# EveryParampara

> Every tradition in the world, from every country and city. A free guide to 2169 traditions of the world, filed by region, country and city, by kind (spiritual, celebration, life-cycle, food, calendar, dress, arts, etiquette, crafts, games, folklore, home, civic), by meal (breakfast, lunch, dinner, supper, snack, drink, sweet, feast, fasting), by concept (wedding, birth, naming, coming-of-age, funeral, new-year, harvest, hospitality, greeting, pilgrimage, fasting, new-home, spring, midwinter, ancestors, healing, royalty, tea), by faith and by spice, with a live calendar, days of the week, one-concept-across-countries comparisons, city trails and a glossary. Published by ClearTrust.

Each tradition page gives: name and native name, countries and cities, what it is, where and when it is kept, how it is kept, what it means, foods and spices, a short FAQ, further reading and source links. Pages are derived from Wikipedia and Wikidata with AI assistance and may contain mistakes; cite the page URL.

## Browse
- [All traditions](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/traditions)
- [Regions](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/regions)
- [Countries](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/countries)
- [Cities](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities)
- [Map](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/map)
- [Spiritual and religious](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/categories/spiritual)
- [Festivals and celebrations](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/categories/celebration)
- [Life-cycle rites](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/categories/life-cycle)
- [Customs of food and drink](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/categories/food)
- [Seasons, harvest and the calendar](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/categories/calendar)
- [Dress and adornment](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/categories/dress)
- [Music, dance and storytelling](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/categories/arts)
- [Greetings, manners and hospitality](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/categories/etiquette)
- [Crafts and making](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/categories/crafts)
- [Games, sport and play](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/categories/games)
- [Folklore and belief](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/categories/folklore)
- [Home and family life](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/categories/home)
- [Royal, civic and national ceremony](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/categories/civic)
- [Breakfast](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/meals/breakfast)
- [Lunch](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/meals/lunch)
- [Dinner](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/meals/dinner)
- [Supper](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/meals/supper)
- [Tea-time and snacking customs](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/meals/snack)
- [Tea, coffee and drinking ceremonies](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/meals/drink)
- [Sweets given and shared](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/meals/sweet)
- [Feasts and festival meals](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/meals/feast)
- [Fasting and breaking the fast](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/meals/fasting)
- [Weddings](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/wedding)
- [Birth and new babies](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/birth)
- [Naming ceremonies](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/naming)
- [Coming of age](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/coming-of-age)
- [Death and mourning](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/funeral)
- [New Year](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/new-year)
- [Harvest and thanksgiving](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/harvest)
- [Hospitality and welcome](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/hospitality)
- [Greetings and farewells](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/greeting)
- [Pilgrimage](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/pilgrimage)
- [Fasting and feasting](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/fasting)
- [New homes and beginnings](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/new-home)
- [Spring and renewal](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/spring)
- [Midwinter and the longest night](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/midwinter)
- [Remembering the ancestors](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/ancestors)
- [Healing, luck and protection](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/healing)
- [Royalty and coronation](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/royalty)
- [Tea, coffee and the drinking ceremony](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/tea)
- [Hindu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/faiths/hindu)
- [Buddhist](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/faiths/buddhist)
- [Jain](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/faiths/jain)
- [Muslim](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/faiths/muslim)
- [Jewish](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/faiths/jewish)
- [Christian](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/faiths/christian)
- [Sikh](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/faiths/sikh)
- [Zoroastrian](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/faiths/zoroastrian)
- [Shinto, Taoist and folk Chinese](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/faiths/shinto)
- [Indigenous and traditional](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/faiths/indigenous)
- [Pagan and ancient](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/faiths/pagan)
- [Secular and civic](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/faiths/secular)
- [Spices](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/spices)

## Live
- [Today around the world](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/today): days on now, holidays on this date, the meal clock, tradition of the day
- [GET /api/live](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/api/live): the same as JSON
- [The year ahead](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/calendar)
- [Days of the week](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/weekdays)

## Learn
- [Glossary](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary)

## For agents
- [MCP server](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/mcp): Streamable HTTP, no key needed
- [JSON API](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/developers): GET https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/api/v1/<tool>
- [Sitemap](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/sitemap.xml)
- [How complete the catalogue is](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/coverage)

## Concepts compared
- [Remembering the ancestors](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/ancestors): Almost every society keeps a way of staying in touch with those who came before.
- [Birth and new babies](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/birth): A birth is welcomed by every culture, and nearly all of them wrap the first days in special customs.
- [Coming of age](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/coming-of-age): Around the world, a young person's step into adulthood is marked by a ceremony.
- [Fasting and feasting](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/fasting): Fasting and feasting belong together.
- [Death and mourning](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/funeral): Every culture has a way to say goodbye.
- [Greetings and farewells](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/greeting): How people say hello and goodbye tells you a great deal about a culture.
- [Harvest and thanksgiving](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/harvest): When the crop is in, people celebrate.
- [Healing, luck and protection](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/healing): People everywhere have made charms, rites and habits to keep harm away and bring good fortune.
- [Hospitality and welcome](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/hospitality): Guests are treated as a blessing in most of the world, and many cultures have elaborate rules for welcoming them.
- [Midwinter and the longest night](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/midwinter): In the far north the year turns on its darkest day.
- [Naming ceremonies](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/naming): A name is a first gift, and many cultures mark it with a ceremony.
- [New homes and beginnings](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/new-home): Moving into a new home is a threshold in life, and cultures all over the world mark it with a ritual.
- [New Year](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/new-year): The new year is celebrated on more days than any other festival.
- [Pilgrimage](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/pilgrimage): Millions of people travel every year to a place they hold sacred.
- [Royalty and coronation](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/royalty): Kings, queens, emperors and chiefs have been crowned, enthroned and anointed in ceremonies that are among the oldest in the world.
- [Spring and renewal](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/spring): When the days lengthen and the ground softens, people around the world celebrate.
- [Tea, coffee and the drinking ceremony](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/tea): A cup of tea or coffee is more than a drink.
- [Weddings](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/wedding): No celebration is kept in more ways than the wedding.

## Cities
- [Varanasi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/varanasi): A city on the Ganges where bathing, cremation and evening prayer have gone on in public for centuries.
- [Jaipur](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/jaipur): The pink city of Rajasthan, known for its royal processions, block printing and the kite festival of Makar Sankranti.
