Children grow up with fairy tales told by 80-year-old Hedle Facir
Less people tell fairy tales to children due to the development of technology. 80-year-old Hedle Facir, who lives in the city of Aleppo, preserves the culture of storytelling and fairy tales. She gathers her grandchildren around herself and tells fairy tales and stories to them. “This culture should be preserved,” she said.
SARA ŞÊX HESEN
Aleppo- In the past, our parents told us fairy tales and stories to make us sleep. Fairy tales and stories show children how life is. However, this culture has almost disappeared after technology entered our lives. 80-year-old Hedle Facir, who is from Kobanê but lives in the Şeyh Maksud neighborhood of Aleppo, preserves the culture of storytelling and fairy tales. She gathers her grandchildren around herself to tell fairy tales and stories to them.
She preserves the culture
Hedle Facir told us she tells the fairy tales and stories to the children to not allow this culture to disappear. “When we were children, our mother gathered us around herself to tell us fairy tales and stories. Now, I tell them to my grandchildren. The stories and fairy tales show children how life is, distinguish the good and bad. I do this to preserve our culture. I call on all mothers to tell fairy tales and stories to their children since the invaders want to destroy our culture.”
Hedle Facir tells many stories and tales such as historical and cultural, “We used to have a life in nature. But today, children and people spend their time online, in front of computers.”
Hedle Facir’s grandchild Edibe Xalid (11) told us that they are happy to listen to the fairy tales and stories told by their grandmother. “We tell these fairy tales and stories to other children.”