Leading the Information Revolution: The Role of LIS in a Connected World

Abstract

Folklore is a body of materials, a source of traditional knowledge and a cultural process of a society, transmits orally through generations from time immemorial. We hardly recognise, but the fact is that folklore is a great source of cultural knowledge. Francis Abernethy has defined folklore as the “traditional knowledge of a culture.” (Abernethy, 1997). “Folklore is the traditional knowledge of a culture, and the word traditional carries with it the idea of things that are established, timehonored.” (Untiedt, 2006, a). It is very aptly narrated "Folklore is everywhere, whether you are aware of it or not. A culture’s traditional knowledge is used to remember the past and maintain traditions, to communicate with other members within a community, to learn, to celebrate, and to express creativity. It is what helps distinguish one culture from another.