- [Kolkata](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/kolkata): Home of Durga Puja, when clay goddesses fill the streets and the whole city turns out to see them.
- [Madurai](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/madurai): A temple city built around the Meenakshi shrine, where a divine wedding is re-enacted every spring.
- [Amritsar](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/amritsar): The home of the Golden Temple, where a free kitchen feeds tens of thousands of people every day.
- [Puri](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/puri): The seaside home of Lord Jagannath, whose giant chariots roll through the streets every summer.
- [Kochi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/kochi): An old spice port where Hindu, Christian, Jewish and Muslim communities have lived side by side for centuries.
- [Mysuru](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/mysuru): A royal city whose ten-day Dasara festival ends with a lit palace and a grand procession.
- [Lahore](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/lahore): The old Mughal capital of Pakistan, a city of Sufi shrines, spring kites and long late meals.
- [Multan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/multan): A city of saints, one of the oldest in South Asia, famous for blue-glazed tile, camel-skin lamps and mangoes.
- [Dhaka](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/dhaka): A city of rickshaws and rivers whose spring Pohela Boishakh fills the streets with colour, fish and song.
- [Kandy](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/kandy): The hill capital of Sri Lanka, whose Perahera of elephants and drummers honours the Buddha's tooth relic.
- [Galle](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/galle): A walled Dutch-era port on the south coast, with mosques, churches and temples inside one rampart.
- [Kathmandu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/kathmandu): A valley capital of temples and living goddesses, where festivals follow the lunar year almost without pause.
- [Bhaktapur](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/bhaktapur): A medieval Newar town of brick and carved wood, home of the Bisket Jatra new year festival.
- [Paro](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/paro): A valley town in Bhutan whose spring tsechu brings masked dances to the courtyard of the dzong.
- [Malé](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/male): The crowded island capital of the Maldives, where fishing, boduberu drums and Friday prayers shape the week.
- [Herat](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/herat): An old city of poets and tile in western Afghanistan, with Persian-style gardens and a rich calendar of Nowruz.
- [Ubud](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/ubud): The art town of Bali, where daily offerings, temple dance and village ceremonies carry on among the rice terraces.
- [Yogyakarta](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/yogyakarta): A Javanese royal city where the sultan's court keeps gamelan, batik and shadow puppets alive.
- [Chiang Mai](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/chiang-mai): The northern Thai capital, where Yi Peng lantern night and Songkran water-throwing light up the year.
- [Bangkok](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/bangkok): A capital of golden temples, royal ceremony and street food that is eaten at every hour.
- [Hội An](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/hoi-an): An old trading port on the central coast, where lanterns light the river on every full moon.
- [Huế](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/hue): The former imperial capital, with court music, royal cuisine and a Tet celebrated in old style.
- [Cebu City](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/cebu): The oldest Spanish city in the Philippines, where the Sinulog procession honours the child Jesus each January.
- [Kalibo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/kalibo): A town on Panay island where the Ati-Atihan festival has people dancing in black soot and bright costume.
- [George Town](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/george-town): A Malaysian port city of mixed Malay, Chinese, Indian and Peranakan traditions, famous for hawker food.
- [Kuching](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/kuching): The capital of Sarawak, where Iban longhouse traditions and the Gawai harvest festival are part of city life.
- [Singapore](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/singapore): A city-state where Chinese, Malay, Indian and Eurasian traditions share the same streets and the same hawker centres.
- [Bagan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/bagan): A plain of thousands of old temples on the Irrawaddy, still alive with pilgrimage and lacquerware.
- [Mandalay](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/mandalay): The last royal capital of Burma, a city of monasteries, gold-beaters, puppets and marble carving.
- [Siem Reap](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/siem-reap): The gateway to Angkor, where Khmer New Year and Pchum Ben are still kept in the temple compounds.
- [Luang Prabang](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/luang-prabang): A royal Lao town where saffron-robed monks receive alms at dawn along the main street.
- [Bandar Seri Begawan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/bandar-seri-begawan): The capital of Brunei, where Malay royal customs, the water village of Kampong Ayer and daily Islamic practice meet.
- [Dili](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/dili): The capital of Timor-Leste, where Catholic devotion and ancestral house traditions live side by side.
- [Kyoto](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/kyoto): The old imperial capital, home of tea ceremony, geisha districts and the great summer Gion festival.
- [Kanazawa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/kanazawa): A castle town on the Sea of Japan with gold leaf craft, a samurai quarter and an elegant tea culture.
- [Takayama](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/takayama): A mountain town of old merchant houses, famed for its spring and autumn festivals of carved floats.
- [Beijing](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/beijing): The capital of China for centuries, with imperial ritual, temple fairs at the new year and a famous roast duck.
- [Chengdu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/chengdu): The home of Sichuan cooking and the teahouse, a city that takes its time and its chilli seriously.
- [Lijiang](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/lijiang): A canal-threaded old town of the Naxi people, with a script of pictograms and a famed orchestra of ancient music.
- [Xi'an](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/xian): The ancient capital at the end of the Silk Road, with a Muslim Quarter, a drum tower and the terracotta army.
- [Seoul](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/seoul): A palace-and-skyscraper capital where Chuseok, kimchi-making and the hanbok are alive in the modern city.
- [Jeonju](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/jeonju): The home of bibimbap and a hanok village, regarded in Korea as the capital of traditional food.
- [Andong](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/andong): The heart of Korean Confucian custom, with a mask dance festival and the Hahoe folk village.
- [Pyongyang](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/pyongyang): The capital of North Korea, where traditional Korean holidays and cold noodles are part of the city's year.
- [Ulaanbaatar](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/ulaanbaatar): The Mongolian capital, where the Naadam festival of wrestling, archery and horse racing gathers the nation each July.
- [Taipei](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/taipei): A night-market city where Taoist temples, tea culture and the Lantern Festival share the same streets.
- [Lukang](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/lukang): A town on the west coast of Taiwan known for temples, handicrafts and the Mazu pilgrimage.
- [Hong Kong](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/hong-kong): A harbour city where dim sum, bun festivals and Cantonese opera sit under the skyscrapers.
- [Macau](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/macau): A former Portuguese port where Chinese temples, Catholic processions and Macanese cooking share the same squares.
- [Almaty](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/almaty): A city at the foot of the Tian Shan mountains, where nomadic hospitality, horse meat and Nauryz meet.
- [Samarkand](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/samarkand): A Silk Road city of blue-tiled domes, bread stamped by hand and a long tradition of paper and silk.
