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One day Workshop on FOLK KNOWLEDGE AND CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY.

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One day Workshop on FOLK KNOWLEDGE AND CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY AIM of the Workshop Folklore is an echo of the past, but at the same time it is also the vigorous voice of the present. It can be divided into four categories: Oral Folklore, Social Folk Custom, Material Culture and Folk Arts. Folklore had and continues to have a major say on how a group of people co ordinate their actions and construct meaning around them. Proverbs are used as decisive punch lines and myths are used to validate conduct even today. Given this strong influence of folklore in cultural narratives, its worth while to look in detail at the psychology through the lens of folklore which is the aim of this workshop.     Description Crowd began to flow in as the clock struck 9:30 in the morning, The Mini Auditorium held classes 2PSYH, 2ENGH, 4PSYH and 4ENGH.   The workshop began with an Inaugural Speech by Dr. Jyothi Kumar. “As soon I entered the hall, I felt