"folk culture" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} folk culture (uncountable)
  1. The artistic entertainment and material artifacts of a society's peasantry and/or least learned members, usually involving small-scale household production representative of a unique local community without regard to a wider vernacular. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: handicraft Coordinate_terms: high culture, popular culture Translations (entertainment of a society's peasantry): kansankulttuuri (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-folk_culture-en-noun-Em9T3t6h Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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