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Folklore

Scope note

Traditional and expressive forms of culture, such as song, story, dance, ritual, handicraft, art, food ways, costume, custom, religion, architecture, and work skills, and of the processes and meanings that underlie them. PG

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300055920

Broader Terms used

<literary and oral genres>

Term used for

folk-lore

Created

13yrs ago

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