CULTURE

SPORT FOOTBALL IS THE MOST POPULAR SPORT IN EGYPT

EGYPTIAN FOOTBALL CLUBS ESPECIALLY EL AHLY AND EL ZAMALEK
THE EGYPTIAN NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM WON THE AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS SEVEN TIMES SETTING
A NEW RECORD IN AFRICA
OTHER POPULAR SPORTS IN EGYPT ARE BASKETBALL, HANDBALL, TENNIS, AND SQUASH
GENRES OF FOLK LITERATURE
MYTHS A TRADITIONAL STORY, THAT IS CONCERNING THE EARLY HISTORY OF PEOPLE
TO EXPLAIN THE UNKNOWN
ANCIENT PEOPLE DID NOT HAVE THE INSTRUMENTS OR KNOWLEDGE TO COME UP WITH ACCURATE
THEORIES
LEGENDS THERE PURPOSE IS A NARRATIVE OF HUMAN ACTIONS
PERCEIVED BOTH BY TELLER AND LISTENERS
LEGENDS MAYBE TRANSFORMED OVER TIME, IN ORDER TO KEEP THEM REALISTIC
GENRES OF FOLK LITERATURE
FAIRY TALES HAS A PURPOSE TO GIVE A MORAL OR THE LESSON OF A STORY
A TYPE OF SHORT STORY THAT TYPICALLY FEATURES FOLKLORIC FANTASY CHARACTERS
USED ESPECIALLY OF ANY STORY THAT NOT ONLY IS NOT TRUE BUT COULD NOT POSSIBLY BE TRUE
FABLES- IS TO TEACH THE READER A LESSON OR MORAL
MANY FABLES RELY ON ANIMALS TO TELL THEIR STORIES, AND THOSE ANIMALS USUALLY SYMBOLIZE A
HUMAN CHARACTER
EXAMPLES OF PROVERBS

EX 1: PROVERBS ARE EITHER PERSUASIVE OR EXPOSITORY

EXAMPLES OR CONTEMPORARY PROVERBS THAT PERSUADE PEOPLE TO ACTION : THE SQUEAKY WHEEL
GETS THE GREASE
WAKE UP AND SMELL THE ROSES
IF YOU DRIVE DONT DRINK
FOLKLORE AND FOLK LITERATURE

THE GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE OF FOLKLORE IS THE BODY OF EXPRESSIVE CULTURE

IT ENCOMPASSES THE TRADITIONS COMMON TO THAT CULTURE, SUBCULTURE OR GROUP. THESE
INCLUDE ORAL TRADITIONS SUCH AS TALES, PROVERBS AND JOKES
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES FOLK LITERATURE OF CULTURES HAVING NO WRITTEN LANGUAGE
CONCLUSION

THE ORAL TRADITION IS A COMMUNITY'S CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND. WE CHOSE EGYPT
BECAUSE OF ITS HISTORY AND ITS CULTURE. THE CULTURE THAT IS THE MOST POPULAR IS SPORTS. THE
MOST PLAYED SPORT IS FOOTBALL. THEY HAVE WON THE AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS SEVEN TIMES THAT HAS
SET A NEW RECORD. ALL OF THE GENRES OF FOLK LITERATURE ARE MYTHS, LEGENDS, FAIRY TALES, AND
FABLES. THESE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT MEANINGS TO EACH OTHER.