folk in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Folk or Folks may refer to: Nation People Folklore Folk art Folk dance Folk hero Folk horror Folk music Folk...

Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk...

customary lore, taking actions for folk beliefs, and the forms and rituals of celebrations such as Christmas, weddings, folk dances, and initiation rites....

Folk rock is a genre of rock music with heavy influences from English folk and American folk music. Combining the elements of folk and rock music, it arose...

In China, folk Protestantism had its origins with the Taiping Rebellion. Chinese folk religion, folk Christianity, folk Hinduism, and folk Islam are examples...

frequently in folk songs, folk tales and other folklore; and with modern trope status in literature, art and films. Although some folk heroes are historical...

Folk art covers all forms of visual art made in the context of folk culture. Definitions vary, but generally the objects have practical utility of some...

The Folk Nation is an alliance of street gangs originating in Chicago, established in 1978. The alliance has since spread throughout the United States...

Folk-pop is a musical style that may be 1) contemporary folk songs with large, sweeping pop arrangements, or 2) pop songs with intimate, acoustic-based...

Neofolk, also known as apocalyptic folk, is a form of experimental music blending elements of folk and industrial music, which emerged in punk rock circles...

In folkloristics, folk belief or folk-belief is a broad genre of folklore that is often expressed in narratives, customs, rituals, foodways, proverbs...

A folk dance is a dance that reflects the life of the people of a certain country or region. Not all ethnic dances are folk dances. For example, ritual...

Folk theorem may refer to: Folk theorem (game theory), a general feasibility theorem Ethnomathematics, the study of the relationship between mathematics...

Indie folk is a music genre that arose in the 1990s among musicians from indie rock scenes influenced by folk music. Indie folk hybridizes the acoustic...

so queer as folk in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Queer as Folk may refer to: Queer as Folk (British TV series), 1999–2000 Queer as Folk (American TV...

Contemporary folk music refers to a wide variety of genres that emerged in the mid 20th century and afterwards which were associated with traditional folk music...

Psychedelic folk (sometimes acid folk or freak folk) is a loosely defined form of psychedelia that originated in the 1960s. It retains the largely acoustic...

A folk costume (also regional costume, national costume, traditional clothing, traditional garment or traditional regalia) expresses a national identity...

A folk taxonomy is a vernacular naming system, as distinct from scientific taxonomy. Folk biological classification is the way people traditionally describe...

indigenous medicine or folk medicine) comprises medical aspects of traditional knowledge that developed over generations within the folk beliefs of various...

Folkism (Turkish: Halkçılık) is a populist idea in Turkish politics influenced by Russian narodniks.[verification needed] It is similar to Folkism Declaration...

A folk instrument is a traditional musical instrument that has remained largely restricted to traditional folk music, and is not usually used in the classical...

simple style that are learned informally "by ear" are often referred to as folk songs. Songs composed for the mass market, designed to be sung by professional...

musician, author and comedian, Lach, as a reaction to the commercialization of folk music. It is characterized by its DIY ethos, unconventional songwriting,...

from folk music), had instinctively or consciously striven to develop widely and universally the musical world of the folk song. Folk poetry and folk music...

Nicholas Alexander Folk (born November 5, 1984) is an American football placekicker for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He...

and with polarity, such as for popular music, as opposed to art music or folk music; or, as another example, religious music and secular music. The artistic...

Cunning folk, also known as folk healers or wise folk, were practitioners of folk medicine, helpful folk magic and divination in Europe from the Middle...

Folk punk (known in its early days as rogue folk) is a fusion of folk music and punk rock. It was popularized in the early 1980s by The Pogues in England...

Folk-Lore is the third studio album by Irish folk metal band Cruachan released in 2002 on Hammerheart Records. Keith Fay - lead and acoustic guitars,...