Storyteller Yakub and MSF staff member Ruhul share the meaning of the kyssa (folktale) which formed the basis of the story-panel.

TRANSCRIPT

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To mark six years

since the mass exodus

of Rohingya from Myanmar





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A Rohingya community

and MSF partnered

to create a story-panel

for children in our care



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illustrating a Rohingya

kyssa (folktale).



[Speaker: Yakub, Rohingya storyteller]

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There are lessons in every story.



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If I talk about this, there are

two lessons in this kyssa.



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One is about our [Rohingya] uniting.



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The two crows flew in from different places.

They met in one place.



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When they did things together,

they were able to do it easily.



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In our place [Myanmar] while working

on the daily work or paddy field,



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women and family members also

used to help and collaborate.



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In that sense, it shows in our culture

that we work collaboratively.



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Another lesson is, if we are using our brains,

and are being clever,



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we could do things easily.



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If we are talking about banyan tree,

Myanmar is a place full of trees.



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Not only Arakan but all of Myanmar

was full of the trees.



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Whenever we hear about the trees

and the bamboo,



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it reminds us of Arakan.



[Speaker: Ruhul, MSF staff member]

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We have a proverb about the taro leaf.



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No matter how long you keep

the water on a taro leaf,



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if somehow the water falls down,



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no mark will remain there.



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Our situation is like water

on the taro leaf.



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We have been living in Myanmar



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since hundreds [of] years back.



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So whenever we’re driven away,

there’s no mark [that] remains.