why storytelling?

Art of storytelling which is the tradition of oral storytelling in Indonesia actually has grown since our ancestors there. And until now there is still much-loved children of this country. Along with the rapid progress of the age, art storytelling traditions / told me this, can not avoid with competition with modern culture, especially in the development of media delivery techniques.
When the first children to listen to a tale of a mother or grandmother at bedtime, but now they can get a fairy tale at any time and from any media, for example, from a picture story, a tale tapes, or events for kids stories broadcast by radio or impressions television.
However actual storytelling or telling the child until now is a great thing we need to do, either by teachers, librarians and parents.
At the moment we storytelling, children can listen as well as develop imagination and can also extend his interest to learn about fellow human beings and the lives around him and especially his own personal understanding.
Although the tale is often regarded as a hoax, hoax, a fantasy or a fabricated story Ngada and less beneficial, even regarded as a fairy tale story that makes no sense. Indeed it is less reasonable opinions and unwise. Yet if we examine more deeply the content of a fairytale story is of course very many benefits that we can learn, especially in education and manners of a noble lesson. Another advantage of listening to children's fairy tales are trained to be pro-active attitude that will continue to be developed in his life, while helping the development and growth of the soul, and creativity of the child.
It is inevitable when these storytelling activities sedkit sidelined by little began its existence by the rapid advancement of modern technology, but fortunately these days still banayk people who care about the development and preservation of cultural storytelling.
In Indonesia, although its development is a bit late today storytelling activities have started mushrooming, even the storyteller has formed a number of associations between other institutions Tale Iondonesia Preservation and Development, whose members novice storytellers, young teachers, illustrators and observers of the child.
Besides reading the book-lovers community have formed an organization container "Jewels of Prayer" (Association of Community Lovers Tale). There are kids reading Pula lovers Group (KPBA), Society for the Advancement of Children's Litrature (SSACL) and Indonesian Board on Books for Young People (INABBY) and others.
Not only in the country only, apparently with countries outside activities such as storytelling began to glance again at the American activities of a fairy tale storytelling has been computerized. Pengajarpun teachers put together a program of storytelling in school classrooms in America until the virtual world through the Internet.
Storytelling activities in Japan is now the belle of children's events, this is of interest to businessmen to sponsor the most interesting entertainment activities such.
In England and Germany storytelling activities are sometimes combined with the natural situation and environment. It makes its own attractiveness. The more interesting storytellers use traces the legacy of storytelling. The story is presented is usually about the heroes in the days of glory of the kingdom.
In ASEAN countries like Malaysia and the Philippines, the activities of storytelling is one dish guidance for children in order to bring the child liked the program less interesting in Singapore membaca.Tidak storytellers many are hired to entertain the children, while their parents shopped at Super Market.
Obviously storytelling activity was not solely just be mere entertainment, but has a higher purpose, because the charged moral message of good and very meaningful to the child's mental development. Storytelling also form the easiest way to teach something to children without patronizing impression. In other words the main purpose of storytelling is to enrich the child's inner experience and teach science and education in the most simple and attractive.