how folklore recieved a feeling of nationalism
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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 one’s national identity and restore a sense of pride in one’s 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 people’s real thoughts and characteristics’.
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 one’s national identity and restore a sense of pride in one’s 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 people’s real thoughts and characteristics’.
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Folklore has since ancient times served as symbols to bring out the national unity and spirit within the people.
In the 19th century, the national anthem and national folklore were highly publicized to awaken the spirit of nationalism and enthusiasm among Indians, in which our traditional cultures, warriors, and heroes were described which was important to excite us in the 19th century.
In India, folk songs have developed and developed an extensive work of awakening the interest of the country in the minds of Indians.
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