Ethnic Folklore Research Articles

Perception of character education through heroism lembak ethnic folk story figures

The heroism of Lembak ethnic folklore characters is a means of delivering effective character education because the values contained in folklore are very closely aligned with the norms that exist in society. This research aims to describe the perception of character education through the heroism of Lembak ethnic folklore characters in the form of the values of willingness to sacrifice (RB), never give up (PM), love of the homeland (CTA), and solidarity (KK). This study used a descriptive qualitative method. The data collection technique was carried out by carefully reading the entire Lembak ethnic folklore, understanding the sample on the research object, coding the data, compiling the results of the analysis, and making conclusions. Based on the results of the analysis, researchers found that the value of heroism, being willing to sacrifice, the value of never giving up, the value of love for one's country, and value of solidarity arises because of the feeling of affection towards someone by protecting, loyalty, working together and caring for friends, family, lovers, and other people to make it happen. strong solidarity. Based on the research results, it can be concluded that the heroism of the characters in Lembak ethnic folklore, it will provide an overview of character education which can be used as a means of education in society.

<i>Living Mask</i> and <i>Character-Figure</i> as Phenomena of Plastic Visualization and the Fundamental Principles of Plastic Language of Thinking (as Exemplified by the Ethnic Group of Mordvins)

Dynamic properties of ethnic plastic thinking are rooted not only in the internal development of art, but also depend on the mental and cultural mobility of a particular ethnic group. The author explores particular plastic themes and language perspectives of ethnic folklore, as well as plot forms and motifs of the mythological creativity of the Mordvins. The purpose of the article is to develop modern art criticism discourse of plastic and ethnoplastic understanding of thinking through the analysis of architectonic variants of the structures of ritual imagery, the semantic basis of the architectonic artistic connection and the primary elements of archetypal abilities.

Robert A. Georges (1933–2022)

Robert A. Georges (1933–2022)

Ethnic Festivals of the Mid to Late 20th – Early 21st Century as a Component of the Folklore Culture of Bulgaria

The article is dedicated to the study of folklore festival culture in Bulgaria in the mid to late 20th – early 21st century. The characteristic features of the folklore festival culture of Bulgaria are considered, the main functions of the folklore festivals are determined, a number of well-known international, national and local ethnic folklore festivals taking place in different cities and villages of Bulgaria are classified. The first ethnofestivals in Bulgaria are described, such as the Festival of Folk Art and Animal Husbandry in Rozhen, the Festival of Folk Art in Koprivshtitsa, the International Folklore Festival in Burgas, the Festivals of Folk Art Pirin Sings, Balkan Sings and Tells, which are held from the 1960s till nowadays. They have started the development of the folklore-festival movement in Bulgaria. The ethnic festivals, held in Bulgaria, are classified. According to the time of holding, there are short-term and long-term festivals. According to the venue, Bulgarian ethnofestivals are stationary or mobile. According to geographical criteria, Bulgarian ethnofestivals can be divided into local, national, international and world. According to the age criteria of the participants, among the ethno-festivals there are children’s, youth, mixed festivals. Among the ethnofestivals the holidays of folk art, festivals of calendar and ceremonial holidays, festivals of authentic folk clothing, festivals of national cuisine, festivals of folk instrument ensembles, festivals of folk dances, festivals of folk crafts and trades etc. can be distinguished.

The Emergence of a Nationalistic Vernacular: The Ideal Peasant Man and the Roma People as His Antagonists

Abstract This article discusses ethnic folklore as mirroring the ideals of peasant culture in Finland until the first half of the twentieth century. Using folk narratives about the Finnish Roma and proverbs as told by Finnish rural peasants, I investigate how such elements of everyday communication laid bare notions of social hierarchies. Historically, the sense of belonging to a nation has often been “invented” by the majority or by the people in power. Because the collecting of Finnish folklore was conducted primarily with an idealized notion of the peasant majority in mind, minority folklore or urban elements of life appeared inauthentic and thus not worthy of collection. Unlike the sedentary population, the Finnish Roma were itinerant, and they specifically became an object of ethnic folklore. The aim here is to understand the role of narrative culture in creating and maintaining institutionalized social differences.

