Peru: International Meeting Gathers Storytellers From The World

Spoken word narrators from eight different countries will gather in Lima, capital of Peru, in the VII International Meeting of Oral Storytellers "Blessed be the word", informed  EFE referencing the North American Peruvian Cultural Institute (ICPNA), organizer of the.

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"Blessed be the word"will go from the 13th to the 20th of October and will gather oral storytellers from Uruguay, Panama, Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Venezuela and Peru.

The storytellers will give conferences, workshops, talks and shows, most of them free. the meeting has "a broad vision of the benefits of oral narration as a pedagogical, communicational and strategic tool for the motivation of reading, raising it as an artistic expression", highlighted the ICPNA.

Among the participants will be Argentine Inés Grimland, Colombian Joaco Cuenta, Mexican Armando Trejo, Uruguayan Graciela Chamsarian, Panamanian Rubén Corbett, Venezuelan Ismael Aguirre and Congolese Franck Moncherit. Also the Peruvian Elizabeth Lino, Karina Gisela, Claudia Curiel, Yeniffer Diaz, Eileen Contreras, Javier Collantes and Jorge Flores Johanson.