- [Bukhara](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/bukhara): A caravan city of domed bazaars, carpet weavers and old madrasas, once a main seat of Islamic learning.
- [Ashgabat](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/ashgabat): The capital of Turkmenistan, where the Akhal-Teke horse and hand-knotted carpet are objects of national pride.
- [Karakol](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/karakol): A town beside Lake Issyk-Kul where Kyrgyz horse games, felt-making and yurt hospitality are still lived.
- [Dushanbe](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/dushanbe): The capital of Tajikistan, where Persian poetry, Nowruz and the teahouse give the city its flavour.
- [Yerevan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/yerevan): A rose-coloured capital of one of the world's oldest Christian nations, with a famous apricot and brandy culture.
- [Baku](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/baku): A Caspian city that holds fire, carpet and mugham music in its old walled quarter.
- [Sheki](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/sheki): A hill town of silk and stained glass, famous for its halva sweet and its khan's palace.
- [Tbilisi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/tbilisi): The capital of Georgia, home of the supra feast, polyphonic singing and wine made in clay jars.
- [Telavi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/telavi): The heart of Kakheti wine country, where the grape harvest, rtveli, is a family festival.
- [Sydney](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/sydney): A harbour city where Aboriginal heritage, Chinese New Year and an outdoor barbecue culture all have a place.
- [Alice Springs](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/alice-springs): A desert town in the heart of Australia, close to Uluru and the living art and ceremony of Arrernte and Anangu people.
- [Hobart](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/hobart): The southern harbour city of Tasmania, where the Sydney to Hobart yacht race ends and a midwinter festival lights the dark.
- [Rotorua](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/rotorua): A geothermal city in the Maori heartland where the hangi oven and the haka are part of the welcome.
- [Goroka](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/goroka): A highlands town where each September the show brings together dozens of clans in feathers and paint.
- [Suva](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/suva): The capital of Fiji, where the kava ceremony, the lovo feast and Diwali all belong to the year.
- [Honiara](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/honiara): The capital of Solomon Islands, where shell money, panpipe music and wantok ties matter.
- [Port Vila](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/port-vila): The capital of Vanuatu, tied to the kava bar, the yam harvest and the land diving of Pentecost Island.
- [Apia](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/apia): The capital of Samoa, where chiefs, tatau and the fa'a Samoa way shape life.
- [Nuku'alofa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/nukualofa): The capital of Tonga, a kingdom where royalty, church and tapa cloth run through daily life.
- [Tarawa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/tarawa): The atoll capital of Kiribati, where fishing, weaving and the maneaba meeting house organise society.
- [Funafuti](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/funafuti): The atoll capital of Tuvalu, where the fatele dance is the heart of every island celebration.
- [Yaren](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/yaren): The district seat of Nauru, a tiny island nation with a Christian calendar and Nauruan wrestling, and a fondness for its fishing heritage.
- [Koror](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/koror): The main town of Palau, home of storyboards, bai meeting houses and the first-birth ceremony.
- [Kolonia](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/kolonia): The main town on Pohnpei, where the sakau kava ritual and the ruins of Nan Madol are alive in the island's customs.
- [Majuro](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/majuro): The atoll capital of the Marshall Islands, known for woven mats, canoe sailing and the stick charts that map the swells.
- [Mecca](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/mecca): The holiest city of Islam and the destination of the hajj and umrah pilgrimages, open to Muslims only.
- [Riyadh](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/riyadh): The capital of Saudi Arabia, where the sword dance, Arabic coffee and the date harvest are living customs.
- [Jeddah](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/jeddah): The Red Sea port and gate of Mecca, whose old town has houses of coral stone with carved wooden balconies.
- [Dubai](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/dubai): A creek port that grew into a global city, still keeping pearl diving, dhow, falconry and majlis hospitality.
- [Al Ain](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/al-ain): An oasis city of date palms and falaj channels, with a camel market and a living tradition of Al Ayyala dance.
- [Doha](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/doha): A Gulf capital whose old market, Souq Waqif, keeps falcons, spices and the evening coffee ritual.
- [Kuwait City](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/kuwait-city): A Gulf trading city with a pearl-diving past, a diwaniya culture of evening talk and a rich sweet tradition.
- [Manama](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/manama): The capital of Bahrain, an island of pearl divers and shared Sunni and Shia observance, and the ashura processions.
- [Nizwa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/nizwa): The old capital of the interior of Oman, with a Friday goat market, a great fort and a pottery tradition.
- [Sana'a](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/sanaa): A high-altitude old city of tall brick towers, with coffee, honey and the qat gathering at its heart.
- [Baghdad](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/baghdad): The round city of the caliphs, still a city of tea houses, book markets, mourning processions and masgouf fish.
- [Isfahan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/isfahan): Half the world, as the old Persian saying goes: a city of blue-tiled domes, bridges, miniatures and gaz sweets.
- [Shiraz](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/shiraz): The city of poets, roses and wine in Persian memory, and the resting place of Hafez and Saadi.
- [Yazd](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/yazd): A desert city of mud-brick houses and wind towers, and the main home of Zoroastrian faith in Iran.
- [Damascus](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/damascus): One of the oldest cities in the world, with a great mosque, a roofed souk and a long tradition of sweets and brocade.
- [Aleppo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/aleppo): A northern Syrian city of citadel and covered souks, known for pistachios, spices, soap and some of the finest cooking in the region.
- [Beirut](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/beirut): A Mediterranean capital of many faiths, with mezze tables, Christian feasts and Ramadan evenings side by side.
- [Baalbek](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/baalbek): A Roman temple town in the Bekaa Valley, famed for its summer international festival and its sweets.
- [Amman](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/amman): The hilly capital of Jordan, where Bedouin hospitality, mansaf and the dabke dance are everyday heritage.
- [Petra](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/petra): The rose-red rock city of the Nabataeans, where Bedouin families still host visitors with tea and bread.
- [Jerusalem](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/jerusalem): A city holy to Jews, Christians and Muslims, where Shabbat, the Via Dolorosa and the call to prayer meet within a few streets.
- [Tel Aviv](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/tel-aviv): A Mediterranean city of cafes and beaches where Shabbat and Purim parades share the streets with a lively food scene.
- [Bethlehem](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/bethlehem): The town of the Church of the Nativity, with three Christmases and a craft of olive wood and mother of pearl.
- [Istanbul](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/istanbul): A city spanning two continents, with whirling dervishes, tulip season, meze tables and the simit seller on every corner.
