Folktales Storytelling Competition

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The Folktales Storytelling Competition was an initiative of the National Library of Malaysia, state libraries and state public library corporations in Malaysia. The program was initiated in 2005 and implemented in 2006. The competition was open to children and young adults and it required the participants to present folklores of their choice for 15 minutes. A panel of judges would assign scores to the participants based on certain pre-determined criteria. The participant with the highest score would declared the champion.

Our Practice

Participant from Samarahan Division
Participant from Betong Division

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 of Pustaka and facilitated by 11 event managers comprising mainly of senior officers of Pustaka. The local authorities played a vital role in facilitating in the implementation of the program. These local authorities were involved in the program were

a) Council of the City of Kuching South
b) Sri Aman District Council
c) Sibu Municipal Council
d Limbang District Council
e) Sarikei District Council

f) Kapit District Council
g) Simunjan District Council
h) Bintulu Development Authority
i) Dalat and Mukah District Council
j) Betong District Council


On 13 May of the same year, the champions from all the 11 divisions competed at Pustaka capital to determine the state champion, who would then represent Sarawak at the national level bout. The Divisional Champions were

Participant Names School Names Divisions
Liyana Amira Askan Sekolah Kebangsaan Tabuan Ulu, Kuching Kuching
Shannon Sebon Sekolah Kebangsaan Abang Ain, Sri Aman Sri Aman
Jennifer Tiong Yae Jen Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (C) Sulai, Sibu Sibu
Kevin Yapp Jun Hao Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Chung Hua, Miri Miri
Nur Farhana Yusop Sekolah Kebangsaan Limbang Limbang
Qurratu Aini Aniqah Sekaria Sekolah Kebangsaan Methodist Anglo-Chinese Sarikei
Fienbergson Wong Tiong Lik Sekolah Kebangsaan Kapit Kapit
Mac Han Agan Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Chung Hua, Sebuyau Samarahan
Ling Li Qian Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Chung Hua, Bintulu Bintulu
Zarina Zainuddin Sekolah Kebangsaan Penakub Ulu Mukah
Frevirra Pearl Francis Gundum Sekolah Kebangsaan St. Augustine Betong

Event Management

Each panel of judges consisted of 1 officer from Pustaka and 2 officers from the local authorities. The judge responsibilities were to evaluate the performance of the participants based on the following criteria and assign scores.

Criteria Scores
PRESENTATION TECHNIQUE
Calm, confident, exciting and natural
20

FEELING AND EMOTION
Smooth storyline and fully engrossed
20

LANGUAGE AND PRONUNCIATION
Precise and clear pronunciation, application of intonation and creative usage of language
20


EYE CONTACT ABD VOICE CONTROL
Fully articulated eye movement with level of voice
10

SUITABILITY OF THEME
The theme is in tandem with local folklores and loaded with social values
10

TIME CONTROL
Ability to make full use of the time given
10

CREATIVITY
Creative use of attire. Usage of poems, poetries and folksongs
10

Total 100

The judges would be giving scores independent of each other. The total scores given to a participant by the 3 judges would then averaged and aggregated to reach the final score. The participant with the highest score would be declared the winner.

Follow Up

The following year, the program was restructured and renamed Folktales Storytelling Competition and Academy.