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Storytelling Calendar of Programmes

Step Inside can be used as a resource to help schools engage with world festivals and world cultures.
The programmes aim to offer a celebration of each culture through stories and sometimes dance.
Click on Festival for more information
Focus/Festival Religion Time available Description
Chinese New Year Buddhist & Taoist January to early February Traditional Chinese New Year stories and folk tales.
Diwali or Holi (Indian Festival of Spring) Hindu A selection of Hindu stories and Indian folk tales, with Indian dance
Vesak day Buddhist May Buddhist and traditional tales with the Tibetan Temple Skeleton Dance and Chinese scarf dance.
Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Month   June Stories from the Roma and Gypsy cultures and Scottish traveller Tales. Includes Broom Dance and Turkish Romany dancing
Refugee week   June Tales from Ecuador, Afghanistan, Somalia, Russia, Albania, Sri Lanka and Iran. Includes Arabic dance, samba dance and Indian dancing.
Eid-al-Fitr Islamic September Tales drawn from Iraq, Iran, Tadjikistan and from Arabian folklore. Including Arabic dancing
Black History Month   October A celebration of African and Caribbean cultures through stories and dance
Christmas Christian December A selection of seasonal and Christmas stories.