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folklife

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Recent Examples of folklife Partner with the Wisconsin Arts Board for an America's 250th folklife project, funded by a grant from the Smithsonian. — Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025 Kentucky folklife specialist Camille Acosta views horror as an instrument for healing. — Sarah Quiñones Wolfson, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2023 The exhibition opened with a panel discussion about the life and legacy of Thornton Dial featuring artists Richard Dial, Lonnie Holley, curator and historian Anne Collins Smith, and American studies and folklife professor and historian Stacy Morgan. — Shauna Stuart | [email protected], al, 1 Dec. 2022 The Smithsonian and the USSR Ministry of Culture planned meetings of American and Soviet folklife scholars. — Dr. Richard Kurin, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Mar. 2022 Common Ground on the Hill was recently named Maryland’s newest folklife center, one of three new regional folklife centers in the state, according to a Common Ground news release. — Megan Woodward, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 7 Aug. 2020 Ford Hamp's husband, Steve, got his bachelor of arts degree in American history from Butler, a master of arts degree in folklore and folklife from Indiana and his master of museum practice degree from Michigan. — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 23 June 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for folklife
  1. folklore
  2. tradition
  3. mythology
  4. lore
Noun
  • That car became a rally staple, training a generation of drivers, including the French legend Jean Ragnotti, and stamping its double white stripe into motorsport folklore.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2026
  • To their credit, several of them clearly took a great interest in learning basic Greenlandic words, facts, and folklore, and were eager to share.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of folklore
Noun
  • The leaders also continued the tradition of panda diplomacy, with Xi promising to send two more panda bears to the Atlanta zoo.
    — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 26 Sep. 2026
  • He is not expected to serve in the Armed Forces before becoming king like his dad, Prince William, and his grandfather, King Charles, breaking a centuries-old tradition.
    — Alicia Brunker, InStyle, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of tradition
Noun
  • With a budget of $80 million, the film focuses on two friends magically transported to an island rooted in Philippine mythology.
    — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Directors Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez created the film’s promotional website in 1998, filling it with fake police reports, evidence photographs and an elaborate mythology while carefully avoiding any suggestion that their story was fictional.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of mythology
Noun
  • Maybe the lore of the home her new husband, Travis Kelce, bought for them in Cleveland’s Bratenahl village, the Akron Beacon Journal wondered?
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Today, the property remains framed by mature specimen plantings, a sweeping grassland meadow, walking paths, and the historic Piping Rock—a geological landmark tied to local Native American lore.
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of lore

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