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

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Iraqi Mawwal
Issue 17

This paper reviews the evolution and development of Mawwal art in Iraq. Mawwal is a type of lyrical verse. The Mwalia is the origin of the quatrain Mawwal,...

Houbi Dance, a reminder of legendary times
Issue 40

The Houbi is a popular group folk dance performed by the people of the Ougarta region in Béni Abbès, which is in Béchar province in...

Common and diverse features of women’s oral poetry
Issue 31

Socio logists, anthropologists and other intellectuals have contemplated the evolution and development of world cultures. As a result, an anthropological...

A word from the editor: The Vital Social Need for a Bahraini Folk Arts Troupe
Issue 62

After attending the inaugural ceremony for the Serbian chapter of the International Organisation of Folk Art (IOV) in Belgrade, Serbia, I am sitting in the...

Rituals and Practices Related to the New-born In the Casbah Of Algiers
Issue 57

Arab folk beliefs varied. They were geographically and historically distinct, and they had an influence on both the human imagination and reality. In Arab folk...

Europeana Digitised European Archive
Issue 50

Digital libraries spread in the world, and the American "Google Library" became very famous. The library cooperated with international libraries, including...

Characteristics of the cadences of Tunisian folk music
Issue 28

Folk music’s characteristics reflect the soul, essence and culture of the society from which the music emerged. Since the development of research methods...

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...

The Kinship System: The Real and The Fictional: An Anthropological Study of The Folktale “That of Fate in Gold, And That of Fate in Silver”
Issue 65

This article deals with the relationship between the real and the imaginary. Thus, it is an anthropological study of the folktale That of Fate in Gold, And...

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