Welcome to the Storyteller’s Bazaar
- Background Information
- The original bazaar was in India and was the place where the best storytellers from near and far gathered to weave their tales to audiences that waited eagerly to be transported to far off places full of magic and mystery. Each story spun by the storyteller’s multi-coloured threads was aimed to thrill and amaze all who listened.
- The storyteller’s bazaar still exists in what is now Pakistan and can be found in the city of Peshawar in the northern part of the country. If you go there today, no matter how hard you might search, you will not find a single teller (or seller) of tales. They have been replaced by cloth merchants, dry fruit sellers and traders selling the region’s famed green tea. The storytellers that flocked to this bazaar centuries before now only exist in our imaginations.
- Who is this portal for?
- Writers of all levels who want to publish their work on a community site. This free publishing of their work and subsequent editing by other members means that any work contributed to this site will be available for others to use, commercially or non-commercially in the original form or in a modified form. However, authors have the right to receive credit for their original work and it will be attributed to them in the way they have specified.
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- Making a contribution on Wiki is simple. Just click the edit button at the top of each page and you are ready for action. If you get stuck and need further help on how to edit and add text and images to your contributions click here and go through the articles on editing.
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