Folktales of Northeast of various ethnic communities can now be enjoyed in YouTube and other popular mobile apps such as Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple podcast, Gaana and Google Podcasts.
Northeast Folktales launched on Various apps:
Many literary works in Assamese and some other ethnic languages in Assam will also be available in the digital library of Assam Sahitya Sabha, the century-old literary body in the state. Various literary and cultural activities of the literary organisation, that are organised to protect and promote Assamese language, will also be available on a Youtube channel.
All these digital platforms were inaugurated on February 7. The aim is to take Assamese language and literary works to the tech-savvy new generation.
Statement by Kuladhar Saikia:
While speaking to the media, the President of Assam Sahitya Sabha Kukadhar Saikia said, “The folk tales in Assamese and many other ethnic tribes will be available in these apps in audio format. This has been done to attract our children to our folk tales which we listened to from our grandparents or read while growing up. But nowadays, children are seem to be more busy in mobile games and cartoons and thus they remain deprived of the amazing folk tales prevalent among various ethnic communities.”
“So we decided to upload many such folk tales in Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, which they can easily download and enjoy,” president of Asom Sahitya Sabha, Kuladhar Saikia said in Guwahati,” he further added.
Other literary activities:
Literary programmes, workshops, storytelling sessions, and many other literary activities undertaken by the Sabha will also be available on the Youtube channel and that has been already launched on February 13.
Besides, the Sabha inaugurated a digital library, in which already more than 500 old books in Assamese have been digitised and uploaded for readers.
Kuladhar Saikia said, “Our digitization project is also something unique as we have involved common people, students and readers to help us collect and digitise the old books, manuscripts, newspapers and journals lying unattended across Assam.”
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