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It’s passed on through us recording their traditions
by edgyquant 4y ago
It’s passed on through us recording their traditions
- bergenty 4y agoBarely.
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- giraffe_lady 4y agoTradition must be lived, those are just words now.
- edgyquant 4y agoI disagree with semantics but get what you mean in general.
- ben_w 4y agoWe don't always have the opportunity to even do that. And even when we do have the opportunity, there are cases where we can't, because the language is untranslatable, for example the North Sentinel islanders: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentinelese_language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentinelese_language
- edgyquant 4y agoYeah, you're right here. My point was more than it doesn't take biological successors to continue traditions. Was more meant to add a light of hope to an all around depressing situation.
- herbst 4y agoIf you look into traditional medicine in that area you realize that plenty of the plants they use and used never actually got a proper scientific research on them. It's basically getting lost in front of our eyes.
- martopix 4y agoThe page literally says we don't even know what language he spoke.
- edgyquant 4y agoThis comment literally adds nothing to the conversation