Editing Lullaby (section)

==Cross-cultural prevalence==
Lullabies are often used to pass down or strengthen the cultural roles and practices. In an observation of the setting of lullabies in [[Albania]]n culture, lullabies tended to be paired with the rocking of the child in a [[Cradle (bed)|cradle]]. This is reflected in the swinging rhythmicity of the music. In addition to serving as a cultural symbol of the infant's familial status, the cradle's presence during the singing of lullabies helps the infant associate lullabies with falling asleep and waking up.<ref>Doja, Albert. "Socializing Enchantment: A Socio-Anthropological Approach to Infant-Directed Singing, Music Education and Cultural Socialization" ''International Review of the Aesthetics and Sociology of Music'', Vol. 45, No. 1 (June 2014), pp. 118–122.</ref> Kogan and Gintsburg, in a study of the mainly preliterate, non-media-exposed people on the island of [[Socotra]], found that lullabies in this culture shared many of the features of lullabies in the western and oriental tradition: the repetition of 'nonsense syllables', the creation of a warm affective space, and the allusions to ancient customs and beliefs. On the other hand, these lullabies lacked the 'counting elements' found in other traditions, and defined safety as a spiritual space, while danger was conceptualised as both physical and spiritual.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Gintsburg|first1=Sarali|last2=Kogan|first2=Leonid|date=20 November 2021|title=Lulling Babies to Sleep in Soqotra: What Can We Learn from the Soqotri Lullaby?|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0015587X.2021.1905381|journal=Folklore|volume=132, 4|issue=4 |pages=390–411|doi=10.1080/0015587X.2021.1905381|s2cid=244731818 |via=Taylor&Francis}}</ref>