Definition of folklore
Folklore is the set of traditions, customs and songs, among others, of a town, a region or a country, i.e., folklore, also known as folklore or folk music, is the expression of the culture of a particular people and to therefore differentiated it from the rest; his music, his dancing, his tales, legends, oral history, jokes, their superstitions, habits, his art, and everything proceeds of subcultures or social groups that live in the village. Usually, legends, all these traditions and customs that distinguish a particular nation or people, are shared by the whole population and are often passed on through oral tradition to future generations. According to scholars of the subject of folk, so a certain cultural manifestation should be considered as a folkloric fact should contemplate the following conditions: oral transmission, of anonymous authorship, collective patrimony of the community representative of the region in which manifests itself, have a pragmatic utility or comply with ritual purposes, should last for a long time, have multiple variants count on urban and rural demonstrations and should set up a category, a style, a genre. To folklore, on the other hand, recognized four stages: nascent folklore (involves the cultural traits of recent creation), living folklore (that of daily practice), dying folklore (preserving traditional components, represented in the elderly group) and dead folklore (part of a vanished culture). Today, to folklore is considered an area of resistance for the identity of a particular people, since the prevailing circumstances of globalization that the world, that increasingly promote the homogenization of cultures, folklore stands as an authentic expression of identity. To folklore in addition to oral tradition maintained and care through penalties, cultural centres and organizations through various activities, promote its perpetuation in time. Also, the discipline that deals with the study of inherent in the folklore materials, is called folklore. On the other hand, in colloquial usage, the word current, folklore is synonymous of plays, holiday. What folklore armed Mario yesterday in his house, when they reached their parents were outraged with the disaster that left the party.