Folk Songs and Natural Phenomena Vision: An Anthropological Approach of Some Villages in Beni- Suef Governorate

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Lecturer - Faculty of Arts - Beni Suef University

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      The Present study aims at collecting and documenting folk songs that embody natural phenomena to show their symbolic signs in the light of the researchers’ vision for identifying the beliefs and practices related to rain songs, the moon, the sun and the wind. To achieve the research objectives, the research sample is selected according to the ice ball style; individuals’ age exceeds sixty years. The study focuses on a number of Beni-Suef villages as well as it adopts an anthropological approach through which a fieldwork manuals and interviews are conducted.       The current study comes up with the following results; research community individuals’ vision of natural Phenomena and their classifications according to their significance can be investigated and explored in terms of their local culture. Folk songs embody symbols of the rural culture represented in tools and practices that are relevant to the natural Phenomena which became a tool of important cultural items. By analyzing these  folk songs, it is clear that  there is a double bipolar to see these phenomena ; some individuals  prefer  a phenomenon without others, however there is a dual vision to see one phenomenon due to the nature of  their  work and their need for it.  
 
 

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