What is Oral Tradition

This is a type of human communication in which art, ideas, knowledge, and cultural material is received, preserved, and transmitted orally from one generation to the other. Otherwise called oral lore or orality, the concept of oral tradition represents a dynamic and complex form of oral-aura medium for evolving, storing and transmitting ideas, knowledge, and art in a society.

A cultural system comprising traditional knowledge, skills, practices, and expressions transmitted from generation to generation through oral communication techniques and contexts.