The precipitous terrain and difficulty of transport links have restricted contacts between Ssumakussu and the outside world, and this has helped the village to retain elements of its native culture, including the tradition of oral literature.
交通不便加上地形險峻，使得斯馬庫斯與外界少有接觸，這也使得他們還保存了些許的傳統文化，口傳文學是其中的一部分。