Folktales Storytelling Competition
Folklore Storytelling Competition was an initiative of the National Library of Malaysia which was implemented by all the state libraries in Malaysia. The program was initiated in 2005 and implemented in 2006. The competition was open to children and young adult and it required the participants to present Sarawak folklores of their choice for 15 minutes. A panel of judges would assign marks to the participants based on certain criteria. The aprticipants with the highest score would declared the champion.
Our practice
In Sarawak the competition was held simultaneously in all the 11 division on 5 May 2006. It was centrally coordinated by the Offsite Services Unit of the Information Services Division and facilitated by 11 facilitators consist=ing mainly of senior officers of Pustaka. The local authorities also played a vital role in the implementation of the program. These local authorities were
- Council of theCity of Kuching South
- Sri Aman District Council
- Sibu Municipal Council
- Limbang District Council
- Sarikei District Council
- Kapit District Council
- Simunjan District Council
- Bintulu Development Authority
- Dalat and Mukah District Council
- Betong District Council
The champion from all the 11 divisions were then called upon to compete in the state capital to determine the state champion, who would then represent Sarawak at the national level bout.