Investigation of anti-arthritic potential of ethanol extract of Hibiscus platinifolius

Rheumatoid Arthritis is an autoimmune disease which causes chronic inflammation in the joints n even affects the healthy tissues in the body because their immune system attacks their body's tissues. This process creates an inflammatory response of the synovium, which is synovitis secondary to hyperplasia of the synovial cells. In their research, Locally available plants are verified on their therapeutic use. Arthritis is an autoimmune disease which causes chronic inflammation in the joints n even affects the healthy tissues in the body because their immune system attacks their body’s tissue. In Literature survey, it is revealed that the plant Hibiscus platinifolius (Malvaceae) is used as an ethnic folklore medicine for arthritis than other medicinal use. Primary inflammatory response consists of swelling of oedematous with multiple joints mainly in hind paws then within hours; it develops at the inoculation site. Later it involves the development of inflamed peri articular swelling in the limbs and of erythematous nodules and segmental radial swellings and ridgings which encircling the tail adjacent to the intervertebral disks of the caudal vertebrae. According to the reports, it has shown that the formation of bone was broadly reduced while bone resorption was increased in arthritic disease. In blood and liver, the FA activity increases then N-acetyltransferase (NAT) activity and it shows the effect not only on the serum biochemical parameters like SGOT, SGPT and ALP but also on haematological parameters such as RBC, WBC, Hb% and ESR.

MULTICULTURAL SPACE: THE STUDY OF KAZAKHSTAN FOLKLORE

This article is written in the framework of modern linguistic trends and is devoted to the analysis of theoretical and practical peculiarities and difficulties in translating the folklore of over a hundred ethnicities living in Kazakhstan (on the basis of Kazakh, Russian, Tatar, Ukrainian, Polish, Ingush, Armenian and German tales). The main objective is to identify and analyze the ways of translating national cultural peculiarities in folk tales of the ethnicities of Kazakhstan into English. The relevance of this study is determined by the growing interest in folklore, the identification of national and cultural specifics within the modern anthropological paradigm, disclose us the features of linguocognitive content, connection and correlation with the objective world and culture of the ethnos, with the character and national and cultural specifics of the linguistic picture of the world. The article deals with the study of language and culture, which gives possibility to study the link of the language and the language consciousness among representatives of different ethnic groups. The genre of fairy tales in the era of globalization, the spread of mass culture, universal modernization preserves the national and cultural worldview and cultural values ​​of the people. The scientific novelty of this study is displayed through the analysis of the practical experience of translating fairy tales of the Kazakhstani ethnicities into English, which is based on certain theoretical provisions for the translation of the folklore text. The article reveals the results of the ethnic folklore translation into English. The research priority of this study is conceptology, which studies current issues of modern reality, problems of translation, reflecting specific requirements for translating folklore.

Образ коня в устном народном творчестве калмыков (на материале архивных аудиозаписей КалмНЦ РАН)

The article examines the image of the horse depicted in a number of archival materials. Being a thinking being, the horse has always been of interest to both Russian and foreign scholars. And it is definitely integral to the Kalmyk nomadic culture. The horse is constantly praised in Kalmyk songs and the heroic epic of Jangar. It also occupies a prominent place in different genres of ethnic folklore, acting as a devoted friend and aid. In proverbs the horse is often associated with male humans. The paper narrates about distinctive marks (Kalm. шинҗс) and curative powers of the horse.

