A quarterly specialized journal
The Message Of Folklore from Bahrain To The World

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Approaches to studying Sudanese culture The reality and theoretical ideology of Sudan
Issue 55

This paper discusses trends in Sudanese culture. It examines the contradiction between reality and the imagined backed by an ideology of supremacist...

The folktale in Palestine and Jordan: Identity And Authentication
Issue 11

Studying the folktale in the Palestinian and Jordanian societies, the author of this research notices that this folktale has roots in the ancient religions,...

The Art of Libyan Sufi Hadrah Music: Instruments and Rhythms
Issue 53

An ancient lyrical heritage with a rich history, the Sufi Hadrah occupies a prominent position in the countries of the Arab Islamic world, in East Central...

Child Popular Songs and their Educational Contents in kingdom of Bahrain
Issue 5

The aim of this study is to achieve a qualitative survey of the heritage of child popular songs, particularly the most famous and used in Bahraini society to...

The impact of folk literature: Methods, aspects and selected examples
Issue 41

Outline: 1-The ultimate goal of folk literature is to offer an accurate depiction of social practices; it is more closely related to human nature than formal...

President’s Speech at the Opening of the IOV's World Youth Congress in Krakow, Poland July 12-16, 2017
Issue 39

Dear friends, I welcome you to the International Organization of Folk Art’s (IOV’s) World Youth Congress in Krakow, a beautiful city that reminds...

Candles and their symbolic connotations at weddings and other occasions
Issue 60

Anthropology seeks to understand the implications and relationships of social phenomena by studying social structures in their various forms and activities as...

Prayer beads (Masbaha): From the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul to Al Shuq Palace in Cairo
Issue 33

People use prayer beads to keep count while they recite the Tasbih prayer. The beads are made of natural materials such as stones, wood, metal or bone, or of...

The Sudanese Woman And the Musical Culture
Issue 12

The researcher attempts to own some of the courage of the Sudanese identity to find out some explanations which are logically consistent with the ideas...

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