- [Konya](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/konya): The home of Rumi and the Mevlevi dervishes, where the annual Seb-i Arus draws visitors from across the world.
- [Göreme](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/goreme): A cave-house village in Cappadocia, where rock-cut churches, pottery and pigeon houses mark the landscape.
- [Nicosia](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/nicosia): The divided capital of Cyprus, whose old walled city has Greek and Turkish sides and shared halloumi and coffee.
- [Paphos](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/paphos): A coastal town in the myth of Aphrodite, where the old rite of the Flood and the lace of Lefkara are still honoured.
- [Cairo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/cairo): The city of a thousand minarets, where Ramadan lanterns, koshari and Coptic feasts fill the calendar.
- [Luxor](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/luxor): The city of Karnak and the Valley of the Kings, where the moulid of Abu al-Haggag echoes a pharaonic festival.
- [Tripoli](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/tripoli-ly): A Mediterranean port of Libya, with a walled medina, marketplace and a tradition of sweet tea in three rounds.
- [Ghadames](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/ghadames): The pearl of the desert, an oasis town with whitewashed houses where women moved across the rooftops.
- [Tunis](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/tunis): A white-and-blue Mediterranean capital with a vast medina and a fiery harissa on every table.
- [Kairouan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/kairouan): The fourth holy city of Islam, a pilgrimage centre known for its Great Mosque, carpets and sweet makroud.
- [Djerba](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/djerba): An island with one of the oldest Jewish communities in the Mediterranean and a pilgrimage at La Ghriba.
- [Algiers](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/algiers): A white city on the bay, with an old kasbah, Andalusian music and the roots of the Algerian couscous Friday.
- [Ghardaïa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/ghardaia): A desert valley of five walled towns of the Mozabite people, with a strictly ordered communal life.
- [Marrakech](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/marrakech): A red city of souks, storytellers and snake charmers whose great square, Jemaa el-Fnaa, turns into an open air restaurant each night.
- [Fez](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/fez): The oldest imperial city of Morocco, with a medieval medina, the world's oldest university and its leather tanneries.
- [Chefchaouen](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/chefchaouen): The blue-washed mountain town of the Rif, known for weaving, goat cheese and an Andalusian past.
- [Khartoum](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/khartoum): Where the Blue and White Nile meet, with Sufi dhikr at Omdurman, tea ladies and a Sudanese feast table.
- [Chinguetti](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/chinguetti): A Saharan town of old libraries, known as the seventh holy city of Islam, where caravans once gathered.
- [Lagos](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/lagos): A megacity on the Gulf of Guinea, famed for Yoruba aso ebi, jollof rice and the Eyo masquerade.
- [Osogbo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/osogbo): A Yoruba town beside the sacred grove of the river goddess Osun, with a famous August festival.
- [Kano](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/kano): An ancient Hausa trading city with a walled old town, dye pits and the Durbar horse festival.
- [Kumasi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/kumasi): The Ashanti capital, home of the Golden Stool, kente weaving and the royal Akwasidae festival.
- [Accra](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/accra): The Ghanaian capital of Ga people, where fantasy coffins, homowo festival and jollof are part of life.
- [Dakar](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/dakar): A west African capital of music and wrestling, the home of thieboudienne and the Magal of Touba.
- [Saint-Louis](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/saint-louis-sn): An island city at the mouth of the Senegal river, with a jazz festival and a fishermen's rite.
- [Abidjan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/abidjan): A lagoon city of music and maquis restaurants, famed for attiéké and the Dipri and Fête des Masques.
- [Timbuktu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/timbuktu): The desert city of scholars, with ancient manuscript libraries, mud mosques and a Tuareg and Songhai culture.
- [Djenné](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/djenne): A river town with the largest mud-brick building in the world, replastered by the whole community each spring.
- [Ouagadougou](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/ouagadougou): The capital of Burkina Faso, home of the world's biggest African film festival and the Moro Naba ceremony.
- [Agadez](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/agadez): A Saharan gateway of the Tuareg, famed for its mud minaret and the Cure Salée and Bianou festivals.
- [N'Djamena](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/ndjamena): The capital of Chad, on the Chari river, where Sahelian herders, fishermen and city traders meet in the big market.
- [Foumban](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/foumban): The seat of the Bamum sultanate in Cameroon, with a royal palace, a script of its own and a Nguon festival.
- [Libreville](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/libreville): A coastal Gabonese capital whose Fang people keep the Bwiti ceremony and carved reliquary figures.
- [Brazzaville](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/brazzaville): The Congo river capital, where the sapeurs dress in elegant suits and rumba music grew up.
- [Kinshasa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/kinshasa): A huge, music-loving capital on the Congo river, where rumba, sape and street theatre are everyday arts.
- [Luanda](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/luanda): Angola's coastal capital, where kizomba, semba and a Lenten Carnival unite old African and Portuguese rhythms.
- [Livingstone](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/livingstone): The town beside Victoria Falls, where the Lozi Kuomboka and Tonga rain rites show the river's place in Zambian life.
- [Bulawayo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/bulawayo): The Ndebele city of Zimbabwe, near Matobo Hills where rain rites and rock art meet.
- [Cape Town](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/cape-town): A city under Table Mountain whose Cape Malay quarter keeps the Tweede Nuwe Jaar parade and a spicy cooking tradition.
- [Durban](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/durban): A warm Indian Ocean port with the largest Indian community outside India, and a Zulu cultural heartland.
- [Windhoek](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/windhoek): The capital of Namibia, where Herero women wear long Victorian-style dresses and hats shaped like cattle horns.
- [Gaborone](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/gaborone): The capital of Botswana, where the kgotla, the village meeting place, shapes public life and seswaa is served at weddings.
- [Ilha de Moçambique](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/ilha-de-mocambique): A small island of the Swahili coast, once a Portuguese capital, with mosque, church and temple in one small place.
- [Lilongwe](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/lilongwe): The capital of Malawi, close to the homeland of the Chewa and their secret society of Gule Wamkulu.
- [Stone Town, Zanzibar](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/stone-town): A Swahili trading town of carved doors, spice farms and taarab music on an island in the Indian Ocean.
- [Arusha](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/arusha): The gateway to Kilimanjaro and the Serengeti, close to Maasai land and the traditions of its warriors.
- [Nairobi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/nairobi): A highland capital of many peoples, famous for nyama choma Sundays, matatu art and the Maasai and Kikuyu traditions around it.
