1 Storyteller Mohammad Naseem in the Shogran hill area, among the snow-caped Himilayan peaks of the Kaghan Valley, northern Pakistan, on Nov 21. (Photo: AFP)
SHOGRAN, Pakistan: Mohammad Naseem s eyes shine while he shares the legend of a remote, alpine lake nestled among snow-capped Himalayan peaks as a rare crowd of onlookers hears one of Pakistan s last storytellers .
The story of Saif-ul-Malook the winding saga of a brave prince who falls in love with a fairy is just one of the 50 tall tales passed down to Naseem by his father. Usually people tell me I m crazy when I tell these stories, says Naseem, whose long white beard and traditional cloak give him the timeless appearance of a storyteller of old.
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Shogran, Pakistan: Mohammad Naseem s eyes shine while he shares the legend of a remote, alpine lake nestled among snow-capped Himalayan peaks as a rare crowd of onlookers hears one of Pakistan s last storytellers .
The story of Saif-ul-Malook - the winding saga of a brave prince who falls in love with a fairy - is just one of the 50 tall tales passed down to Naseem by his father. Usually people tell me I m crazy when I tell these stories, says Naseem, whose long white beard and traditional cloak give him the timeless appearance of a storyteller of old.
The 65-year-old shopkeeper says it would take days to recite all the stories he learned by heart that are imbued with the history, the culture of the land.
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