Folkloric Analysis of Tigray Festivals with Special Reference to "Ashend"
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2009-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Folklore is a collect ion of traditional practices of homogeneous people which are reflected
through artistic, as well as expressive culture such as folk custom, fo lk dace, material
culture and oral literature. These are transmitted from one generation to the other through
word of mouth imitation and lor folk learning.
The foundation of the research is laid in chapter one. In this section the background of the
study, purpose, significance, scope and methodol ogy of the study have been discussed .To
realize the objectives that are set in the first chapter, a detailed explanation is given on the
descriptive concepts of folklore in the second chapter. This chapter also contains a review
of different research studies that deal with fo lklore and related aspects. Here an attempt is
made to show how this research study is different from the ones that have already been
conducted.
In the light of the theoretical concepts of folklore an attempt is made to analyze the folk
custom, folk arts, oral literature and material culture of Ashenda in chapter three. In this
part each element of fo lklore has been analyzed descriptively one after the other. An
attempt also made to see the social, economical and political aspects of Ashenda.
Chapter four concludes the study with some findings. In this chapter it is stated that
Ashenda reflects the four elements of folklore namely folk custom, folk dance, oral
literature and material culture. These are fo llowed by some recommendations.
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Folkloric Analysis