folk-ways
Community's inherited habits
Folkways are the traditional customs, habits, and practices of a particular group or culture—the unwritten rules governing everyday behavior.
The term was coined by sociologist William Graham Sumner to describe conventions that arise naturally rather than through formal law: how people greet each other, eat meals, or observe holidays.
The folkways of rural communities differ from urban ones.
Traditional practices or import taxes
- moresBinding social standards
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- practicesRepeated training sessions
ceremonies · observances · conventions · lifeways · time-honored · handed-down · continuity · preservation
Systematic study of peoples
- fieldworkResearch conducted on location
- kinshipState of being related
- rites-of-passageCeremonies marking life transitions
- taboosSocially proscribed practices
Created manually, not mechanically
- artisanalMade by skilled craftspeople
- weavingInterlacing strands into fabric
- potteryFired clay objects
- woodcarvingSculpting in timber
blacksmithing · needlework · dyeing · tanning · toolmaking · apprenticeship · master-craftsman · guild
Regional or narrow-minded
- agrarianRelating to land cultivation
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
- land-basedSituated on earth
- pastoralOf countryside or clergy care
small-town · neighborly · close-knit · place-based · territorial · dialect · localism
customs
Traditional practices or import taxes
practices · ceremonies · observances · conventions · lifeways · time-honored · handed-down · continuity · preservation · keeper
ethnography
Systematic study of peoples
- fieldworkResearch conducted on location
- kinshipState of being related
- rites-of-passageCeremonies marking life transitions
handmade
Created manually, not mechanically
- artisanalMade by skilled craftspeople
- weavingInterlacing strands into fabric
- potteryFired clay objects
woodcarving · blacksmithing · needlework · dyeing · tanning · toolmaking · apprenticeship · master-craftsman · guild · homespun
provincial
Regional or narrow-minded
- agrarianRelating to land cultivation
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
- land-basedSituated on earth
pastoral · small-town · neighborly · close-knit · place-based · territorial · dialect · localism
superstition
Baseless belief in omens
evil-eye · blessing · curse · divination · herbalism · midwifery · talismans · portents · augury · syncretism
folk-wayslegislation
Official enactment of statutes
statutes · written law · legal codes · enacted laws · regulations
folk-waysinternational conventions
Binding agreements between countries