A quarterly specialized journal
The Message Of Folklore from Bahrain To The World

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The Meaning of Lullabies in Libyan Folk Culture
Issue 54

Throughout the ages, mothers have repeated simple words with great meaning, intent and content in order to help their children stay still and sleep, unlike...

Aesthetic value and semantic dimensions of tapestry
Issue 63

The traditional patterns that have dominated the textiles crafts for decades are being challenged by a diversity in weaving patterns. This comes in reaction to...

Trends and methods of fieldwork when studying folk material culture
Issue 35

The study of material culture is the study of manual production, which includes handicrafts such as turning, tanning, blacksmithing, goldsmithing, silver...

Traditional Moroccan weaving: Women’s culture 
Issue 29

In the social fabric of the Ait and Rayin tribes in Morocco, a woman’s status is based on her experience and her social role. At the economic level, she...

The art of tattooing…A psychoanthropological approach
Issue 3

This research sheds light on the tattooing art as an old folklore that had been practiced by various human communities along the human...

Samples of the Most Important Forms of Arab Folk Dance
Issue 1

This paper reviews diverse multitudes of motivations behind evolution of dance and its content. It indicates that practice of forms of folk movements...

Assassin’s Creed, Nothing is True, Everything is Permitted: Highlights of the Assassin’s Creed Game
Issue 51

The Assassin’s Creed game is inspired by ‘Alamut’, a historical novel by Slovene writer Vladimir Bartol. The game, which takes place in...

The influence of folk culture on novels
Issue 65

Literature and oral tradition are inseparable all over the globe. Folk traditions and their development are reflected in many literary forms, frequently...

Hadra and the Judiah Khalwatiah Sufis: The example of Nazlit Al Masharqa village
Issue 31

Attributed to Sheikh Mohammed Khalwati, Judiah Khalwatiah was introduced to Egypt by Sheikh Mustafa Kamal al-Din al-Bakri. It now has many branches within and...

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