The Folklore Day Brazilian is celebrated on 22 August . The date was created with the aim of raising awareness of the importance and appreciation of folkloric manifestations in the country.
August 22nd refers to the first time the word folklore was used to refer to the customs of a people. This happened in 1846, when British folklorist William John Thoms (1803-1885) joined the words folk , which means "people", and lore , which means "knowledge".
The date was established in Brazil in 1965 through Decree nº 56.747, of August 17, 1965.
Folklore Day Activities
Many activities are carried out on Folklore Day, especially in early childhood education. Check out some ideas that can be carried out on that date below:
- Telling legends;
- Sing folk songs;
- Introduce folk dances;
- Drawing and painting folklore characters;
- Producing panels and murals alluding to the commemoration;
- To present plays alluding to folklore;
- Recite proverbs and popular sayings.
To help with the activities, also read:
- Legends of Brazilian folklore
- Folk games
- Popular Festivals
- Folk dances
- Guesses
- Proverbs and sayings
- Tongue twisters
Folklore Quiz
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Folklore is the set of knowledge of a people, such as customs, beliefs, folktales, tales, myths, legends, riddles, songs, dances and popular festivals of a culture and region. Brazilian folklore is the result of the union of indigenous, African and European cultures.
In Brazil, the main folklorists and scholars on the subject are Renato Almeida (1895-1981), Mário de Andrade (1893-1945) and Luís da Câmara Cascudo (1898-1986).
It was these folklorists who, in the 20th century, expanded the concept of folklore and popular culture in Brazil. They emphasized the areas of ethnography, ethnology and cultural anthropology, to the detriment of the European vision.
In 1951, a document called the Charter of Brazilian Folklore was approved at the I Brazilian Folklore Congress, held in Rio de Janeiro, in August of that year.
Among other things, the Letter of Folklore highlighted the "folklore fact", a concept developed by folklorists of the time:
In 1995, at the VIII Brazilian Folklore Congress, held in the city of Salvador, scholars on the subject reformulated the concept of folklore:
Also read:What is folklore