tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post5542228296474586426..comments2024-01-03T13:53:38.766+05:30Comments on pareltank: Carriers of Oral Traditionkochuthresiamma p .jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01320086308375078739noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-60182772155947650462010-09-01T11:41:56.255+05:302010-09-01T11:41:56.255+05:30enjoyed this. mom was not a story teller but my o...enjoyed this. mom was not a story teller but my older sis was always game. my two little ones are also suckers for story telling any time esp before going to bed. hoping it will continue..your story reminds me a little of madhavikkutty who was practically reared by the helpers at her ancestral home..lanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04363905658304872046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-36951787357226687632010-09-01T09:55:33.411+05:302010-09-01T09:55:33.411+05:30@ manoranjini
good to know you think these story ...@ manoranjini<br /><br />good to know you think these story sessions are worth missing.<br /><br />@ venugopal <br /><br />thank you sir.a real morale booster.kochuthresiamma p .jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01320086308375078739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-61660555022432483542010-09-01T09:21:15.204+05:302010-09-01T09:21:15.204+05:30you narrate beautifully ma'am, with the sure t...you narrate beautifully ma'am, with the sure touch of a natural story teller. the characters come alive, so does the general ambience of the world you describe. surely you owe it to the Chedathys too!!!P. Venugopalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12145838046697625836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-39493110028270612212010-08-31T22:05:25.978+05:302010-08-31T22:05:25.978+05:30There is an old world charm to your posts that I t...There is an old world charm to your posts that I thoroughly enjoy.I belong to the generation who have been cheated of the pleasures of animated story telling,but I have this to add - the disappearance of the oral tradition has as much to do with the restlessness of the hi-tech generation as to its busy,career-oriented parents.Sigh...those story-telling sessions I missed..manoranjinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07454996025059955422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-71871136363578886132010-08-31T19:32:30.531+05:302010-08-31T19:32:30.531+05:30@balachandran
sure. all suggestions welcome. truly...@balachandran<br />sure. all suggestions welcome. truly appreciated sir.<br /><br />just that for me the blogsphere is a space for stream of conscousness - and editing has never been my cup of tea, so i guess these things happen:-). shall be more careful in future.kochuthresiamma p .jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01320086308375078739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-65927940300140084082010-08-31T18:43:41.639+05:302010-08-31T18:43:41.639+05:30I am not wise or knowledgeable enough to make the...I am not wise or knowledgeable enough to make the suggestion, but do look at this way: <br /><br />In the opening paragraph, give a story in narrative form, followed with a description of the Chedathys. Their dramatic gestures, the way they walk in the traditional dress ( yes, the description of the dress too) and follow that with the first paragraph of introduction. Finally the summing up. <br Balachandran Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10174364716507089780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-40312534990253219562010-08-31T16:41:19.965+05:302010-08-31T16:41:19.965+05:30@ RGB
i think we should be glad that this category...@ RGB<br />i think we should be glad that this category of people is no longer there - i mean the illiterate and the distressngly poor. the state should take the credit for improving their lot.<br /><br />yet one cant help indulging in nostalgia - -<br />@ anil Kurup<br />i agree with you. people today dont listen - how can it when they are at work for more than 12 hrs and have deadlines to beat kochuthresiamma p .jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01320086308375078739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-63746813607101009662010-08-31T11:21:55.913+05:302010-08-31T11:21:55.913+05:30I heard most stories from my great-granny. She had...I heard most stories from my great-granny. She had stories that would run days, and yes, an oral tradition.<br /><br />Like Maria Chedathi you mention, the tribe will find it hard to survive, not because there're fewer people with her skills available but because there're fewer listeners now, in this digital age!Anil Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02422187314611747278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-45154613209144319862010-08-31T10:53:09.036+05:302010-08-31T10:53:09.036+05:30Like you said, this category of people has almost ...Like you said, this category of people has almost vanished. Finding regular domestic help is a chore in itself these days! And to find people who not just did their chore but went on to entertain with their knowledge of history...phew, I guess you were plain lucky! And loved the way you went on to narrate the whole thing...could actually visualise it:)RGBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15279590663523317849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-21750930122703209492010-08-31T08:15:20.441+05:302010-08-31T08:15:20.441+05:30@dr antony
yes. u r right. these stories may hold...@dr antony<br /> yes. u r right. these stories may hold no appeal to the present high tech generation with no sense of history. but if our generation could undertake to record the stories told to us in our childhood, and record the stories straight from our parents' generation from those who was still alive, we'd be doingd a favour to posterity.<br /><br />@ balachandran<br />the sleaze kochuthresiamma p .jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01320086308375078739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-91017400133103898622010-08-31T00:28:55.029+05:302010-08-31T00:28:55.029+05:30As I always say,times have changed. I don't ev...As I always say,times have changed. I don't even know if those stories would be appealing to our own children.<br />We had a Chedathi who used to work for us,and then another neighbor Kunjommichettan,who was the official singer of our church.I grew up with their children.All the stories of my childhood,were from Annamma chechi,who was this Kunjommichettan's daughter.Often,these stories dr.antonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16191095888228061156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-20130576691298448272010-08-30T21:23:36.411+05:302010-08-30T21:23:36.411+05:30At first, I couldn't make heads or tails of yo...At first, I couldn't make heads or tails of your post. So I started from the last paragraph, in a reverse order. Then it started rolling. I could see the scenes so well! To embellish my imagination I gave the Chedathys the dress of the Trichur Xian ladies with Mundu and Chatta and that huge things they wore in the ears. <br /><br />What is missing is a sample of their sleazy stories! :DBalachandran Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10174364716507089780noreply@blogger.com