Pastoral (disambiguation)
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Pastoral can refer to:
- Pastoral, the lifestyle of shepherds, and also an artistic style.
- Pastoralist, people whose main livelihood is livestock.
Uses of "pastoral" related to the primary meanings above include:
- In film:
- Pastoral (film), a 1974 film by Shuji Terayama
- In literature:
- Pastoral poetry, a literary genre dealing with the lives of shepherds or rural life in general
- Pastoral (Soule) is a form of folk theatre derived from religious plays in Soule, France.
- In music:
- Pastoral (rock band), argentinian progressive rock band.
- Musical instruments:
- A pastoral pipe is a Scottish folk music instrument (see List of European folk music traditions).
- Musical works:
- Pastoral, a song by The Jesus Lizard from their 1990 album Head
- Symphony No. 6 (Beethoven) is known as the "Pastoral Symphony" by Ludwig van Beethoven.
- Musical instruments:
- In Christian theological or ecclesiastical contexts:
- "Pastoral" can refer to the professional role of a Pastor or other Christian clergy.
- Pastoral care, the practice of care and counselling by a teacher or Minister of religion.
- Pastoral Care or Pastoral Rule, a book written by Pope Gregory I in 591
- Relating to work with livestock:
- a Pastoral dog is any dog breed bred to work livestock.
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