Unleashing Creativity Through Oral Tradition and Memory Strengthening
Explore the rich traditions of oral storytelling, memory strengthening, and creative expression through poetry, songs, and mantinadas. Dive into a world where words carry deep meaning, and cultural practices connect generations through shared experiences and emotions.
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Use your time creatively Oral Tradition as creativity
Red lips, Red lips I kissed Red lips, Red lips I kissed And dyed the edge of the bay And the middle of the sea Red lips And the middle of the sea Red lips An eagle came down to drink water An eagle came down to drink water And his wings were dyed red lips And his wings were dyed red lips I kissed red lips I kissed red lips And dyed mine-red lips And dyed mine-red lips And dyed the edge of the bay And dyed mine red lips And dyed mine red lips And in the neckerchief , in the neckerchief I dragged it And in the neckerchief , in the neckerchief I dragged it And it dyed the neckerchief red lips And it dyed the neckerchief red lips And in the river, and in the river I washed it And its waters were dyed red lips And its waters were dyed red lips RED LIPS I KISSED https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZfdK7ikaT4
STRENGTHENING THE MEMORY It is an ancient method used by the rhapsodists , poets who memorized and chorused long poems with thousands of lyrics. Through this orally spread tradition, people codified these memorization techniques, which led the new generations decode them so as to be used for their own needs, such as the cultivation and strengthening of memory. This method is based on a simple repeated pattern or key-words.
and CREATE A SONG 1 2 3 4 5 6 Discuss it Spot the key words Visualize the song- singing all together Remember the words- repeat them Add personal elements which reflect our experiences, memories, passions and needs. Create a song by adding own personal elements: psychological status and national identity.
Mantinada is words combined in order to create a couplet with fifteen syllables and rhyming expressing feelings, thoughts or even the everyday life of the Cretans. The Cretan mantinada is a 15-syllable rhyming couplet in Cretan dialect. Each mantinada is complete in itself in spite of its short length, like a limerick. Mantinada Mantinada A Cretan does not say in plain words what he feels, With mantinades he weeps, with mantinades he laughs! Mantinades can be heard in friends conversations, feasts (by reciting) and with its favoutite friend, lyre. Mantinada and the lyre are combined in a magical way giving happiness and comfort to the Cretans (and not only them). While mantinada spreads its message, lyre accompanies it in harmony https://www.tiktok.com/@vogiatzakis_giwrgos/video/7117194308201057542?_r=1&_t=8VJrNnfaZSY&is_from_webapp=v1&item_id= 7117194308201057542 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKCQ_qfd3hU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZcBXiQC4dE
antinades first appeared in Crete in the 15th century, during the period of Venetian rule. Cretans were influenced by Venetian poets and European poetry and started using rhyme for the first time. The famous poem Erotokritos seems to have played a decisive part in the invention and development of the mantinada. The origin of mantinades How could it not? Vicenzos Kornaros 10,000- verse romance has been read aloud and extracts sung by Cretans from the time it was written in 1590. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciViwsUeaqU
The mandinada appears as an essential component of collective life, which, in order to function, requires the active and creative participation of its members. The social model that the use of the mandinada presupposes is therefore a participatory model, of a society that reserves for its members a creative role; not the passive role https://www.tiktok.com/@cretangirl86reth/video/71002008123070743 10?_r=1&_t=8VJp6llxkXN&is_from_webapp=v1&item_id=710020081 2307074310
