The Covenant of Manama: A Roadmap for “Folk Culture”
Issue 20
Folk cultures emphasize national identities and the idiosyncrasies of nations’ personalities, challenging the trend of globalization that is rapidly...
Folk cultures emphasize national identities and the idiosyncrasies of nations’ personalities, challenging the trend of globalization that is rapidly...
This paper reviews diverse multitudes of motivations behind evolution of dance and its content. It indicates that practice of forms of folk movements...
Standardisation is an institutional activity carried out by specialised organisations that are recognised internationally, such as ISO, regionally, such as the...
Sufi folk poetry is considered to be one of the finest literary genres, as it draws on the inexhaustible source, the true Islamic religion, and combines the...
The culture of the bias towards having a male child is prevalent all of the world and in the Bahrain society, in particular. Such bias is not exclusive in a...
No one can stand in the face of the changes and conditions that overwhelm folk culture, especially the performing arts. We miss, in our days, the great...
Every country has its own traditional arts and crafts that reflect the cultural life of its people, both ancient and modern. Traditional crafts products are as...
Architectural heritage is one component of a society’s identity, and it reflects the society’s customs and traditions. It demonstrates...
Over the past few years, there has been a shift in the level of attention paid to traditional building in the Gulf Cooperative Council Countries. What was once...