The oral tradition, which was used in the days before people were literate, is now essential to the continuation of knowledge to our children. ... In general, all the knowledge that is learned via the oral tradition, pictographic lessons, and musical memorization are vague and tend to fade from people's memories over time. ... Customs and traditions that are important to individuals rely heavily on passing them down through the generations. ...

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The Jewish practice of circumcision is symbolic of binding the physical body to Christ, while the Lakota Sun Dance ritual is a symbol of the renewal of the tribe by learning through the traditions of ancestors. ... Circumcision, or Brit Milah, "is considered the sign of a new-born child's entry into the Jewish tradition."" ... The tradition managed to endure through oral tradition; until eventually elders and white scholars began to document the Lakota traditions, including the Sun Dance. (Hallowell 2010: 85) In an attempt to revive their identity from the destructive colonization, the Su...

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" - Plato The minute study of the history of the Indian subcontinent and the various historical processes it has experienced will reflect a rather vibrant amalgamation of various socio-cultural and religious traditions. ... The tradition, since its inception, is regarded to be a protest movement which seeks to contend and challenge all the orthodox, ritualistic norms of the established Brahmanical (Vedic and Puranic) religion2. ... In the space of the various, eclectic Bhakti traditions that emerged, however, women saints seem to own a space of their own and voice their opinions, bold an...

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When Christopher Columbus sailed in 1492 he connected two worlds so vastly different that they might as well have been from far ends of the universe. Native Americans, as they came to be known, were a people very much integrated with the land they lived on and saw themselves as a part of it. The Eur...

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At the beginning of this course, we were given an overview of indigenous literary traditions, surveyed native poetry and oral narratives, and looked at early America from the eyes of the European imagination. ...

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"Beautiful catecheses [oral teachings] that came down from the period are called mystagogic catecheses" (Lease, 1980, p. 1306) because they were presented entirely with the use of the mystery language. ... Among the Borana, who live in the same region and share similar initiatory traditions, there are five parallel streams or currents of generations instead of the two streams of alternate age-sets noted among the Maasai. ...

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