The relationship between historians and folklorists is a profound example of interdisciplinary collaboration, rooted in their shared interest in understanding human experience, culture, and societal transformations, yet approached through different epistemological lenses. Historians are primarily concerned with reconstructing past events through critical evaluation of archival sources, documents, and material records, emphasizing chronological accuracy and causality. Folklorists, on the other hand, focus on living cultural expressions, oral traditions, performance, and symbolic practices, seeking to understand the values, beliefs, and social norms that shape communities over time. While the historian relies on official records, texts, and artifacts, the folklorist investigates narratives, songs, rituals, and everyday practices that often exist outside formal documentation. The interplay between these two disciplines allows for a richer, multidimensional understanding of society, bridging the gap between written history and the oral or performative dimensions of cultural life. One of the key areas of interdisciplinarity lies in the concept of canon and the ways knowledge is curated and transmitted. Historians traditionally construct narratives based on verifiable events, emphasizing what is considered authoritative or canonical in the historical record. Folklorists, by contrast, often challenge these boundaries by documenting marginal, subaltern, or popular expressions that resist formal historicization. By integrating folkloric material into historical research, historians gain access to perspectives that may be absent from conventional archives, such as the lived experiences of women, peasants, or minority groups. This complements historical analysis by providing context to the sociocultural dynamics of a given period, revealing how collective memory and everyday practices intersect with larger political and economic forces. In this sense, the folklorist’s work enriches the historian’s reconstruction, offering layers of meaning that are often invisible in official documents. Multimediality further deepens this interdisciplinary engagement. Folklorists are increasingly employing audiovisual methods, digital archives, and multimedia storytelling to preserve and analyze cultural expressions. These tools not only allow for more immersive documentation but also open new avenues for historical interpretation. For instance, oral histories recorded as audio or video can provide historians with nuanced accounts of events, including tone, gesture, and emotional inflection, which textual sources alone cannot convey. Similarly, digital platforms facilitate the comparison of folklore across regions and periods, allowing both historians and folklorists to trace patterns of cultural transmission and transformation. The convergence of traditional historiography