138. Dr. N. Shanthanaik

Abstract 138. Dr. N. Shanthanaik

Oral of Tradition

It is difficult for us to imagine world without printed matter. But, in the past there was world without printing. Printing was started in 594ad in Korea, China, and Japan .In mid sixteenth century printing came to India. Portuguese missionaries who visited Goa learnt Konkaniand Kanarisbegan printing in Kanaries language. Before, this literature was available in oral tradition. Oral tradition is under stood as, cultural material and tradition transmitted orally from one generation to another. The massage or testimony are verbally transmitted in speech or song and many folk forms for examples, folktales, sayings, ballads and songs society transmit oral   history, oral literature, oral law and other knowledge across generations without a writing system. What ever theory or criticism is prevailing on oral tradition, it is evident that oral tradition is the base for all written literature .As Adam Parrry-’theorised Homer as, the existence of the most fully developed poet of his time creatively and   all others.’ This tradition continued all over the world. When we talk about India, many tribal languages exist without written scripts have their own oral tradition. I am going to discuss one such language and its oral tradition, that is Gorboli. This language is spoken in almost all Banjaras of India. From centuries they tried to preserve this language and its tradition.   

Ha ram ram(good wishes to all)

“ Panch panchyat RajBojera saba

Pachare  to laac unpachreto sava laac

Sagakacherikachera kayakaparichati

Tam ham malge to

Sitalvegichati.”

(Honourable courtiers of king RajBoja

I wish lakh and unwished one and half lakhs.

When we all met.)

There are many oral tradition remained unexplored by the civilized world I would like to discuss elaborately in my paper