tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26736348.post7824120134132649059..comments2023-10-18T09:44:34.822-06:00Comments on Learning Things: Northridge Elementary - A Day of StoriesConnie Massonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11775738012042005603noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26736348.post-4555205078689589282009-04-24T22:33:00.000-06:002009-04-24T22:33:00.000-06:00Kia ora Connie!
Story telling is of course an anc...Kia ora Connie!<br /><br />Story telling is of course an ancient practice. I think that it is almost a genetically linked activity. There are a few cultures that are built on story telling. The Māori culture is one. Their language is traditionally not a written language either, so the legends, of which there are hundreds, have all been passed down the generations by telling alone.<br /><br />Now, of course, these legends can be read from a book, <A HREF="http://newmiddle-earth.blogspot.com/2009/04/maori-culture-and-legends.html" REL="nofollow">a blog post</A> or a web page. But their occurrence in books in the last hundred years or so is testimony to the cultural practice of story telling over thousands of years. <br /><br />Without the telling there would be none to read about.<br /><br />Catchya later<br />from Middle-earthBlogger In Middle-earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08722634477041121797noreply@blogger.com