List of oral repositories
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List of oral repositories
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Oral repositories are individuals that have been trusted with mentally recording information constituting oral tradition within a society, serving a crucial role in oral cultures and illiterate societies. They have been termed "walking libraries", leading to the saying "whenever an old man dies, it is as though a library were burning down". Roles vary, and can be titular, formal or informal, some professional specialists such as the Caucasian ashik, or much more commonly amateurs and knowledgeab
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2024-08-17T20:04:49Z
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2024-09-14T17:00:34Z
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