Francis Firebrace is an Aboriginal storyteller of the Yorta Yorta people in Australia.As wellas telling stories, he is an inspirational speaker, an entertainer and an artist.He also describes himself as a passionate humanitarian. He has entertained and inspired people from all over the world with his Dreamtime stories – traditional tales from his culture.
弗朗西斯·福爾布雷斯是一位澳大利亞Yorta Yorta部落的土著說書人。除了講故事，弗朗西斯也是一位鼓舞人心的演講者，表演者和藝術家。弗朗西斯也稱自己是充滿激情的人道主義者。弗朗西斯用取自自己文化中的傳統故事——《夢幻時光》鼓舞激勵著全世界的人們。
Francis was brought up in the Australian bush and lived a life very close to nature. Whenhe was seven, he moved to a village of 300 people, which he thought was a city. He wasn'tused to seeing groups of more than ten. He grew up wanting to be white and said: “That was sad but it…gives me compassion for other people.”Firebrace spent his twenties on the land hunting rabbits and kangaroos, and listening to his elders telling the stories that are passed down through generations. When he was 28, he moved to Canberra and got into filmmaking. He won an international film award, which changed his life 180 degrees.
弗朗西斯在澳大利亞叢林長大，過著與自然非常親近的生活弗朗西斯7歲時，搬到了一個有著300人的村莊，在他看來這是個城市。他以前看到過的人從未超過十個。弗朗西斯長大后想成為白人，他說：“這很糟，但它……能使我同情他人。”福爾布雷斯前二十年的生活靠得是追捕地面上兔子和袋鼠，聽長者講述過去幾代人的故事。福爾布雷斯28歲時搬到了堪培拉，學習電影制作。他贏得了國際電影獎，這使他的生活發生了180度的轉變。
He now performs on television, at Sydney's Opera House, and at festivals across the globe.Firebrace says he is a “travelling storyteller” and gets his stories by swapping them with other tribal people.“All my stories are selected for their meanings and positive messages. The only way to make change is to go out there and give people another view of life. That'swhat I do through my stories, my paintings and my philosophy,” he said.
福爾布雷斯現在在悉尼歌劇院表演，參與全世界的節慶表演。福爾布雷斯說他自己是一個“旅行說書人”，把他的故事與其他部落的人分享，也換取其他部落的故事。“我所有的故事都是根據它們的意思挑選出來的，都具有積極意義。改變的唯一方法是給出去，給人們另一種人生觀。這就是我的故事、繪畫和哲學想要表達的內容，“福爾布雷斯說。
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