Search results for "Folk music" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • way that ordinary human characters can not. Folk tales like the “Brer Rabbit” ... usually stems from ancient myths or folk tales, but some symbolism ...
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  • proud history. Desi and Margi forms have folk dance forms like Perani, Prenkhana ... === Music === <!-- Music of Andhra Pradesh --> The state has ...
    30 KB (4,151 words) - 20:00, 26 July 2023
  • "Pushkin employed folk speech as a special device of arresting ... category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure category:Art ...
    11 KB (1,618 words) - 14:07, 8 June 2020
  • bear similarities to Irish and Scottish music. The Manx sword dance is ... A roots revival of Manx folk music began in the 1970s, alongside a ...
    38 KB (5,944 words) - 21:52, 8 March 2024
  • and engaging in sporting matches. Murals of folk sport activities and acrobatics ... The Tibetan folk opera, known as Ache Lhamo, which literally means ...
    39 KB (5,852 words) - 23:25, 30 April 2023
  • advance a dramatic narrative, typically a folk tale, while conveying a range ... performed by the nobility in tandem with music, speech, verse, song, decor ...
    26 KB (3,932 words) - 16:13, 30 August 2023
  • main skills would have been oral (poetry, music, comedy, and storytelling). ... In the nineteenth century, variety and music hall theaters became ...
    19 KB (3,000 words) - 09:05, 12 May 2024
  • most shimmering colors. His study of the folk art in the region, in particular ... seemed to Kandinsky to push the limits of music and melody beyond standard ...
    25 KB (3,985 words) - 23:13, 3 May 2023
  • Khaleeji is a style of Persian Gulf-area folk music, played in Bahrain ... recently including elements of Bahraini folk music. There is a strong heavy ...
    38 KB (5,603 words) - 05:46, 26 August 2023
  • for their psychedelic or space rock music, and, as they evolved, for ... popular bands in the London underground music scene in the late 1960s as ...
    51 KB (7,954 words) - 20:40, 9 April 2023
  • the Avignon Festival, featuring theater, music, dance, and film, draws some ... quot;), which describes the region's folk dancing. ...
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  • the most influential guitar players in rock music history. ... & Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. His ...
    26 KB (4,016 words) - 01:11, 9 February 2023
  • Psychologists have gathered data on commonly held beliefs or folk ... "It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing ...
    11 KB (1,692 words) - 23:18, 17 May 2023
  • An indigenous art form is the meke, a kind of spiritual folk dance ... Fijian folk-music styles are unique in their fusion of Polynesian ...
    27 KB (3,980 words) - 19:46, 26 March 2024
  • novels of Albert Camus, and listened to Jazz music. ==Examples of counterculture ... cultural forms emerged, including the pop music of English band the Beatles ...
    27 KB (4,003 words) - 08:31, 10 January 2024
  • Folk religions practiced by tribal groups are common in Asia, Africa ... 039;s essential nature. On this account, folk music (as produced by working ...
    40 KB (5,823 words) - 13:34, 4 July 2023
  • The development of Slovak culture reflects the country’s rich folk ... An important aspect of cultural life in Slovakia is its music. At ...
    34 KB (4,802 words) - 15:55, 22 May 2024
  • meaning "the father of Chinese music" or 「聖人之噐/圣人之器」 ... Other incorrect classifications, mainly from music compact discs, ...
    45 KB (6,609 words) - 01:21, 15 July 2023
  • The fable is one of the most enduring forms of folk literature, and ... * The Sun Girl and the Moon Boy (A Korean Folk tale) by Yangsook Choi ...
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  • In general they practice a policy of communal land ownership. Music, poetry, and story telling are very important in Nama culture and many stories ...
    14 KB (2,192 words) - 03:58, 6 October 2022

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