The oral and visual traditions

Discussed in Chapter 28 of 21st Century Anthropology: A Reference Handbook in the module resources, "In preliterate societies, the oral and visual traditions were the only way to pass on important historical and cultural information. The act of passing this information on to the next generation in songs, chants, pictures, dances . . . is storytelling."
In your initial post, address the following:
• Are these methods of storytelling still effective for audiences today? Why or why not? Support your claim with evidence from outside sources.
• Choose one of the methods of storytelling from the module resources. Provide an example of how that method was used before the creation of written texts and how it is currently used to tell stories.