The Vanishing Art of 'Pothi Bacha' in Rural Odisha: Oral Storytelling as a Sacred Tradition
ASHIS MOHAPATRA · Asian Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies · 2025
In rural Odisha, the "Pothi Bacha"(Oral version of palm leaf manuscript) tradition is an age-old oral storytelling technique with strong roots in spiritual and cultural legacy. Storytellers were essential to the preservation of knowledge, history, and religious teachings because...
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10.9734/ajl2c/2025/v8i1225