- [Lamu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/lamu): A car-free Swahili island town with dhows, carved doors and a famed festival of the Prophet's birthday.
- [Kampala](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/kampala): The capital of Uganda and heartland of the Buganda kingdom, with bark cloth, royal drums and the matoke table.
- [Kigali](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/kigali): A hill-top capital that remembers the 1994 genocide each April, and keeps the Intore dance and imigongo art.
- [Gitega](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/gitega): The cultural capital of Burundi, home of the royal drummers, who beat out a ritual dance of the old kingdom.
- [Lalibela](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/lalibela): A mountain town of rock-cut churches, where pilgrims gather at Genna and Timkat in white shawls.
- [Addis Ababa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/addis-ababa): A high-altitude capital where Meskel bonfires, coffee ceremonies and the Ethiopian calendar tell the year.
- [Axum](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/axum): An ancient kingdom's capital, whose tall stelae and chapel of the Ark are central to Ethiopian Orthodox belief.
- [Asmara](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/asmara): A highland city of art deco and modernist buildings, where coffee ceremonies and Orthodox feasts keep their place.
- [Djibouti](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/djibouti-city): A port at the mouth of the Red Sea, with Afar and Somali nomad traditions, a camel milk culture and a daily qat hour.
- [Mogadishu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/mogadishu): An old Indian Ocean port of Somalia, with a tradition of oral poetry, camel milk and spiced tea.
- [Juba](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/juba): The capital of South Sudan beside the White Nile, a meeting point of Dinka, Nuer, Bari and many other peoples.
- [Antananarivo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/antananarivo): A hilltop capital of Madagascar, whose famadihana ceremony celebrates the dead by turning the bones in new cloth.
- [Port Louis](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/port-louis): The capital of Mauritius, an island of many faiths, with Cavadee processions and a sega dance of memory.
- [Victoria](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/victoria-sc): The tiny capital of Seychelles, where Creole moutya music, spiced fish and the Festival Kreol mark the year.
- [Moroni](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/moroni): The capital of Comoros, the Perfume Islands, with the grand marriage, the Grand Mariage, as its lifetime social event.
- [Maseru](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/maseru): The capital of Lesotho, kingdom in the sky, where the Basotho blanket and conical hat are daily dress.
- [Lobamba](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/lobamba): The royal and legislative capital of Eswatini, where the Umhlanga Reed Dance gathers tens of thousands of young women.
- [Conakry](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/conakry): The capital of Guinea on a narrow peninsula, a home of the djembe drum and the dances of the Mandinka.
- [Bissau](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/bissau): The capital of Guinea-Bissau, with the Bijagós archipelago's initiations and a Carnival of satirical masks.
- [Banjul](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/banjul): The capital of The Gambia, home of the kora and griot song and a great Roots Festival of memory.
- [Freetown](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/freetown): A harbour city founded by freed people, home of Krio culture and the Bondo and Poro societies.
- [Monrovia](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/monrovia): Africa's oldest republic's capital, with the heritage of freed Americans, Poro masks and a rice-focused kitchen.
- [Lomé](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/lome): The Togolese capital with a huge fetish market and the Epe Ekpe and Evala festivals nearby.
- [Ouidah](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/ouidah): The spiritual home of Vodun, where Voodoo Day on 10 January is a national holiday.
- [Bangui](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/bangui): The capital of the Central African Republic on the Ubangi river, home of Baka and Aka forest music.
- [Malabo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/malabo): An island capital in the Gulf of Guinea, with Bubi traditions, the Fang cooking of the mainland and a Spanish past.
- [São Tomé](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/sao-tome): The capital of an island nation famed for cocoa and the Tchiloli, a four-hour play in costume.
- [Mindelo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/mindelo): A harbour city in Cabo Verde, home of morna music and a lively Carnival.
- [Edinburgh](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/edinburgh): The Scottish capital, where Hogmanay, Burns Night and the Tattoo fill the dark and the bright parts of the year.
- [London](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/london): A great port of many peoples, where Trooping the Colour, pearly kings and Notting Hill Carnival all belong to the year.
- [Cardiff](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/cardiff): The Welsh capital, where St David's Day, male voice choirs and the eisteddfod keep language and song alive.
- [Dublin](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/dublin): The Irish capital, where St Patrick's festival, Bloomsday and the pub session carry the culture.
- [Galway](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/galway): A city of the west where Irish is still spoken, oysters are celebrated in September, and traditional music pours from every pub.
- [Paris](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/paris): The city of the Bastille Day parade, the daily baguette and the long table of the French meal.
- [Lyon](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/lyon): The gastronomic capital of France, home of the bouchon restaurant and the December Fête des Lumières.
- [Strasbourg](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/strasbourg): A half-timbered city on the Rhine, home of the oldest Christmas market in France and Alsatian wine and storks.
- [Nice](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/nice): A Mediterranean city with a spectacular Carnival, a flower market and a cuisine of its own, born of Italy and France.
- [Munich](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/munich): The Bavarian capital, home of Oktoberfest, the beer garden and the Weisswurst breakfast before noon.
- [Cologne](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/cologne): A city on the Rhine famed for a wild Carnival, Kölsch beer and a cathedral that took six centuries to build.
- [Nuremberg](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/nuremberg): The old imperial city of Germany, famed for its Christkindlesmarkt, gingerbread and toy making.
- [Rome](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/rome): The eternal city, whose Easter blessing, pasta customs and saints' feasts are celebrated in the same piazzas for centuries.
- [Siena](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/siena): A Tuscan hill city whose Palio, a bareback horse race round the Piazza del Campo, shapes the neighbourhood loyalties of the year.
- [Naples](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/naples): A noisy, musical city of pizza, nativity crèches and the liquefaction of the blood of San Gennaro.
- [Venice](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/venice): A lagoon city of canals, masks and gondolas, with a Carnival, a regatta and the doge's wedding to the sea.
- [Seville](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/seville): The city of Semana Santa processions, the April Feria and the flamenco dance.
- [Pamplona](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/pamplona): A Navarrese city whose San Fermín festival, with the running of the bulls, runs from 6 to 14 July.
- [Valencia](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/valencia): The city of Las Fallas, when huge satirical sculptures are built and burned in March, and of the original paella.
- [Lisbon](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/lisbon): A hill city of fado, grilled sardines in June and the Saints' Festivals of Santo António.
