Folklore Culture over
the years had come to be regarded as a lost phase of man's heritage. Folk
expressions are always creative. There are the impressions and experiences
of the people, not imitative copies of anything. The folk music, dance,
songs, paintings, articles, crafts, costumes..etc., has the cries of nature,
of space, of the whole environment, this is what mankind is trying to
do, and though it is hard to graft the past out of its context on to the
emerging present, one can still breathe its flavour and get invigorated.folklore
today is considered as a Social Science, having some relations with Archeology,
History, divine power and popular literature.
It is a common knowledge that through folklore, we aspire to reconstruct
the spiritual history of man not by the poems, songs and art works, but
by the more or less inarticulate voices of the folk people. For its documents,
it has both written and unwritten traditions and literature, chronicles,
poems and law codes reflecting folk ways as well as collections made by
folklorologists.
As the domain of folk art has been widened to cover all most every branch
of the social science and its ancillary ones having humanistic approach.
Folklore touches every aspect of the tradition and legend as well as other
lore relating to plants, animals, stars etc.
Folklore embraces folk culture as a whole. The antiquity of the country
is provided by the maintenance of tradition and culture of the people
of the country. In this programme, as a first phase, folk dances of Karnataka
will be covered giving attention for each and every aspect of costumes,
music, musical instruments, style of dance, meaning of the lyrics, belief
based on the region.
Folklore Culture over
the years had come to be regarded as a lost phase of man's heritage. Folk
expressions are always creative. There are the impressions and experiences
of the people, not imitative copies of anything. The folk music, dance,
songs, paintings, articles, crafts, costumes..etc., has the cries of nature,
of space, of the whole environment, this is what mankind is trying to
do, and though it is hard to graft the past out of its context on to the
emerging present, one can still breathe its flavour and get invigorated.folklore
today is considered as a Social Science, having some relations with Archeology,
History, divine power and popular literature.
It is a common knowledge that through folklore, we aspire to reconstruct
the spiritual history of man not by the poems, songs and art works, but
by the more or less inarticulate voices of the folk people. For its documents,
it has both written and unwritten traditions and literature, chronicles,
poems and law codes reflecting folk ways as well as collections made by
folklorologists. 
(1) Rangada Kunita (2)
Durugu Murugi (3) Somana Kunitha (4) Bhootharadhane (5) Nagaradhane (6)
Gondara Mandala Kunitha (7) Veerabhadranna Aradhane (8) Veerabhadranna
Kunitha (9) Veeragase (10) Kase Kunitha (11) Puravanthike (12) Yallamanna
Aradhane (13) Choudike (14) Jogathi Kunitha (15) Gondaligaramela (16)
Bhoothera Kunitha (17) Malle Madeshawara and Manteswami Aradhane (18)
Kamsale (19) Neelagara Mela (20) Mailaralingana Aradhane (21) Gorawara
Kunitha(22) Dollu Kunitha (23) Dollina Kaipattu (24) Vaghamurali (25)
Kurubara Datti Ata (26) Moharam Aradhane (27) Moharam Kunitha (28) Alai
Hejje (29) Alavi Kunitha (30) Karapala Mela (31) Lavani Sampradaya (32)
Bhajane Sampradaya (33) Bhagavanthike (34) Kol Atta (35) Jade Kol Atta
(36) Benki Bolokina Kol Ata (37) Nandi Dwaja Kunitha (38) Pata Kunitha
(39) Panjina Kunitha (40) Koragara Kunitha (41) Lambani Kunitha (42) Karadi
Majalu (43) Tamate Vadana (44) Dombara Ata (45) Khadgha Nruthya (46) Koravanji
(47) Kombu Kahale (48) Yakshagana (49) Sutrada Bombe Ata (50) Thogalu
Bombe Ata.