Folkways are strictly held beliefs about behaviours. - Vidyadip

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Folkways are strictly held beliefs about behaviours.

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Answer

This statement is False.

Folkways are mildly enforced social expectations.
Folkways are customary normal and habitual ways of a group to meet certain needs or to solve day to day problems and don’t have serious binding on groups.
The manner of speech; dressing; forms of etiquette and numerous other practices of daily life are some of examples of customary practices to which individuals conform in their personal habits. They have very serious binding on groups.

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