- [Porto](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/porto): A northern river city of port wine, tiled churches and the São João festival, in which people tap each other with plastic hammers.
- [Amsterdam](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/amsterdam): A canal city of King's Day in orange, Sinterklaas arrivals by boat and herring eaten by the tail.
- [Binche](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/binche): A small town in Belgium whose Shrove Tuesday carnival of Gilles in ostrich feathers is a UNESCO masterpiece.
- [Bruges](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/bruges): A medieval canal town of lace, chocolate and the Procession of the Holy Blood each Ascension Day.
- [Luxembourg City](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/luxembourg-city): A small fortress capital where the Echternach dancing procession and the Schueberfouer fair keep old traditions.
- [Zurich](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/zurich): A lakeside city where the guilds burn a snowman at the Sechseläuten to hasten the arrival of spring.
- [Basel](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/basel): A Rhine city whose Fasnacht begins at four in the morning and whose Rhine swim is a summer habit.
- [Vienna](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/vienna): The city of coffeehouses, waltz balls and a New Year's concert, with an imperial table of schnitzel and Sachertorte.
- [Salzburg](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/salzburg): The city of Mozart and the Salzburg Festival, with an Advent of carols, Krampus runs and the song Silent Night.
- [Vaduz](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/vaduz): The tiny alpine capital of Liechtenstein, whose national day on 15 August is celebrated with the prince in the castle meadow.
- [Copenhagen](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/copenhagen): A city of hygge, open sandwiches and the midsummer bonfire of Sankthans.
- [Bergen](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/bergen): A Hanseatic port among seven mountains, whose Bryggen wharf and Norwegian Constitution Day parade shape the year.
- [Stockholm](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/stockholm): A city on the water where Midsummer, Lucia and the fika coffee break set the rhythm of the year.
- [Mora](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/mora): A Dalarna town at the end of Lake Siljan, where the Vasaloppet ski race and the red Dala horse come from.
- [Helsinki](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/helsinki): A harbour capital of saunas and Vappu, the spring student carnival, with a market square of reindeer and fish.
- [Rovaniemi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/rovaniemi): The gateway to Lapland, the Arctic circle city and home to Santa Claus village and Sámi reindeer herding.
- [Reykjavík](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/reykjavik): A northern capital where Þorrablót midwinter feasts, the Yule Lads and swimming-pool culture share the dark winter.
- [Kraków](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/krakow): Poland's old royal capital, where nativity szopka are judged each December and a trumpeter plays an unfinished tune every hour.
- [Prague](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/prague): A city of a hundred spires, whose Easter markets, Christmas carp and astronomical clock keep old Bohemian custom.
- [Bratislava](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/bratislava): A Danube capital with a hilltop castle, wine taverns and a Christmas market, close to Vienna.
- [Budapest](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/budapest): A city of thermal baths and coffeehouses, with the Busójárás carnival and a paprika-red table.
- [Sighetu Marmației](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/sighetu-marmatiei): A town in Maramureș where wooden churches and gates, and a winter festival of masks and carols, preserve rural life.
- [Bucharest](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/bucharest): The Romanian capital where Mărțișor red-and-white strings welcome March and Easter is a long midnight feast.
- [Plovdiv](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/plovdiv): One of Europe's oldest cities, home of the Kukeri festival, rose oil and Thracian heritage.
- [Athens](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/athens): The ancient city of democracy, with Easter midnight, name days and a meze table under the Acropolis.
- [Thessaloniki](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/thessaloniki): A northern port with a Byzantine heritage, a Feast of Saint Demetrius, and a famous bakery and sweet culture.
- [Tirana](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/tirana): A colourful capital where besa, the honour of hospitality, is the rule and Dita e Verës marks the arrival of summer.
- [Gjirokastër](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/gjirokaster): A stone town of the south with tall fortress-houses, the home of the folk festival of Albania.
- [Ohrid](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/ohrid): A lakeside town of Orthodox churches, pearls and fishing, with a festival of Saint Clement and the Epiphany cross dive.
- [Kotor](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/kotor): A walled Adriatic town in a fjord, where the Fašinada boat ceremony and the Bokeljska Mornarica keep sea memory.
- [Belgrade](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/belgrade): A city at the meeting of the Sava and the Danube, with the slava family saint's feast and floating river bars.
- [Sarajevo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/sarajevo): A city where mosque, church and synagogue stand together, with a coffee ritual of the džezva and a cuisine of ćevapi.
- [Dubrovnik](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/dubrovnik): The walled Adriatic pearl, home of the Festival of Saint Blaise and a lively tradition of linđo dance and sea-salt.
- [Ljubljana](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/ljubljana): A compact green capital of dragons, bridges and beehive painting, with a Kurent carnival nearby.
- [Pristina](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/pristina): The capital of Kosovo, with Albanian songs of the lahuta, hospitality and flija baked under a hot lid.
- [Chișinău](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/chisinau): The Moldovan capital, home of the Wine Day festival, the carpet and the mărțișor.
- [Kyiv](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/kyiv): The mother of Ukrainian cities, with golden domes, embroidered vyshyvanka shirts and the Christmas Eve table of twelve dishes.
- [Lviv](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/lviv): A western Ukrainian city of coffee houses and a Christmas market, where carolling and Easter bread are a lively tradition.
- [Minsk](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/minsk): The capital of Belarus, where Kupalle midsummer rites and the straw-woven crafts keep old Slavic custom alive.
- [Moscow](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/moscow): The capital of Russia, with its Orthodox Easter, Maslenitsa pancake week and the festive dacha table.
- [Saint Petersburg](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/saint-petersburg): A northern imperial capital of White Nights, Scarlet Sails and a tea table with pryaniki.
- [Kazan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/kazan): The Tatar capital, a Muslim and Orthodox city, where the Sabantuy plough festival has wrestling and sack races.
- [Tallinn](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/tallinn): A medieval Baltic city where the Song Festival gathers tens of thousands, and Midsummer Jaaniõhtu is celebrated with bonfires.
- [Riga](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/riga): A Baltic capital of Art Nouveau and the Latvian Jāņi midsummer, with wreaths of oak and cheese brewed with caraway.
- [Vilnius](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/vilnius): A baroque capital with a Kaziuko fair each March, amber, linen and a table of potato dishes.
- [Valletta](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/valletta): A fortress capital of Malta, whose village festas, with fireworks and brass bands, honour saints each summer.
