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The Message Of Folklore from Bahrain To The World
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The Belief and Practice of Wa’dah in Algeria

nlinguistic terms, a ritual is a religious ceremony that involves a series of actions performed in a certain manner, but it is hard to find a conventional...

Siwa Oasis: Folklore and cultural identity

Wen studying Egyptian folklore in Siwa Oasis, we find this area is the site of many popular practices that relate to the place and its cultural identity. This...

The Folktale…The Origin and the Game of Masks: A Study of Discourse Identity

The folktale does not necessarily require a historical reference in the same way that Arabic epic literature does because folktales include supernatural and...

The Janadriyah Festival: At the forefront of our minds throughout the year

When the National Guard in Saudi Arabia decided to organize a national festival of heritage and culture in Janadriyah in the mid-1980s, a delegation visited...

The Documentation of Popular Literature

This research focuses on popular literature. Though it is a subset of heritage, it conveys independent messages based on the compositional function of words....

Iraqi Mawwal

This paper reviews the evolution and development of Mawwal art in Iraq. Mawwal is a type of lyrical verse. The Mwalia is the origin of the quatrain Mawwal,...

Siwa Oasis: Folklore and cultural identity

Wen studying Egyptian folklore in Siwa Oasis, we find this area is the site of many popular practices that relate to the place and its cultural identity. This...

Studying the African Folktale: Amadou Hampâté Bâ and African Oral Heritage

The collective memory has a great interest in beginnings and origins; this interest is made manifest in popular seasonal celebrations, rituals and oral...

The Folktale…The Origin and the Game of Masks: A Study of Discourse Identity

The folktale does not necessarily require a historical reference in the same way that Arabic epic literature does because folktales include supernatural and...

The Art and Value of Tawizah in Sidi Bouzid

Tawizah is a Tunisian word that describes the collective tasks that people perform voluntarily in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia. Tawizah is closely related to the...

The Arabian Heritage of Falconry

Falcons, (genus Falco), are strong birds with relatively long wings with solid muscles; they hunt during the...

The Belief and Practice of Wa’dah in Algeria

nlinguistic terms, a ritual is a religious ceremony that involves a series of actions performed in a certain manner, but it is hard to find a conventional...

The Culture of Shammakh Village in South Jordan

This research paper discusses some of the crafts that have been largely abandoned by village craftsmen; these crafts will be of cultural and artistic value if...

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