Not until the very end of the evening do you discover the other reason behind this oral recitation.
Thulas are metrical name-lists or lists of poetic synonyms compiled, mainly, for oral recitation.
And a word of commendation to the management for using a small separate list for nightly specials, avoiding the lamentable oral recitation.
The implied alternative is that he or another missionary made the first written text from an oral recitation.
Its importance is passed down in oral recitation and daily beliefs and because many of the generations remember it as the place from where their forefathers migrated.
Taken down from oral recitation and transcribed from private manuscripts, rare broadsides and scarce publications.
Most instruction encouraged mental discipline more than analytical thinking or creativity, by emphasizing rote memorization and oral recitation.
This process is aimed to capture the transition in literature from oral recitations of the nomadic lifestyle into the individualized ideas of modern authorship.
The current authoritative copy of the Heike is a result of transcriptions of these oral recitations.
The sao style features long line lengths optimized for poetic oral recitation, with a concluding luan (or, envoi).