A Retrospective of Canadian Ethnic Studies/Études ethniques au Canada

A Retrospective of Canadian Ethnic Studies/Études ethniques au Canada James Frideres, Editor Emeriti (bio) and Anthony Rasporich, Editor Emeriti (bio) The first issue of Canadian Ethnic Studies/Études ethniques du Canada appeared in 1969, a modest research bulletin of the Research Centre for Canadian Ethnic Studies, edited by Alexander Malycky and Clive Cardinal of the Germanic and Slavic Studies Department at the University of Calgary. It appeared sporadically through the early seventies as several other bulletins, bibliographies, book reviews, and review articles. It then transformed into its current format in 1975, under the co-editorship of Drs. Alexander Malycky and Howard Palmer of the History Department, accompanied by a full editorial board represented from across Canada. For the next four years, the journal often combined one regular issue and another special issue, and presented a wide variety of multidisciplinary perspectives on ethnic groups, plus book and film reviews, ethnic documents and voices. The special issues were various: The Green Paper (1975); Ethnic Folklore (1975); Education and Ethnicity (1976); Ethnic groups in Western Canada (1977); Immigrants in the City (1977); Ethnic Radicals (1978). Often, Howard Palmer provided the introduction of regular issues, and he brought about both a fiscal stability to the journal, and scholarly connection with the wider Canadian Ethnic Studies Association, as well as the wider international scholarly community on ethnicity (See CES, 1991, XIII, no. 3, pp. 5–6). With two new co-editors by 1979, Dr. James Frideres (Sociology) and Anthony Rasporich (History), the journal moved towards the publication of three issues annually—one special and two regular issues. Its new directions taken in conjunction with its parent Canadian Ethnic Studies Association and its biennial national conferences and internal Bulletin, can be found in the editorial (vol. 12, no. 1, 1980) entitled “Some New Wine, Some New Bottles”. Some of the minor changes were already reflected in the title of the Journal, in the French change of the title from “du” [End Page 11] to “au” Canada, pointing to a broader spectrum of analysis of the impact of ethnicity and pluralism in Canada. Special issues in the eighties and nineties were stimulating in their breadth, trending widely from group studies such as: Ukrainians in the City (1981), Métis (1985), Chinese (1987), Doukhobors (1995); to multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary themes such as Ethnicity and Femininity (1981), Ethnic literatures (1982, 1996, 1996), Aging (1983); Art and Architecture (1984); to regional studies (Quebec, 1986), (Atlantic, 1988); to broader themes such as State of the Art (1990), Popular Culture (1991), and Immigrant Adaptation (1998). All in all, they represented a complex mosaic of themes addressing the social, cultural and historical dimensions of the ethnic experience in Canada. By the beginning of the 21st century, the journal began to link with other national and international associations interested in ethnicity, immigration and Canadian society. The Association of Canadian Studies, Metropolis and various ethnic organizations created links with the Canadian Ethnic Studies Association and this expanded the scope of papers submitted to the journal. As the reputation of the journal for publishing quality papers began to spread across the country, scholars from disciplines that previously were not linked to issues of ethnicity, such as Political Science, Anthropology, Theatre, Film, and Communication Studies, began to see the journal as an outlet for their scholarship. As the journal grew in national and international stature, manuscripts submitted ranged from theoretical to more empirically based research. The influence of Jorgen Dahlie as the Ethnic Voice editor and Tamara Seiler as Assistant editor from 1975 to the early 1990’s had a positive impact on the quality of the journal. Moreover, the work of Bob Hromadiuk as the creator of the Ethnic Studies Bibliography through the eighties and nineties also added to the value of the journal. As a result, our readership expanded as well as the submissions to the journal. All of this was partially supported by the dedicated staff who worked with the editors to ensure intake was catalogued, and that responses to scholars who had submitted papers and the evaluation of their submissions were carried out in a timely manner. Over the years, the administrative work of Sandra Demchuk, Myrna Haglund, and JoAnn Cleaver ensured...

Socio-cultural contribution to medicinal plants assessment and sustainable development: case of antidiabetic and antihypertensive plants in Cameroon.

Diabetes and hypertension rank among human diseases that are very difficult to control. The medicinal material of Cameroon can provide much information on ethnic folklore practices and traditional aspects of therapeutically important natural products. Cameroon has a very rich cultural diversity with different traditional systems of medicine that need more evidence-based studies on both crude extracts and purified phytomolecules. Therefore, an ethnobotanical study was conducted on 58 socio-cultural population groups living in different phytogeographic units of Cameroon in order to collect various medicinal plants or recipes. A two by two comparison of social-cultural groups of the same phytogeographic unit indicated a significant difference in 86.97% of medicinal plants or recipes comparisons' cases. A total of two hundred and eight recipes were identified, among which 75 were used for diabetes and hypertension treatment, 74 for hypertension alone, and 59 for diabetes alone. Also, two hundred and three plants were identified among which 33 were cultivated and marketed by 25 farming families engaged in integrated agriculture and selling of antidiabetic and antihypertensive plants to enhance their socio-economic status.

Anti-inflammatory Action of Components from Melastoma malabathricum.

Ethnic folklore or empirical therapeutic uses of plant parts have often provided the early indication of the possibility of discovering some pharmacologically active substance from a plant. Melastoma malabathricum. L. (Melastomaceae), locally known as sendudok putih, is a small shrub. Traditional medicinal uses include diarrhea, dysentery, ulcers, wound care, and piles. In the search for natural compounds useful against anti-inflammatory activity, α.-amyrin, betulinic acid, and isolated flavonoids, including quercetin and quercitrin, were assessed in vitro. by determining their inhibitory effects on platelet activating factor (PAF) binding to rabbit platelets using 3H-PAF as a ligand. The results indicated that quercetin, quercitrin, α.-amyrin, and betulinic acid showed inhibition of PAF receptor binding with IC50 values of 33.0, 45.4, 20.0, and 22.2 µM, respectively. The IC50 values of these compounds were comparable to Cedrol (13.1 µM), which is a known PAF receptor antagonist. These results suggest that natural flavonoid and pentacyclic triterpenes from M. malabathricum. possess selective antagonistic activity toward PAF and could be an attractive candidate as a natural anti-inflammatory compound.

