Kinds of tradition
Spiritual rites, festivals, life-cycle ceremonies, food, dress, music, manners, crafts, games, folklore and civic ceremony: thirteen ways of looking at what people do.
Spiritual and religiousRites, prayers, pilgrimages, fasts and sacred days.848Festivals and celebrationsThe days a community stops, gathers and celebrates.1,168Life-cycle ritesBirth, naming, coming of age, marriage and death.210Customs of food and drinkThe customs around eating and drinking: feasts, fasts, hosting and ceremony. Not recipes.230Seasons, harvest and the calendarCustoms tied to a season, a harvest, a moon or a day of the week.488Dress and adornmentClothes, jewellery, henna, tattoo and hair.166Music, dance and storytellingSongs, dances, theatre, epic poetry and oral history.584Greetings, manners and hospitalityHow people greet, host, give gifts and behave at the table.106Crafts and makingWeaving, pottery, carving and other handed-down skills.204Games, sport and playTraditional sport, children's games, martial arts and contests.109Folklore and beliefLegends, superstitions, charms and customs of luck.340Home and family lifeThe house, the hearth, the family and the neighbourhood.110Royal, civic and national ceremonyCoronations, courts, parades, oaths and national days.344