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In many ancient cultures, there was no literacy nor even a written language. In such cultures, the story-teller fulfilled a crucial role, informing the public by giving the news, announcing the major events, providing the information the king or royal family wanted transmitted. Some story-tellers also filled a religious function, explaining the religion's basic beliefs through relating the adventures of the gods or goddesses. Story-tellers were in some way like today's mass media: they could entertain, they could inform, they could explain, they could transmit the culture's myths and treasured stories from one generation to the next. And because they did these things in an engaging and interesting manner, people paid attention and learned.
Even today, in a culture that does have literacy, people are affected differently when they read a story, as opposed to when the story is read to them or acted out by a story-teller. Thus, the person who can tell the stories (whether on stage, as a TV or radio personality, or even in the classroom) is educating a new generation while maintaining continuity with past generations.
Every culture has its stories-- and whether they are myths (George Washington may not have actually chopped down a cherry tree, but it was the moral about the importance of honesty that the story-teller conveyed) or whether they are based on fact (actors who bring to life famous people from the past, like Shakespeare or Abraham Lincoln or Mark Twain, and make them more understandable to the modern audience), good story-tellers can make their audience feel more connected to history. They also help the audience to feel closer to their cultural heritage.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agowell in fact, storytelling is a good part of education
human society is important so really, it's like this:
storytelling=education
education=humans society
so, human society is basicly storytelling
so now its
storytelling=education
education=humans society
humans society=storytelling
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It passes on values and beliefs
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