Ethiopian Folk Art: The Leavitt Collection

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Forty-five Ethiopian folk art paintings, which were made by Cornelia and Linden Leavitt from 1962 to 1964, are being exhibited at the San Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum from Jan 11 to Mar 23, 1997. These paintings are of Early Christian Byzantine art style as it reflects the adoption of the Coptic Christianity of the Amhara and other highland peoples in 327 A.D. Along with these paintings, vellum manuscripts, horn and ceramic vessels, brass and wooden crosses and musical instruments of the 17th century are also being shown.

Exhibitions, Folk art, Leavitt, Cornelia, Leavitt, Linden

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Response

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JoAnn Conrad's views about the review on Barbara and Warren Walker's book on Turkish folklore are correct in stating that the book indulges Turkey's Ministry of Culture's efforts to present its nationalistic versions of traditional folklore. The book also presents beautiful and authentic Turkish tales. Moreover, Conrad is also correct in stating that current folklorists have succumb to political pressures with regards to the study of folklores.

Political aspects, Turkey, Oral history

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The Assam dragon: folklore and folkloristics in India's long-closed Northeast Frontier

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Assam, India, has a wide array of literature, institutions and scholars on folklore research. Institutions supportive of Assam anthropology and literature include the Gauhati University and the Anundoram Borooah Institute of Language, Art, and Culture. Ethnographer Verrier Elwin's study of Assamese myths were published in 'Myths of the North-East Frontier of Assam' and 'When the World Was Young: Folk-Tales from India's Hills and Forests.'

Research, Assam, India

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