THE CHORAL OUTLINE IN THE OPERA “ALEXANDRU LĂPUŞNEANU” BY GHEORGHE MUSTEA by Luminiţa GUŢANU

“…The composer has used elements of folkloric style in cult traditional musical forms, thus creating music pages of a strong national legitimacy. …”
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MICA TIGANIADA OU L’AVENTURE DU FOLK-ROCK ROUMAIN PENDANT LA PÉRIODE COMMUNISTE by Luana STAN

“…Therefore, the composers had to adapt their rock music to the “accepted” items: the folklore. This is an excellent example of mixing the aksak rhythm, the rock ensemble, the women choir and the violin into a coherent piece of music. …”
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Health as the Main Value of Life in the Well-Wishes of the Mongolian peoples by Evdokia E. Khabunova, Ludmila S. Dampilova, Balzira V. Elbikova

“…This theme belongs to the poorly studied problems, despite the fact that the motif of health permeates all genres of folklore of Mongolian peoples. The importance of the studied problem is obvious in the context of actualization of healthy lifestyle in modern conditions. …”
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Cantadoras e repentistas do século XIX: a construção de um território feminino by Francisca Pereira dos Santos

“…In this sense, to bring these forgotten voices, we started with a bibliographical research departing from the contribution of folklore scholars, the only heap where we can still find the vestiges of their presences…”
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Barn Owl (Tyto alba) by Jason M. Martin, Richard N. Raid, Lyn C. Branch

“…Their ghostly appearance and blood-curdling shriek have led to their incorporation into folklore and myth and have earned these birds a variety of nicknames, including "ghost owl" and "monkey-faced owl." …”
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Bats of Florida by Holly K. Ober, Martin B. Main, Ginger M. Allen

“…Nocturnal habits, affinity for eerie places, and silent, darting flight have made bats the subjects of a great deal of folklore and superstition through the years. Given their ability to function in the dark when and where humans cannot, it is no wonder that bats have long been associated with the supernatural. …”
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Bats of Florida by Holly K. Ober, Martin B. Main, Ginger M. Allen

“…Nocturnal habits, affinity for eerie places, and silent, darting flight have made bats the subjects of a great deal of folklore and superstition through the years. Given their ability to function in the dark when and where humans cannot, it is no wonder that bats have long been associated with the supernatural. …”
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Barn Owl (Tyto alba) by Jason M. Martin, Richard N. Raid, Lyn C. Branch

“…Their ghostly appearance and blood-curdling shriek have led to their incorporation into folklore and myth and have earned these birds a variety of nicknames, including "ghost owl" and "monkey-faced owl." …”
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Unveiling Koreanness in Yoon Ha Lee’s Dragon Pearl: Cultural Representation and Translation Strategies by Byoung Yoong Kang

“…By examining key cultural markers such as character names, traditional food, and folklore (notably the gumiho), this study highlights how the novel portrays a diasporic sense of identity and belonging. …”
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Èjìgbòmẹkùn Market in Ilé-Ifẹ̀: Investigating the Nexus between the Mythical and Modern era of the Yorùbá History by Abiodun Ajayi, Olusegun Rotimi Faturoti

“… Abstract  Èji gbo ̀ me ̀ kụ n market has featured prominently in Yorùbá folklore, Ifa ̀ ́ verses, maxims, and proverbs. Therefore, the presence of a market by that name in the modern time at the northern end of Ìlaré̀ ̣ street in Ilé-Ifè ̣ reminds one of that mythical Èji gbo ̀ me ̀ kụ n market and the mysteries that ̀ surrounded it. …”
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"The Horse on which Words Ride": Proverbial Narrative in Toyin Falola's A Mouth Sweeter than Salt by Felicia Ohwovoriole

“…Through the use of proverbial narration, Fa­Iola presents a tale replete with magic, religion, divination, spirituality and various folklore elements. The oral forms Faiola has used in the text come from the oral character of everyday life, prose narratives, songs, proverbs and proverb-like expressions while exploring the themes of innocence, curiosity and growth. …”
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Sixty years of life with François Gros by Scherrer, Klaus

“…And I wish to revive here some of our relation at the grassroots, as well as the folklore in and around his laboratory. He was not only an excellent scientist but also a Statesman of Science and beyond. …”
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Systematic literature review: Curriculum development principle by Amanda Azalia, Deswa Putri Lerian, Erwin Taufik, Sarah Nurul Izzah, Surya Nugraha, Ghaitsa Zahira Arya

“…Curriculum development sources include; empirical data, experimental data, folklore, and general community knowledge. The directions in curriculum development are divided into two things: (1) General Principles, which include; the principle of relevance, the principle of flexibility, the principle of continuity, the principle of practicality, and the principle of effectiveness, (2) Specific Principles include; principles of determining educational goals, selecting educational content, selecting teaching and learning processes, selecting media and teaching tools, and principles relating to assessment. …”
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Images of the Pleiades of the Turkic and Mongolic Peoples by Marina M. Sodnompilova, Bair Z. Nanzatov

“…The sources of the study were historical and ethnographic data published in the works of researchers — ethnographers, historians, linguists, folklore materials, as well as materials of the author’s field research. …”
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La mujer y el mar en Cataluña by Eliseu Carbonell

“…In the collective imagination only remains the representation of the role of women in traditional coastal society through literature, art and folklore. These representations convey the image of a woman who faces her fate, often tragically, passively; A woman who waits with an attentive and anguished look towards the sea, where his man should return. …”
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Anti-Diarrheal Activity of the Aqueous Leaf Extract of <i>Ageratum Conyzoides</i> in Wistar Rats by JOT Emudainohwo, EO Erhirhie, EG Moke

“…Thus its aqueous leaf extract was investigated for its possible anti-diarrheal property using castor oil induced diarrheal, charcoal meal intestinal transit and castor oil-induced enteropooling models in Wistar rats to substantiate its folklore claim. In castor oil induced diarrheal model, 500 mg/kg and 1000 mg/kg body weight doses of the extract showed dose dependent remarkable anti-diarrheal activity evidenced by delay in diarrheal latency, reduction in the rate of defecation and consistency, although it was not comparable to that loperamide which elicited absent of diarrheal. …”
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Toyin Falola and Akintunde Akinyemi (Eds). Encyclopedia of the Yoruba. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2016. 371pp. by Ibrahim A. Odugbemi

“…Such concentrations of the entry include persons/personalities, demographics, worldviews and cosmological values and elements, and several material and non-material aspects of the Yorùbá culture and folklore, and their corresponding affiliates. It is important to add that the completeness of the entries is considerably informed by the suitability of the word-ranges used. …”
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Transcending the painful boundaries...: a few additions to Vanda Zaborskaitėʼs biography by Žydronė Kolevinskienė

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Borogon: Ethnonym and Ethnic History by Bair Z. Nanzatov, Vladimir V. Tishin

“…At the same time, it is impossible to claim whether for some reason this was the accepted name of a historical group with an awareness of such meaning of the word, or whether the name goes back to the personal name of some authority person reflected in folklore as an eponym. According to formal phonetic characteristics, the form reflected in the Yakut pronunciation demonstrates the characteristics of the languages of the Middle Mongolic period. …”
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Constructing Identities: Amos Tutuola and the Ibadan Literary Elite in the wake of Nigerian Independence by Mackenzie Finley

“…They’re afraid to meet the ghosts from the dead” (emphasis in original).1 Amos Tutuola (1920–1997) was recognized globally for his perpetuation of Yoruba folklore tradition via novels and short stories written in unconventional English. …”
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