Challenges of Oral Narration in Mao tribe

Oral Narration plays a prominent role in the life of the tribal’s. It chronicled the history of the people and its identity. This tradition recorded the very life of the people, their beliefs, the wars fought, the cultivation systems, the values and beliefs, the customs and traditions, events of peace and war and their entire social life. This rich oral tradition has been the only source of history handed to the present generation according to each narrator’s best knowledge and memory power .The hegemonic narration influenced the life of the people in all aspects. Songs, tales, fables, folklore, folktales, myth and legends recounted the very detail life of the past. They are the carriers of the meaningful civilization of the tribals. With no written scripts the traditions of mouth to mouth narration for generation after generations has been the only source of knowledge about the past of the tribal. For years till today the Nagas flourished without any written script of their own like any other tribals. The legacy that has been handed to them through oral has been the only source to ascertain their roots. Though the Mao tribe has no script of their own, the memory served best knowledge of oral legacy sustained them in their unique history and philosophical belief of life. Have the narration and tales so altered after many generations? With no narrative techniques each narrator is bound in their own narrative style.