Folk art et folk studies

From the point of departure of a folk song (Marching melody from Gärdeby) which by way of radio and television gained great popularity both in Sweden and abroad, light is thrown up...

The article is an attempt of a comprehensive analysis of the development of research on traditional folk knowledge (medicine, meteorology, astronomy, metrology, mathematics) on the...

Abstract Background Folk names of plants are the root of traditional plant biodiversity knowledge. In pace with social change and economic develo...

Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in the fall of 2016. News of this drew predictable reactions from fans and naysayers who, each in their own way, either praised ...

Folk music, a widely used but controversial term, means oral-tradition music by and for peasants/the working class in regional cultures where there is also a sophisticated art musi...

The connections between the collection of folk music and the creating of compositions based on folk music – as seen in the light of the co-operation between Karl Tirén and Wilhelm ...

Modern and contemporary Qatari literature constitutes an essential axis in Arabic literature, especially Gulf literature, since the first half of the twentieth century until now (2...

Purpose of the work. The study analyses the rebranding policy of folk choral art in the 21st century and identifies new approaches to its preservation and popularisation in the con...