Annual Bibliography of Studies in Western American Literature

Annual Bibliography of Studies in Western American Literature Editor: Virgil R. Albertini, Northwest Missouri State University. Staff: Dolores A. Albertini, Maryville, Missouri; Donna Barmann, North­ west Missouri State University; Robert J. Brophy, California State Uni­ versity, Long Beach; Lawrence Clayton, Hardin-Simmons University; Thomas J. Lyon and Charlotte Wright, Utah State University; Carol Pet­ ersen, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Authors of books and articles are encouraged to call our attention to items for inclusion in the bibliography. Because of the many entries, please note that the abbreviation LH A W is used for A Literary History of the American West. In addition, sectional editors George F. Day, Gerald W. Haslam, James H. Maguire and William T. Pilkington, are listed as others. Abbey, Edward. Hepworth, James and Gregory McNamee, eds. Resist Much, Obey Little. Salt Lake City: Dream Garden Press, 1985. Ronald, Ann. “Edward Abbey.” In LHAW. Eds. J. Golden Taylor, Thomas J. Lyon, and others. Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1987, pp. 604-611. Adams, Andy. Gordon, Joe. “Andy Adams — The Real Thing.” la Tertulia, 3 (Summer 1987), 1. Adams, Ramon F. Laird, W. David. “Dedication to Ramon F. Adams 1889-1976.” Arizona and The West, 28 (Winter 1986), 293-298. Allen, Chestina Bowker. Riley, Glenda, ed. “Kansas Frontierswomen Viewed Through Their Writings: The Diary of Chestina Bowker Allen.” Kansas History: A Journal of the Central Plains, 9 (Summer 1986), 83-95. Athearn, Robert G. Athearn, Robert G. The Mythic West in Twentieth-Century America. Law­ rence: University Press of Kansas, 1986. West, Elliott. “Dedication to Robert G. Athearn.” Arizona and the West, Ari­ zona Quarterly Journal of History, 28 (Autumn 1986), 195-200. 308 Western American Literature Atwood, Margaret. Beran, Carol L. “George, Lida, and a Poured Concrete Balcony: A Study of Three Aspects of the Evolution of Lady Oracle.” Canadian Literature, 112 (Spring 1987), 19-28. Davey, Frank. “Alternate Stories: The Short Fiction of Audrey Thomas and Margaret Atwood.” Canadian Literature, 109 (Summer 1986), 5-14. Godard, Barbara. “Tales Within Tales: Margaret Atwood’s Folk Narratives.” Canadian Literature, 109 (Summer 1986), 57-84. Juhasz, Suzanne. “Renunciation Transformed, the Dickinson Heritage: Emily Dickinson and Margaret Atwood.” Women’s Studies, 12 (1986), 251-270. Malak, Amin. “Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and the Dystopian Tradition.” Canadian Literature, 112 (Spring 1987), 9-17. Sciff-Zamaro, Roberta. “The Re/membering of the Female Power in Lady OracleCanadian Literature, 112 (Spring 1987), 32-38. Van Gelder, Lindsy. “Margaret Atwood, Novelist.” Ms., 15 (January 1987), 48-50, 90. Austin, Mary. Hall, Jacqueline D. “Mary Hunter Austin.” In LHAW. Eds. J. Golden Taylor, Thomas J. Lyon, and others. Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1987, pp. 359-369. Wyatt, David. “Mary Austin: Nature and Nurturance.” In The Fall into Eden: Landscape and Imagination in California. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1986, pp. 67-95. Barthelme, Donald. Stengel, Wayne B. The Shape of Art in the Short Stories of Donald Barthelme. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1985. Bibliographies. Albertini, Virgil R. “Annual Bibliography of Studies in Western American Literature.” Western American Lterature, 21 (February 1987), 305-335. Avila, Wanda, lean Stafford, A Comprehensive Bibliography. New York: Garland, 1983. Blackburn, Alexander. “Frank Waters: Preface and Bibliography.” Writers’ Forum (The Colorado College Symposium), 11 (Fall 1985), 164-170. Boswell, Jeanetta. Robinson feffers and the Critics, 1912-1983: A Bibliog­ raphy of Secondary Sources with Selective Annotations. Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, 1986. Drew, Bernard A., ed. Western Series and Sequels: A Reference Guide. New York: Garland Publishing, 1986. Etter, Patricia A. “The Southern Route—1849 Journals: A Bibliography.” Bulletin of Bibliography, 43 (September 1986), 131-148. Fleming, Robert E. “A Sinclair Lewis Checklist: 1976-1985.” In Sinclair Lewis at 100: Papers Presented at a Centennial Conference. Ed. Michael Connaughton. St. Cloud, Minnesota: St. Cloud State University, 1985, pp. 267-270. Annual Bibliography 309 Georges, Robert A. and Stephen Stern. American and Canadian Immigrant and Ethnic Folklore: An Annotated Bibliography. New York: Garland, 1986. Hagen, Lyman B. “Dee Alexander Brown.” Bulletin of Bibliography, 43 (Sep­ tember 1986), 172-178. McPheron, William. The Bibliography of Contemporary American Poetry, 1945-1985: An Annotated Checklist. Westport, Connecticut: Meckler Publishing, 1986. Metzger, Linda, ed. Contemporary Authors: A Bio-Bibliographical...

