the art of oral storytelling. It is celebrated every year on the March equinox, on (or near) March 20. On World Storytelling Day, as many people as possible tell and listen to stories in as many languages and at as many places as possible, during the same day and night. Participants tell each other about their events in order to share stories and inspiration, to learn from each other and create international contacts.
      The significance in the event lies in the fact that it is the first global celebration of storytelling of its kind, and has been important in forging links between storytellers often working far apart from each other. It has also been significant in drawing public and media attention to storytelling as an art form.


      Event history


      World Storytelling Day has its roots in a national day for storytelling in Sweden, circa 1991-92. At that time, an event was organized for March 20 in Sweden called "Alla berättares dag" (All storytellers day). The Swedish national storytelling network passed out some time after, but the day stayed alive, celebrated around the country by different enthusiasts. In 1997, storytellers in Perth, Western Australia coordinated a five-week-long Celebration of Story, commemorating March 20 as the International Day of Oral Narrators. At the same time, in Mexico and other Latin American countries, March 20 was already celebrated as the National Day of Storytellers.
      When the Scandinavian storytelling web-network, Ratatosk, started around 2001, Scandinavian storytellers started talking, and in 2002, the event spread from Sweden to Norway, Denmark, Finland and Estonia. In 2003, the idea spread to Canada and other countries, and the event has become known internationally as World Storytelling Day. Starting around 2004, France participated with the event Jour Mondial du Conte.
      World Storytelling Day 2005 had a grande finale on Sunday March 20. There were events from 25 countries on 5 continents, and 2006 saw the program grow further. 2007 was the first time a storytelling concert was held in Newfoundland, Canada. In 2008 The Netherlands took part in World Storytelling Day with a big event called 'Vertellers in de Aanval' on March 20; three thousand kids were surprised by the sudden appearance of storytellers in their classrooms.
      In 2009, there were World Storytelling Day events in Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America and Australia.


      Themes



      Each year, many of the individual storytelling events that take place around the globe are linked by a common theme. Each year, the theme is identified by and agreed upon by storytellers from around the world using the WSD listserve and Facebook group.

      2004 - Birds
      2005 - Bridges
      2006 - The Moon
      2007 - The Wanderer
      2008 - Dreams
      2009 - Neighbours
      2010 - Light and Shadow
      2011 - Water
      2012 - Trees
      2013 - Fortune and Fate
      2014 - Monsters and Dragons
      2015 - Wishes
      2016 - Strong Women
      2017 - Transformation
      2018 - Wise Fools
      2019 - Myths, Legends, and Epics
      2020 - Voyages
      2021 - New Beginnings
      2022 - Lost and Found
      2023 - Together We Can
      2024 - Building Bridges
      2025 - Deep Water


      See also


      Storytelling
      Storytelling festival
      World Book Day
      International Children's Book Day
      Kamishibai


      References




      External links


      Official World Storytelling Day website Information, world map of events
      Official World Storytelling Day Facebook Group Announcements, events listings, discussion.
      World Storytelling Day 2007 - Archived open source audio recording in downloadable and streaming formats.
      French Storytelling Day YouTube channel
      French Storytelling Day MySpace page
      German Storytelling Day site
      Dutch Storytelling Day site

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