The music is modernist too, atonal rather than derived from the Russian folk tradition.

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Waits' place in the folk tradition is something he has acknowledged, consciously or otherwise, in his music.

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That's something that has continued - that folk process, the folk tradition - through all of Bob Dylan's work.

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With the advent of Christianity, churches adopted some elements of cult and folk tradition to coerce pagans into the new religion.

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Most other displays of medieval folk tradition were in fact brought back to life in the 20th Century out of a combination of nostalgia and the urge to earn a few more tourist bucks.

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Other male singers represent the gentler folk song tradition like Habib Koite and even Jamacan-style Rasta reggae like Tiken Jah.

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Hayachine as a deity, they began a tradition of folk performance that continues to enliven the Great Festival of the Hayachine Shrine held in Hanamaki City on the first day of August.

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The Tsuur tradition has faded over recent decades as a consequence of negligence and animosity toward folk customs and religious faith, leaving many locales with no Tsuur performer and no families possessing a Tsuur.

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Today, the dance is a cultural and aesthetic event, connecting townspeople to their agricultural heritage, to Japan's tradition of reliance on rice, and to a group identity transmitted across centuries through folk performance.

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