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Traditions by country

Every country with traditions on EveryParampara. The number beside each is how many are written so far.

South Asia

🇦🇫 Afghanistan 19 🇧🇩 Bangladesh 39 🇧🇹 Bhutan 11 🇮🇳 India 223 🇲🇻 Maldives 3 🇳🇵 Nepal 50 🇵🇰 Pakistan 44 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 33

Southeast Asia

🇧🇳 Brunei 8 🇰🇭 Cambodia 18 🇮🇩 Indonesia 53 🇱🇦 Laos 13 🇲🇾 Malaysia 36 🇲🇲 Myanmar 18 🇵🇭 Philippines 47 🇸🇬 Singapore 31 🇹🇭 Thailand 31 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste 2 🇻🇳 Vietnam 32

East Asia

🇨🇳 China 89 🇭🇰 Hong Kong 6 🇯🇵 Japan 103 🇲🇴 Macau 2 🇲🇳 Mongolia 15 🇰🇵 North Korea 14 🇰🇷 South Korea 41 🇹🇼 Taiwan 20

Central Asia and the Caucasus

🇦🇲 Armenia 16 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 26 🇬🇪 Georgia 13 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 13 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 13 🇹🇯 Tajikistan 12 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 7 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 16

Middle East

🇧🇭 Bahrain 3 🇨🇾 Cyprus 8 🇮🇷 Iran 46 🇮🇶 Iraq 13 🇮🇱 Israel 48 🇯🇴 Jordan 9 🇰🇼 Kuwait 3 🇱🇧 Lebanon 7 🇴🇲 Oman 7 🇵🇸 Palestine 12 🇶🇦 Qatar 2 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 13 🇸🇾 Syria 17 🇹🇷 Turkey 43 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates 4 🇾🇪 Yemen 10

North Africa

🇩🇿 Algeria 12 🇪🇬 Egypt 33 🇱🇾 Libya 6 🇲🇷 Mauritania 2 🇲🇦 Morocco 23 🇸🇩 Sudan 3 🇹🇳 Tunisia 8 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 0

Sub-Saharan Africa

🇦🇴 Angola 4 🇧🇯 Benin 6 🇧🇼 Botswana 2 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 2 🇧🇮 Burundi 2 🇨🇲 Cameroon 3 🇨🇻 Cape Verde 2 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 0 🇹🇩 Chad 0 🇰🇲 Comoros 0 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo 3 🇩🇯 Djibouti 0 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 0 🇪🇷 Eritrea 9 🇸🇿 Eswatini 2 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 21 🇬🇦 Gabon 3 🇬🇲 Gambia 5 🇬🇭 Ghana 20 🇬🇳 Guinea 2 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 1 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast 3 🇰🇪 Kenya 8 🇱🇸 Lesotho 3 🇱🇷 Liberia 1 🇲🇬 Madagascar 11 🇲🇼 Malawi 3 🇲🇱 Mali 5 🇲🇺 Mauritius 11 🇲🇿 Mozambique 4 🇳🇦 Namibia 1 🇳🇪 Niger 5 🇳🇬 Nigeria 21 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 2 🇷🇼 Rwanda 3 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 0 🇸🇳 Senegal 8 🇸🇨 Seychelles 2 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 0 🇸🇴 Somalia 2 🇿🇦 South Africa 19 🇸🇸 South Sudan 0 🇹🇿 Tanzania 7 🇹🇬 Togo 4 🇺🇬 Uganda 4 🇿🇲 Zambia 2 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 7

Europe

🇦🇱 Albania 14 🇦🇩 Andorra 3 🇦🇹 Austria 35 🇧🇾 Belarus 14 🇧🇪 Belgium 25 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 25 🇭🇷 Croatia 18 🇨🇿 Czechia 10 🇩🇰 Denmark 17 🇪🇪 Estonia 6 🇫🇮 Finland 23 🇫🇷 France 55 🇩🇪 Germany 69 🇬🇷 Greece 29 🇭🇺 Hungary 14 🇮🇸 Iceland 9 🇮🇪 Ireland 55 🇮🇹 Italy 59 🇽🇰 Kosovo 6 🇱🇻 Latvia 7 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein 2 🇱🇹 Lithuania 11 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 9 🇲🇹 Malta 7 🇲🇩 Moldova 8 🇲🇨 Monaco 0 🇲🇪 Montenegro 4 🇳🇱 Netherlands 17 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 13 🇳🇴 Norway 25 🇵🇱 Poland 43 🇵🇹 Portugal 18 🇷🇴 Romania 23 🇷🇺 Russia 55 🇸🇲 San Marino 0 🇷🇸 Serbia 18 🇸🇰 Slovakia 5 🇸🇮 Slovenia 14 🇪🇸 Spain 62 🇸🇪 Sweden 29 🇨🇭 Switzerland 21 🇺🇦 Ukraine 25 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 106 🇻🇦 Vatican City 2

North America

🇧🇲 Bermuda 5 🇨🇦 Canada 92 🇬🇱 Greenland 3 🇲🇽 Mexico 37 🇺🇸 United States 208

Oceania

🇦🇺 Australia 62 🇫🇯 Fiji 14 🇰🇮 Kiribati 1 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 0 🇫🇲 Micronesia 1 🇳🇷 Nauru 1 🇳🇿 New Zealand 37 🇵🇼 Palau 1 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 6 🇼🇸 Samoa 10 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 2 🇹🇴 Tonga 8 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 3 🇻🇺 Vanuatu 3

The weekly EveryParampara

Every week: one tradition from somewhere new, what is being celebrated around the world this week, and one idea explained.