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The Message Of Folklore from Bahrain To The World
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Folk games in Egypt and the Arab world

Traditional folk games are passed down through the generations. As their spontaneity appeals to children and they meet children’s psychomotor needs, folk...

The oral heritage of Sheikh Ali bin Aoun

The oral heritage of nations and communities is as important as the material heritage to the cultural aspects of these nations and communities. Oral heritage...

Traditional housing in the villages of southern Tunisia

Located in southwest Tunisia, Nafzawa is rich in material and non-material elements of folklore because agriculture in the ancient oases made raw materials...

Folk Culture and the Challenges of Globalization

The Arab world hosts a large number of conferences, seminars and forums; we read and hear about many such events almost every day. All discuss cultural...

Legendary discourse of the folk conception of the Universe: Nowruz’s legendary discourse in Oman’s heritage as a case study

Every language has tools and ways of describing the world and naming things and phenomena. When a person thinks, he unconsciously does so using his mother...

The oral heritage of Sheikh Ali bin Aoun

The oral heritage of nations and communities is as important as the material heritage to the cultural aspects of these nations and communities. Oral heritage...

Traditional riddles

Riddles, proverbs, customs, traditions, clothes, cuisine and architecture are all components of folk culture that connect the past to the present, and that...

Iskaba: A traditional song

Iskaba is a traditional song of the Levant. With its beautiful rhyme, tender tone, and spontaneous rhythm, Iskaba appeals to many generations. The lyrics ask...

Folk games in Egypt and the Arab world

Traditional folk games are passed down through the generations. As their spontaneity appeals to children and they meet children’s psychomotor needs, folk...

The diversity of musical instruments

In ancient times, man discovered that some raw materials could be used to produce sound. Tree trunks could be fashioned into drums, he could produce whistles...

Traditional housing in the villages of southern Tunisia

Located in southwest Tunisia, Nafzawa is rich in material and non-material elements of folklore because agriculture in the ancient oases made raw materials...

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