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  2. Oral tradition - Wikipedia

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    Oral tradition, or oral lore, is a form of human communication in which knowledge, art, ideas and culture are received, preserved, and transmitted orally from one generation to another. [1] [2] [3] The transmission is through speech or song and may include folktales, ballads, chants, prose or poetry.

  3. Word of mouth - Wikipedia

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    Oral tradition (sometimes referred to as "oral culture" or "oral lore") is cultural material and traditions transmitted orally from one generation to another. [4] [5] The messages or testimony are verbally transmitted in speech or song and may take the form, for example, of folktales, sayings, ballads, songs, or chants.

  4. Oral storytelling - Wikipedia

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    Oral storytelling is an ancient and intimate tradition between the storyteller and their audience. The storyteller and the listeners are physically close, often seated together in a circular fashion. [ 1 ]

  5. Folklore - Wikipedia

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    A more modern definition of folk is a social group that includes two or more people with common traits who express their shared identity through distinctive traditions. "Folk is a flexible concept which can refer to a nation as in American folklore or to a single family. " [ 9 ] This expanded social definition of folk supports a broader view of ...

  6. The tradition of oral storytelling in Appalachian culture - AOL

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    Oct. 5—Oral storytelling is a tradition in Appalachia with roots primarily tracing back to the Scotch-Irish Appalachian settlers that began inhabiting the region during the 18th century. Like ...

  7. Indigenous storytelling in North America - Wikipedia

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    Storytelling falls under the umbrella of broader oral traditions and can take either the form of oral history or oral tradition. [9] The difference between the two is that oral history tells the stories that occurred in the teller's own life while oral traditions are passed down through generations and reflect histories beyond the living memory of the tribal members. [9]

  8. Oral transmission - Wikipedia

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    Oral transmission, literally meaning "passing by mouth", may refer to: Oral tradition of stories, texts, music, laws and other cultural elements Oral gospel traditions, referring specifically to the Christian Gospels; Pathogen transmission in medicine and biology

  9. List of oral repositories - Wikipedia

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    Oral repositories are people who have been trusted with mentally recording information constituting oral tradition within a society. They serve an important role in oral cultures and illiterate societies as repositories of their culture's traditional knowledge , values, and morals.