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A 1912 Mexican folktale from Azqueltán comes to life in under an hour.
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In this episode
- The original 1912 folktale read aloud as it was published
- A window into the culture of the indigenous people of Azqueltán, Jalisco
- Context connecting an old story to the living community it came from
About this episode
A story from the Azqueltán, Jalisco in Mexico!Read it as it was published in the The Journal of American Folklore in 1912 here: The Bird of the Sweet Song
The book Maggie is reading is called How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny O'Dell. Buy it from your local bookstore.
Read more about the fight for the rights of the indigenous people of Azqueltán.
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About Folklorica
Introducing… Folklorica! A podcast about stories hosted by two people who really like hearing, reading and even telling, you guessed it, stories. We’re your hosts Clayton Steacker and Maggie Boles. We are amateur ethnographers. Gifted googlers.
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