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Oral traditions
Many peoples keep their past in song, story and ritual. Memory is helped by rhythm, repetition and place, and a long chain of tellers can carry knowledge across many generations.
Connects to
- History
- Memory and the past
- Cosmovisions
- Gamelan and ombak
- Whose voices are missing?
- How long can a story stay true?
- Why we tell stories
- Folktales
- Sacred texts
- What can a text carry across ages?
- How does a people hold knowledge?