page_title: Cantastoria
hierarchical_section_title: Cantastoria
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Bänkelsänger in Basel, vor dem «Wirtshaus zur Henne» am Nadelberg. Die besungenen Bilder zeigen das Erdbeben von Basel 1356 und die Überschwemmungen in Hölstein 1830.
context_page_description: Cantastoria comes from Italian for "story-singer" and is known by many other names around the world. It is a theatrical form where a performer tells or sings a story while gesturing to a series of images. These images can be painted, printed or drawn on any sort of material.
context_section_description: Cantastoria ([ˌkantaˈstɔːrja]; also spelled cantastorie [ˌkantaˈstɔːrje], canta storia or canta historia) comes from Italian for "story-singer" and is known by many other names around the world. It is a theatrical form where a performer tells or sings a story while gesturing to a series of images. These images can be painted, printed or drawn on any sort of material.
caption: A moritat singer in Basell depicted in 1356
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