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oral tradition
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oral tradition
n.
The spoken relation and preservation, from one generation to the next, of a people's cultural history and ancestry, often by a storyteller in narrative form.


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Referring to the agreement that was signed by Unesco in Paris in 2003 to protect cultural heritage and receive the support of international countries in preserving the inventories of cultural heritage, Jaboor said Unesco also recreated oral culture by defining new programmes that will help countries preserve their cultural heritage.
In an oral culture of the past, it was commonplace.
Writing, for example, focuses attention on the meanings of actual words while oral cultures concentrate on the "message".
 
 
 
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