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

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Ardah folk dance
Issue 27

Ardah, a type of folk dance that functions as a display of power, has long been popular in the Arabian Peninsula. The dance has been celebrated in numerous...

Folk games in the works of Al-JaHidh
Issue 7

The searcher deals with the play as one of the activities of mind and muscle exercised by a human being since his first existence, and organized it in rules...

Ancient folk music in Tunisia Between Cyrenaic and Rationalism: A Historical Study
Issue 45

At the beginning of this study, my first concern was documenting the ancient folk music practice during the Punic and Roman periods in Tunisia. My main concern...

Lute as an Arabic instrument
Issue 7

Lute is the oldest and the most ancient musical instrument known to mankind for thousands of years. It was called “The Sultan and the King of oriental...

Every Cloud Has a Silver Lightning
Issue 15

Over many years, we advocated national culture, worked to arouse awareness in it and to highlight its great role within our generations. Many of our children...

‘Al Zajrah’ and traditional irrigation methods in Bahrain
Issue 41

For a very long time, the irrigation of agricultural lands has been accompanied by singing. A distinctive style of poetry known as ‘Mawwal’ emerged...

Cultural Origins of Amazigh Pottery in Morocco
Issue 64

Amazigh pottery produced in the Moroccan region often has designs that address cultural and historic issues through the use of ornamentation based on...

Bahrain's national culture: Steady progress and enlightened thinking
Issue 55

This issue of the quarterly Folk Culture Journal is the second to be published in the Journal's fourteenth year. With steady progress and enlightened thinking,...

  Digital Art and the Preservation of Intangible Cultural Heritage Towards a Philosophy of Art in the Age of Information Technology
Issue 47

This research focuses on sharing sites where data is available through free sharing and (mostly) free intellectual property rights, facilitating the...

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