Narrazioni per educare. Storytelling for education

The paper presents the Patachitras (long strips of cloth painted, made by indian artists women Chitrakars) proposing them as a starting point to reflect about the many educational and training possibilities of narratives, through the painted images and singing. In the second part of the paper are created points of contact between the Patachitras and some narrative traditions related to different areas of the Italian territory and at different times of Italian history: the songs of Mondine, the Murales of Orgosolo, the Carretti of the Sicilian tradition. All these artistic expressions have the common feature of storytelling, not through the written word, but by other equally effective means of expression, with the aim that everyone can understand, even those who do not speak the majority language within the reach of the understanding of all