- [Andorra la Vella](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/andorra-la-vella): A Pyrenean capital where the Fires of Sant Joan are lit on the mountains and the Marratxa dance is performed.
- [Monaco](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/monaco): A sovereign city-state whose Sainte Dévote procession and Fête Nationale are rooted in the Grimaldi family.
- [San Marino](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/san-marino): The capital of the oldest republic, whose captains regent take office twice a year in a medieval ceremony.
- [Vatican City](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/vatican-city): The smallest state in the world, the heart of the Catholic Church, with a papal blessing at Easter and Christmas and a Swiss Guard.
- [New Orleans](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/new-orleans): A Creole city of Mardi Gras, second-line parades, jazz funerals and gumbo, where food and music are inherited.
- [Santa Fe](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/santa-fe): A high desert city of adobe, where the Pueblo, Hispano and Anglo cultures meet in Indian Market, Zozobra and green chile.
- [New York](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/new-york): A city of immigrants, whose Thanksgiving parade, Lunar New Year and Puerto Rican Day all share the avenues.
- [Québec City](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/quebec-city): The old walled capital of French Canada, whose Winter Carnival and sugar shack season welcome the cold.
- [Montréal](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/montreal): A city of festivals and bagels, where French, English and many diasporas share summers of jazz and winters of snow.
- [Oaxaca](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/oaxaca): The southern city of the Guelaguetza, mole and mezcal, where Day of the Dead is one of Mexico's most vivid.
- [Mexico City](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/mexico-city): A vast capital built on an Aztec lake, where the Day of the Dead parade, the Virgin of Guadalupe and a street food world meet.
- [Guadalajara](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/guadalajara): The home of mariachi and tequila, whose Charreada, jarabe tapatío and birria are national emblems.
- [Nuuk](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/nuuk): The capital of Greenland, where Inuit drum dancing, kayak skills and kaffemik gatherings keep the culture strong.
- [Hamilton](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/hamilton-bm): The capital of Bermuda, famed for Gombey dancers, kite flying on Good Friday and the fish chowder with sherry peppers.
- [Antigua Guatemala](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/antigua-guatemala): A colonial town beneath volcanoes, famed for Holy Week alfombras of coloured sawdust and flowers.
- [Chichicastenango](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/chichicastenango): A Maya highland town whose market and Santo Tomás church mix Catholic and K'iche' ritual.
- [Belize City](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/belize-city): A Caribbean port with a Garifuna and Creole heritage, a September carnival and a table of rice and beans.
- [Copán](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/copan): A town beside a great Maya city, where the corn, coffee and the Day of the Dead keep ancient rhythms.
- [San Salvador](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/san-salvador): The capital of El Salvador, with the August festival of the Divine Saviour and the pupusa as the national dish.
- [Granada](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/granada): A colonial city beside Lake Nicaragua, where La Purísima altars and a folkloric Gigantona parade mark the year.
- [San José](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/san-jose-cr): The capital of Costa Rica, the home of the painted oxcart, the Pura Vida greeting and gallo pinto at breakfast.
- [Panama City](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/panama-city): A canal capital where the pollera dress, Carnaval and Black Christ procession tie history and faith together.
- [Havana](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/havana): A city of son and rumba, Santería ceremonies, domino tables and a coffee culture of small cups.
- [Santiago de Cuba](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/santiago-de-cuba): The cradle of son and the Caribbean Carnival of July, with the Virgin of Charity as patron of Cuba.
- [Kingston](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/kingston): The home of reggae, with Rastafari, Emancipation Day and a table of ackee, saltfish and jerk.
- [Jacmel](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/jacmel): A coastal town of papier-mâché masks, where the Kanaval and its great parade celebrate resistance and fantasy.
- [Santo Domingo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/santo-domingo): The oldest European city in the Americas, where merengue, bachata and La Bandera breakfast are daily pleasure.
- [San Juan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/san-juan): A walled Caribbean city with a night of San Juan Bautista, plena and the longest Christmas in the world.
- [Port of Spain](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/port-of-spain): The capital of Trinidad and Tobago, home of Carnival, calypso, steelpan, doubles and Diwali's Divali Nagar.
- [Bridgetown](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/bridgetown): The capital of Barbados, with Crop Over, cou-cou and flying fish, and a heritage of rum.
- [Nassau](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/nassau): The capital of The Bahamas, where Junkanoo rushes through the streets on Boxing Day and New Year's Day.
- [St. John's](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/st-johns-ag): The capital of Antigua and Barbuda, with a Carnival at the end of July and a pineapple of welcome.
- [Roseau](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/roseau): The capital of Dominica, the nature island, where Creole Day is celebrated in madras dress and the Kalinago keep their territory.
- [St. George's](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/st-georges-gd): The capital of Grenada, the spice isle, with Spicemas Carnival and oil down, the national dish.
- [Basseterre](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/basseterre): The capital of St Kitts and Nevis, where Sugar Mas carnival and a Christmas of masquerades run through the season.
- [Castries](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/castries): The capital of Saint Lucia, with La Rose and La Marguerite flower societies and Creole Heritage Month in October.
- [Kingstown](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/kingstown): The capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, with Vincy Mas in July and a Garifuna ancestry linked to Belize.
- [Cartagena](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/cartagena): A walled Caribbean port, home of the Independence celebrations in November and a coastal table of coconut rice and ceviche.
- [Barranquilla](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/barranquilla): The home of the Carnaval de Barranquilla, one of the largest carnivals in the world, a UNESCO masterpiece.
- [Caracas](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/caracas): The Venezuelan capital, with a Christmas of hallacas, aguinaldos and the Dancing Devils of Yare.
- [Georgetown](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/georgetown-gy): The capital of Guyana, with Phagwah and Mashramani, a wooden cathedral and a table of pepperpot.
- [Paramaribo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/paramaribo): The capital of Suriname, where a mosque and a synagogue stand side by side and Keti Koti marks emancipation.
- [Quito](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/quito): A high Andean capital, with the Inti Raymi and Corpus Christi celebrations of its Kichwa neighbours and a colonial heart.
- [Cusco](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/cusco): The old Inca capital, where Inti Raymi, Qoyllur Rit'i and the Corpus Christi processions blend Andean and Catholic faith.
- [Lima](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/lima): A coastal capital where ceviche is a national holiday, the Lord of Miracles procession paints the streets purple and criollo music rules.
- [Rio de Janeiro](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/rio-de-janeiro): The city of Carnaval, samba schools and New Year's Eve in white on Copacabana, with Brazil's national dish, feijoada.
