All audio files can be found on our catalog page: http://librivox.org/aino-folk-tales-by-basil-hall-chamberlain/
Not for the squeamish or for children, these folk-tales are from the Ainu, the somewhat mysterious indigenous people of Japan, thousands of whom still live in the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. Ranging over all of the usual themes of folklore, from creation to marriage to war, these stories have a pungent, ribald frankness concerning all aspects of human life that offended their scholarly collector Basil Hall Chamberlain (his apologies to the reader are themselves entertaining) but that make them fresh, provocative, and amusing to the twenty-first century reader. Attention to the Ainu is especially timely because of the revival in Japan of Ainu activism on behalf of indigenous rights, pride, and culture, but are well worth reading for their purely entertainment value. ( Expatriate)
- Text source (only read from this text!): http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29287
- Type of proof-listening required (Note: please read the PL FAQ): standard
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BC Admin - Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): (Basil Hall Chamberlain) : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Hall_Chamberlain
- Link to title on Wikipedia (if available): None
- Number of sections (files) this project will have: 8
- Does the project have an introduction or preface [y/n]: No
- Original publication date (if known): 1888
- If you are a new volunteer, how would you like your name (or pseudonym) credited in the catalog? Do you have a URL you would like associated with your name?:
Genres for the project: Fantastic Fiction/Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales
Keywords that describe the book: Japanese literature, folklore, ainu culture
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[*]The reader will record the following at the beginning and end of each file:
No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!
START of recording (Intro):
- "Chapter [number] of Aino Folk-Tales. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
- If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]" - Say:
"Aino Folk-Tales, by Basil Hall Chamberlain. [Chapter]"
For the second and all subsequent sections, you may optionally use the shortened form of this intro disclaimer:
- "Chapter [number] of Aino Folk-Tales by Basil Hall Chamberlain. This LibriVox recording is in the Public Domain."
- If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]" - Only if applicable, say:
"[Chapter title]"
- At the end of the section, say:
"End of [Chapter]" - If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]" - At the end of the book, say (in addition):
"End of Aino Folk-Tales, by Basil Hall Chamberlain. "
There should be 5 seconds silence at the end of the recording, or 10 seconds for files longer than 30 minutes.
[*]Example filename ainofolktales_##_chamberlain_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. ainofolktales_01_chamberlain_128kb.mp3)
[*]Example ID3 V2 tags
Artist: Basil Hall Chamberlain
Title: ## - [Section title]
Album: Aino Folk-Tales
Transfer of files (completed recordings)
Please always post in this forum thread when you've sent a file. Also, post the length of the recording (file duration: mm:ss) together with the link.
- Upload your file with the LibriVox Uploader:https://librivox.org/login/uploader
(If you have trouble reading the image above, please message an admin) - You'll need to select the MC, which for this project is: lt - Lynnet
- When your upload is complete, you will receive a link - please post it in this thread.
- If this doesn't work, or you have questions, please check our How To Send Your Recording wiki page.
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