Question

How did the idea of nationalism develop through a movement to revive folklore?

Answer 1

When people developed a patriotic sense in the process of nationalism, they thought it essential to publicize it in a way to the people and also in a way the British won't understand and both the conditions were meet through folklore

Answer 2

Answer:Ideas of nationalism also developed through a movement to revive Indian folklore.

In late-nineteenth-century India, nationalists began recording folk tales sung by bards and they toured villages to gather folk songs and legends.

These tales, they believed, gave a true picture of traditional culture that had been corrupted and damaged by outside forces.

It was essential to preserve this folk tradition in order to discover ones national identity and restore a sense of pride in ones past.

In Bengal, Rabindranath Tagore himself began collecting ballads, nursery rhymes and myths, and led the movement for folk revival.

In Madras, Natesa Sastri published a massive four-volume collection of Tamil folk tales, The Folklore of Southern India. He believed that folklore was national literature; it was the most trustworthy manifestation of peoples real thoughts and characteristics

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