How Stories Live and the Storytelling Tradition

<p><em>Each house lives and ages with stories both unfolding and told behind its windows, speculated under warm, worn-out blankets, whispered just beside the quivering flame of a palitaan or oil lamp, and witnessed by the rich shadows looming over the walls.</em></p> <p>Storytelling traditions vary from one society to another, but there is a truth that has always existed yet is rarely recognized. Stories, both the&nbsp;<em>tales</em>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<em>tells</em>, are recurring universal needs.</p> <p>From time immemorial, stories have been used as a way to pass down history. It is a legacy that has protected and shaped the identities of people.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/counterarts/how-stories-live-and-the-storytelling-tradition-ca51076bae84"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>