
Mariya Sahnouni
14 Feb 2023
Similarly, Irish Storyteller and writer Liz Weir has taken on the mission of bringing people together and promoting cultural understanding through stories.
In these trying times, storytelling plays a crucial role in fostering cultural understanding and bringing people together, the Irish storyteller explained.
“If you listen to another person’s story you are giving them respect even if you don’t agree with them,” she added.
The storyteller who is representing Northern Ireland at the festival has been telling stories for 52 years and is training young storytellers to carry on the tradition.
Weir described storytelling the most “democratic of all arts,” because it appeals to people of all ages, including those with disabilities and those suffering from dementia...
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