Hidirtina (Sisters) is based on a mythology from Eritrea and northern Ethiopia. It is part of a larger story collection project that began in 2004. Folklorist Alan Dundes describes mythology as "a story that serves to define the fundamental worldview of a culture by explaining aspects of the natural world and delineating the psychological and social practices and ideals of a society". For this project, I sent out an open call for folklore to a Habesha diaspora (Ethiopian and Eritrean) New York City community email group. After meeting with and interviewing a volunteer I decided to make this animation short based on her shared story. This project is a means to memorize, recollect, and share knowledge, morals, and dreams from one’s cultural heritage. In this project, I also incorporated the process of developing the animation itself, such as email communications, cafe meetings, and a brief portrait of the storyteller. This is a means to highlight that folklore, like traditional cultures, is not static, they are always losing and gaining. Animation resonates with this state of transformation, always morphing into something new. Due to their open interpretation, each retelling is original, this project being just one version in their continuous reformation.