Myths, scary stories and legends: oral tradition in Socorro, Colombia
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5216/sec.v22i2.58980Abstract
The activation of heritage is the starting point of many goals. One of them is the safeguarding
which begins with the inventory and cataloging of the cultural heritage of a country, region or
community. This procedure faces particular challenges when it comes to manifestations of the
oral tradition such as those in Colombia called “cuentos de espantos” – scary stories, frightening
stories related to supernatural characters and spaces transmitted by the oral tradition. Most of
the challenges have to do with their financing, sustainability, lack of regulation adjusted to the
needs of our particular oral tradition and or background research on the subject. Discussing the
challenges and presenting the possibilities to overcome them, articulating oral tradition with
cultural tourism is the aim of this paper.
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