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Folklore
 Can be bound up in memory and histories, folklore is also ties to vibrant living
traditions and creative expression today.
 Folklore serves to teach about and preserve the culture of the people or folk which
it speaks about.
 The word “folklore” names an enormous and deeply significant dimension of
culture.
 The main purpose of folklore s to convey a moral lesson and present useful
information and everyday life lessons in an easy way for the common people to
understand.
The Leopard Folklore from Central Africa
 Leopard is the worth largest cat in the world: one of the four “big cats” in the
Panthera genus, along with the tiger, lion and the jaguar crouched.
 Pygmy - On of a race in Central Africa Negritos found chiefly in the great Forests
of the equatorial belt. They are the shortest of the known race, adults ranging from
less than four to about five feet in stature. They are timid and shy, dwelling in the
recesses of the forests, though often on good terms with neighboring Negroes.
 The three main characters in the tory are Ki, the husband of Luetsi: Luetsi: the
wife of Ki: and Ntio, the brother of KI who are living with them.
Idiomatic Expression
 Is an expression, word, or phrase that has a figurative meaning conventionally
understood by native speakers. Idiomatic expressions don’t exactly mean what the
words say.
Examples and meanings:
1. Digging around - Looking for
2. Break a leg! - Good luck
3. Dead-end-job job that offers no opportunity
4. Time is money - a valuable resource
5. Crystal clear - perfectly understood