Muslim Tombs and Ethnic Folklore: Charters for Hui Identity

The Hui minority, the largest of ten Muslim nationalities in China, is distributed throughout every province and city and over 70 percent of all counties (Map 1; Diao 1967:169). This paper endeavors to shift discussion away from conventional considerations of whether the Hui are really “Muslim” or merely inheritors of a cultural tradition somewhat different from the Han majority. Instead, I propose to examine one important area of interest to Hui communities throughout China, namely the lore and events surrounding various tombs and shrines, which I categorize as historic, Sufi, and local. Historic tombs reflect concerns that put local Hui identity in an international perspective; Sufi tombs link the Hui in national networks and often divide them regionally; and local tombs evoke interests that are more communal, reflecting practical concerns and personal identities.

The threat from without

Of greatest importance in ethnic folklore are the recognised and unrecognised elements that are used when founding identity on tradition. For the aim of ethnic identification is to note and know the cultural features that connect me with people like me and separate me from people who are not like me. Every group and each of its members thus needs an opponent, a contact partner in order to identify itself. What about the Lapps? The ethnocentric values of ethnic folklore provide a model for this generalising comparison. 'They' are a potential danger, are unknown, strange, a threat from beyond the fells. They are sufficiently common for the group's ethnic feeling. It is here that we find tradition, folk tales, describing the community's traditional enemies, describing the threat from without, engendering preconceived ideas, conflicts and even war. The Lapps have never had an empire, they have never conquered others' territory, they have never engaged in systematic warfare against other peoples. For this reason Lapp tradition lacks an offensive ethnic folklore proper with emphasis on aggression, power, violence, heroism and an acceptance of the ideology of subordinating others. On the contrary,Lapp folklore is familiar with a tradition in which strangers are always threatening the Lapps' existence, plundering their territories, burning and destroying. The Lapp has always had to fight against alien powers, to give in or to outwit the great and powerful enemy. In the Lapp tradition the staalo represents an outside threat that cannot be directly concretised. If foes are regarded as concrete enemies that may be defeated in physical combat or that can be made to look ridiculous, a staalo is more mythical, more supranormal, more vague. One basic feature of the staalo tradition is that it only appears as one party to a conflict. The stories about the Lapp who succeeds in driving away a staalo threatening the community, to outwit the stupid giant or to kill him with his own weapon come close to the myth of the beginning of time when a Lapp managed to secure his existence and defend his community against an outside threat. Without the proto-Lapp battle against evil, the community would not have had a chance to exist, the right to live in its area, as the community does nowadays.

American and Canadian Immigrant and Ethnic Folklore. An Annotated Bibliography

American and Canadian Immigrant and Ethnic Folklore. An Annotated Bibliography

American and Canadian Immigrant and Ethnic Folklore: An Annotated Bibliography

American and Canadian Immigrant and Ethnic Folklore: An Annotated Bibliography

American and Canadian Immigrant and Ethnic Folklore: An Annotated Bibliography

American and Canadian Immigrant and Ethnic Folklore: An Annotated Bibliography

Ethnic Folklore in Utah: New Perspectives

Ethnic Folklore in Utah: New Perspectives

: Working Together: Women and Family in Southwestern Saskatchewan . Seena B. Kohl. ; The Canadian Family in Comparative Perspective . Lyle E. Larson. ; Ethnic Folklore in Canada. Canadian Ethnic Studies, Special Issue, Vol. 7, no.2, 1975 .

Book reviewed in this article: Ethnology: Applied Anthropology: Working Together: Women and Family in Southwestern Saskatchewan. Seena B. Kohl Ethnology: The Canadian Family in Comparative Perspective. Lyle E. Larson, ed. Ethnology: Ethnic Folklore in Canada. Canadian Ethnic Studies.

Ethnic Folklore and the Folklore of Ethnicity

Ethnic Folklore and the Folklore of Ethnicity