Folklore is a collect ion of traditional practices of homogeneous people which are reflectedrnthrough artistic, as well as expressive culture such as folk custom, fo lk dace, materialrnculture and oral literature. These are transmitted from one generation to the other throughrnword of mouth imitation and lor folk learning.rnThe foundation of the research is laid in chapter one. In this section the background of thernstudy, purpose, significance, scope and methodol ogy of the study have been discussed .Tornrealize the objectives that are set in the first chapter, a detailed explanation is given on therndescriptive concepts of folklore in the second chapter. This chapter also contains a reviewrnof different research studies that deal with fo lklore and related aspects. Here an attempt isrnmade to show how this research study is different from the ones that have already beenrnconducted.rnIn the light of the theoretical concepts of folklore an attempt is made to analyze the folkrncustom, folk arts, oral literature and material culture of Ashenda in chapter three. In thisrnpart each element of fo lklore has been analyzed descriptively one after the other. Anrnattempt also made to see the social, economical and political aspects of Ashenda.rnChapter four concludes the study with some findings. In this chapter it is stated thatrnAshenda reflects the four elements of folklore namely folk custom, folk dance, oralrnliterature and material culture. These are fo llowed by some recommendations.