# 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](https://mapideas.org/i/history)
- [Memory and the past](https://mapideas.org/i/ti_memory)
- [Cosmovisions](https://mapideas.org/i/as_cosmovision)
- [Gamelan and ombak](https://mapideas.org/i/mu_gamelan)
- [Whose voices are missing?](https://mapideas.org/i/q_hist_missing)
- [How long can a story stay true?](https://mapideas.org/i/q_hist_story)
- [Why we tell stories](https://mapideas.org/i/st_why)
- [Folktales](https://mapideas.org/i/st_folk)
- [Sacred texts](https://mapideas.org/i/re_text)
- [What can a text carry across ages?](https://mapideas.org/i/q_x_text_ages)
- [How does a people hold knowledge?](https://mapideas.org/i/q_x_held)

Sources:
- [Wikipedia: Oral tradition](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_tradition)

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