Oh, I get it now. You are applying the word "tradition" in its most broad meaning to the phrase "traditional folk music", which uses the word "tradition" in a very specific sense. That doesn't work for having a discussion about a topic. If we take every word that gets used specifically in a musical context and replace it with the same word, but using a definition from a different context, we can have all sorts of fun.

Minor chords are less important than major chords.

The scale of a song determines its size.

A flat chord won't go anywhere unless you change it, and a sharp chord can cut you.

A semi-quaver is only partially trembling.

And, as we know, some of the old collectors got it wrong; they didn't copyright.