Folktales From India
FOLKLORE PERVADES CHILDHOODS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES AND IS THE LANGUAGE OF THE ILLITERATE. EVEN IN LARGE, MODERN CITIES, FOLKLORE-PROVERBS, LULLABIES, FOLK MEDICINE, FOLKTALES-IS ONLY A SUBURB AWAY, A COUSIN OR A GRANDMOTHER AWAY. WHEREVER PEOPLE LIVE, FOLKLORE GROWS. INDIA IS A COUNTRY OF MANY LANGUAGES, RELIGIONS, SECTS AND CULTURES. IT IS A LAND OF MANY MYTHS AND COUNTLESS STORIES. TRANSLATED FROM TWENTY-TWO INDIAN LANGUAGES, THESE ONE HUNDRED AND TEN TALES COVER MOST OF THE REGIONS OF INDIA AND REPRESENT FAVOURITE NARRATIVES FROM THE SUBCONTINENT. A.K. RAMANUJAN S OUTSTANDING SELECTION IS AN INDISPENSABLE GUIDE TO THE RICHNESS AND VITALITY OF INDIA S AGELESS ORAL FOLKLORE TRADITION.
Folktales From India
FOLKLORE PERVADES CHILDHOODS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES AND IS THE LANGUAGE OF THE ILLITERATE. EVEN IN LARGE, MODERN CITIES, FOLKLORE-PROVERBS, LULLABIES, FOLK MEDICINE, FOLKTALES-IS ONLY A SUBURB AWAY, A COUSIN OR A GRANDMOTHER AWAY. WHEREVER PEOPLE LIVE, FOLKLORE GROWS. INDIA IS A COUNTRY OF MANY LANGUAGES, RELIGIONS, SECTS AND CULTURES. IT IS A LAND OF MANY MYTHS AND COUNTLESS STORIES. TRANSLATED FROM TWENTY-TWO INDIAN LANGUAGES, THESE ONE HUNDRED AND TEN TALES COVER MOST OF THE REGIONS OF INDIA AND REPRESENT FAVOURITE NARRATIVES FROM THE SUBCONTINENT. A.K. RAMANUJAN S OUTSTANDING SELECTION IS AN INDISPENSABLE GUIDE TO THE RICHNESS AND VITALITY OF INDIA S AGELESS ORAL FOLKLORE TRADITION.
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FOLKLORE PERVADES CHILDHOODS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES AND IS THE LANGUAGE OF THE ILLITERATE. EVEN IN LARGE, MODERN CITIES, FOLKLORE-PROVERBS, LULLABIES, FOLK MEDICINE, FOLKTALES-IS ONLY A SUBURB AWAY, A COUSIN OR A GRANDMOTHER AWAY. WHEREVER PEOPLE LIVE, FOLKLORE GROWS. INDIA IS A COUNTRY OF MANY LANGUAGES, RELIGIONS, SECTS AND CULTURES. IT IS A LAND OF MANY MYTHS AND COUNTLESS STORIES. TRANSLATED FROM TWENTY-TWO INDIAN LANGUAGES, THESE ONE HUNDRED AND TEN TALES COVER MOST OF THE REGIONS OF INDIA AND REPRESENT FAVOURITE NARRATIVES FROM THE SUBCONTINENT. A.K. RAMANUJAN S OUTSTANDING SELECTION IS AN INDISPENSABLE GUIDE TO THE RICHNESS AND VITALITY OF INDIA S AGELESS ORAL FOLKLORE TRADITION.
