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Folklorist Richard Dorson explained in 1976 that the study of folklore is "concerned with the study of traditional culture, or the unofficial culture" that is the folk culture, "as opposed to the elite culture, not for the sake of proving a thesis but to learn about the mass of [humanity] overlooked by the conventional disciplines." [25]
Folk and traditional arts are rooted in and reflective of the cultural life of a community. They encompass the body of expressive culture associated with the fields of folklore and cultural heritage. Tangible folk art includes objects which historically are crafted and used within a traditional community.
Davy Crockett (August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836) was a 19th-century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician. He is commonly referred to in popular culture by the epithet, "King of the Wild Frontier". He represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives, served in the Texas Revolution, and died at the Battle of the Alamo.
Articles relating to folk culture in the United States. ... Folk festivals in the United States (8 C, 142 P) American folklore (21 C, 144 P) M.
This is a list of folk music traditions, with styles, dances, instruments and other related topics. The term folk music can not be easily defined in a precise manner; it is used with widely varying definitions depending on the author, intended audience and context within a work.
Culture and Art Folk festival in American Celebration of Folk Festival in American. Each year, events of culture and art folk festival across all of the United States are held to showcase the diverse offerings that this continent is known for.
Welsh folk culture (3 C, 1 P) This page was last edited on 6 February 2023, at 13:32 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...
The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. was created by Congress in 1976 "to preserve and present American Folklife". [1] The center includes the Archive of Folk Culture, established at the library in 1928 as a repository for American folk music.