Question

Why are folk songs perceived as sources of oral history?

• A. Folk songs talk about certain aspects of folk life and they are passed from generation to generation.
• B. Folk songs are passed on unchanged.
• C. Folk songs meticulously comment on the administration and the policies of the government.
• D. Folk songs are centered around the aristocracy and the royal families pass them down.

Answer 1

The correct option is A Folk songs talk about certain aspects of folk life and they are passed from generation to generation.

Oral history is usually transferred from generation to generation. We understand various aspects of folk life through folk literature traditionally passed on from one generation to the next.