Importance of orality in older adults

Abstract

The knowledge of a community is given through orality, since knowledge, traditions, warnings, advice, laws and customs are transmitted, keys to the survival of the human species; as well as, the generational importance in continuous practice. These aspects strengthen the identity of a geographic space, being of utmost importance the active participation of older adults. With orality we can achieve objectives such as: knowing the physical, psychological and social state of the elderly, transmission of ancestral, traditional and popular knowledge, channeling the information accumulated in the time line of its existence, achieving the conservation of knowledge and knowledge of our ancestors, the preservation of the cultural identity of the communities and, pay the emotional state of the elderly, being able to consider this as a profitable relationship that means the preservation of their space filled with their history, feelings and identity.