Folklore Although it is clear that folklore is new to many when we start from the word. It is not different from the daily activities of human beings since the beginning of human existence. Mainly, it reflects our culture, tradition, and even the system in the community in different folkloric ways. Therefore, folklore is not something that is yet to be created. But it is something that we practice and practice in our daily lives.
As mentioned above, many scholars have put forth interpretations of folklore.
1. When I mean folk group or people
2. Lore means knowledge
Therefore, when people gather together in a group. In various occasions of life, the rituals they celebrate together, celebrations, worship, weddings, birthdays, crying, baking, etc. The knowledge (art) that they create as a group in various social interactions defines the folklore. Folklore is a tool used by the society to reflect its culture and tradition in different situations, since the world has been inhabited by people since ancient times.
Folklore contains 5 genres
1. Vocabulary
2. Conceptual art
3. A/Habit
4. A/Engineering
5. Material culture
These above mentioned genres refer to the folklore in the community.
- Oral folk lore: The phrase derived from two root words refers to the meanings of lore, beauty, and wisdom. Writing, etc., has been studied for many years.
- Vocabulary at the level of words from generation to generation through stories. through legends. through oral poetry. through parables. through riddles. through Enka salantya, writings on the wall, embroidery verses and laments. also through engurgurowech, wedding and funeral songs, fukera kerato, shepherd’s songs, buhe, They are stimulants, ………….etc. In addition, it is a field of folklore that studies the importance of giving the message. that message to the society about the time and period that these ancient people are still alive today. In addition, through the above-mentioned verbal activities. the community reflects the system around them, praises the chiefs, officials, kings, and teaches children the morals in the form of stories. When we look at art, the knowledge of the society is to express art in different ways through stories, poetry, reading, plays, etc. When we bring up folklore, we can bring up a wide range of issues in it. Along with this, you can look at traditional arts. A/Tun art has different characteristics and includes dance, dance, music. Music has its own poetry, beat, melody, and arrangement system, and following music, indigenous musical instruments not only make the beauty of the music attractive, but also bring people’s inner feelings with the dance. Don’t think of music as music, they are musical instruments.
