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Local song are an important part of Iran’s oral literature involving a wide range of moral emotions and enthusiasm. The local and emotional richness of these songs places them in a privileged position as to the effectiveness of the moral development of the members of the community because, based on emotional ethical theories, the ethical source is the main source of moral judgment and ethics rather than ethical reasoning. In the present research, the author has tried to study local songs while explaining the position of emotional state in the moral development of the individual and society, as well as the emotional content of poems from different regions of Iran by using a meta-analytic approach. The main objective was to study the nature and frequency of the emotional themes of local songs using a descriptive meta-analysis method based on content analysis conducted in 32 research articles published during 1386-1396 in six research journal. As a result, 57 emotional topics were identified with the highest frequency in local songs which 71% of them had ethical enthusiasms. In addition, a comparative study of the frequency of each of the emotional traits among the local songs of the seven geographic regions of the country revealed no significant differences between these regions. The results of this research have introduced these types as important cultural and educational tools for the promotion of ethics and as part of in-depth studies of the general emotional content of songs from different parts of the country; a step towards the promotion of applied literature and the prevention of social problems.
 

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The local and indigenous ceremonies in Sistan region shows the rich and old culture of this region. Following the rural culture, people of this region have used poetry and songs sufficiently for maintaining and reviving the mourning ceremonies. Ardah-mourning or reading quatrain is a deeply sad and mournful song in the mourning ceremonies of Sistan. This study employs library study as well as some interviews with the informants to investigate Ardah-mourning and its uses in the mourning ceremonies of Sistan. The history, the performants, the performance, and the time and place show that people of Sistan use their own dialect for this cultural practice. Compared with other types, this practice takes the lyrics and the music as basic aspects of the ancient ethnic groups within Iran. moreover, the study analyzes the Sistani quatrains, its tone, rhythm, form, language, content, and literary features. It is general claimed that the songs and lyrics are devices to soothe the sadness among the people in Sistan.