![]() In a general sense, "oral tradition" refers to the recall and transmission of a specific, preserved textual and cultural knowledge through vocal utterance. Oral tradition is information, memories, and knowledge held in common by a group of people, over many generations it is not the same as testimony or oral history. Religions such as Buddhism, Hinduism, Catholicism, and Jainism, for example, have used an oral tradition, in parallel to a writing system, to transmit their canonical scriptures, rituals, hymns and mythologies from one generation to the next. In this way, it is possible for a society to transmit oral history, oral literature, oral law and other knowledge across generations without a writing system, or in parallel to a writing system. The transmission is through speech or song and may include folktales, ballads, chants, prose or poetry. ![]() Oral tradition, or oral lore, is a form of human communication wherein knowledge, art, ideas and cultural material is received, preserved, and transmitted orally from one generation to another. A traditional Kyrgyz manaschi performing part of the Epic of Manas at a yurt camp in Karakol ![]()
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