Investigating Educational and Psychological Themes of the Women Lullabies of Fars Juyom Region Culture

The purpose of the current study was to investigate the educational and psychological themes of women lullabies of Fars Juyom region culture. The research population included all Juyom region of Fars women. The sample subsumed 23 aged women (older than 50 years) whom were selected via purposive sampling procedure. Then all were being interviewed. The research method was descriptive-analytical. Both field and library methods were used to collect data. In the first step, the educational and psychological concepts of the lullabies related to folklore culture were investigated.  Then the educational and psychological themes of women lullabies of Fars Juyom region were considered.  The findings revealed that based on child psychology the lullabies were not just a song to put the child to sleep, rather, lullabies had an effect on the child's progress and growth rate, increasing loving relationships between parents and children in families. The use of lullabies had an effect on relieving worries, treating mental disorders and psychological well-being of mothers. From a psychological point of view, lullabies provided a psychological, emotional and intellectual situation in which the mother expressed her hopes and dreams. Also, in the ancient region of Joym, lullabies for women were not just a song to put the child to sleep, but lullabies were like a medium through which women expressed their desires, wishes, prayers, curses and protests. In fact, lullabies had a   hidden function in addition to the obvious function of a mother's song to put the child to sleep. Lullabies Joym's region were full of emotional and maternal aspect, which was visible in different levels of lullabies.