Samri

Description

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles
available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Samri is the name
of a folkloric music and dance native to the Arab states of the Persian
Gulf, especially Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. It involves singing poetry
while the daff drum is being played. Two rows of men, seated on the
knees sway to the rhythm.Folklore (or lore) consists of legends, music,
oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, fairy tales, stories,
tall tales, and customs that are the traditions of a culture,
subculture, or group. It is also the set of practices through which
those expressive genres are shared. The study of folklore is sometimes
called folkloristics. The word „folklore“ was first used by the English
antiquarian William Thoms in a letter published in the London journal
The Athenaeum in 1846. In usage, there is a continuum between folklore
and mythology. Stith Thompson made a major attempt to index the motifs
of both folklore and mythology, providing an outline into which new
motifs can be placed, and scholars can keep track of all older motifs.