- [Salvador](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/salvador): The Afro-Brazilian heart of the country, home of Candomblé, capoeira, acarajé and the Lavagem do Bonfim.
- [La Paz](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/la-paz): The highest seat of government on earth, where Gran Poder, Alasitas and the Witches' Market keep Andean faith.
- [Asunción](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/asuncion): The capital of Paraguay, with bilingual Spanish and Guaraní, the ñandutí lace and the tereré drinking circle.
- [Montevideo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/montevideo): A river-plate capital whose candombe drummers, Carnival of ninety days and the mate flask are everyday sights.
- [Buenos Aires](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/buenos-aires): The city of tango, asado and the mate round, with Sunday family meals of milanesa and the dulce de leche cake.
- [Salta](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/salta): A northern colonial city where the Miracle feast, Andean folk music and empanadas salteñas define a distinct Argentina.
- [Santiago](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/santiago-cl): The capital of Chile, with Fiestas Patrias, empanadas, cueca dancing and the wine harvest nearby.
- [Valparaíso](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/valparaiso): A hill port of murals and funiculars, where New Year's fireworks over the bay are among the largest in South America.
- [Hanga Roa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/cities/hanga-roa): The village of Rapa Nui, with moai statues, the Tapati festival and an umu earth oven.

## Calendar days
- [Diwali](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/diwali): The festival of lights: lamps in every window, new clothes, sweets, and a prayer to Lakshmi for the year ahead.
- [Holi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/holi): The festival of colours: a bonfire the night before, then a day of coloured powder, water, music and sweets.
- [Navratri](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/navratri): Nine nights for the goddess: fasting by day, and Garba and Dandiya dancing by night in Gujarat.
- [Dussehra](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/dussehra): The tenth day after Navratri, when the triumph of good over evil is marked with effigies, processions and new beginnings.
- [Durga Puja](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/durga-puja): Bengal's great autumn festival: pandals, clay goddesses, drums, and the community on the streets for four days.
- [Ganesh Chaturthi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/ganesh-chaturthi): The birthday of Ganesha: clay idols at home and in street pandals, ending in a joyful immersion in water.
- [Krishna Janmashtami](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/krishna-janmashtami): The birthday of Krishna: midnight prayers, fasting, swings for the child god, and human pyramids to break the pot.
- [Raksha Bandhan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/raksha-bandhan): Sisters tie a rakhi thread on their brothers' wrists, and brothers promise their care and a gift.
- [Maha Shivaratri](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/maha-shivaratri): The great night of Shiva: fasting, night-long vigil, and bathing the lingam with milk and water.
- [Pongal](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/pongal): The Tamil harvest festival: rice boiled until it spills over, sugarcane, decorated cattle and kolam at every door.
- [Makar Sankranti](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/makar-sankranti): The sun enters Capricorn: kites in Gujarat, sesame sweets, holy dips in rivers and a harvest meal.
- [Lohri](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/lohri): A winter bonfire in Punjab with songs, bhangra, popcorn, peanuts and sweets thrown into the flames.
- [Baisakhi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/baisakhi): The Punjabi harvest and the founding of the Khalsa: gurdwara processions, nagar kirtan, fairs and bhangra.
- [Guru Nanak Gurpurab](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/gurpurab-guru-nanak): The birthday of the first Sikh guru, with a three-day reading of the scripture and late-night kirtan.
- [Onam](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/onam): Kerala's harvest festival: flower carpets, snake-boat races, tiger dancers and the great sadya on a banana leaf.
- [Vishu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/vishu): Kerala's New Year, begun by seeing the Vishukkani, an arrangement of auspicious things, as the first sight of the day.
- [Ugadi and Gudi Padwa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/ugadi): The new year of the Deccan: neem and jaggery pachadi, mango leaf garlands, and the Marathi gudi raised on a pole.
- [Puthandu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/puthandu): The Tamil new year: mango pachadi, kolam, temple visits and the first look at auspicious things.
- [Karthigai Deepam](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/karthigai-deepam): The festival of lights of Tamil Nadu: rows of clay lamps, and a great beacon lit on the hill at Tiruvannamalai.
- [Thaipusam](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/thaipusam): A Tamil festival for Murugan: devotees carry decorated kavadi and milk pots in processions, most famously at Batu Caves.
- [Rama Navami](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/rama-navami): The birthday of Rama: readings of the Ramayana, cradle ceremonies at noon, and processions from Ayodhya to Bhadrachalam.
- [Hanuman Jayanti](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/hanuman-jayanti): The birthday of Hanuman: sunrise prayers, the Hanuman Chalisa, vermilion and a Tuesday-style devotion.
- [Guru Purnima](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/guru-purnima): The full moon on which students honour their teachers: Hindu, Buddhist and Jain communities each keep it.
- [Karva Chauth](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/karva-chauth): A day of fasting kept by married women for their husbands, ended at moonrise through a sieve.
- [Dhanteras](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/dhanteras): The first day of Diwali: buying a new utensil or a little gold for good fortune, and lighting a lamp for Yama.
- [Bhai Dooj](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/bhai-dooj): The last day of Diwali, when sisters bless their brothers with a tilak and a meal, and receive a gift.
- [Chhath Puja](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/chhath-puja): A four-day offering to the sun god, with devotees standing in rivers at dusk and dawn, kept in Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh.
- [Vasant Panchami](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/vasant-panchami): The spring festival of Saraswati: yellow clothes, books at her feet and a child's first letters.
- [Rath Yatra of Puri](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/rath-yatra): Three enormous wooden chariots carry Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra down the Grand Road of Puri.
- [Pushkar Camel Fair](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/pushkar-camel-fair): A Rajasthan desert fair of camels, horses, folk music and a holy dip in the lake on the full moon of Kartik.
- [Mahavir Jayanti](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/mahavir-jayanti): The birthday of Mahavira, the last Jain teacher: processions, temple bathing and acts of charity.
- [Vesak](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/vesak): The full moon of May, when the birth, enlightenment and passing of the Buddha are remembered with lanterns and offerings.
- [Kandy Esala Perahera](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/esala-perahera): Ten nights of torchlight processions in Kandy, with drummers, whip-crackers, dancers and caparisoned elephants carrying the relic casket.
- [Dashain](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/dashain): Nepal's longest and biggest festival: jamara barley shoots, a family tika from elders, kites and swings.
- [Tihar](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/tihar): Nepal's festival of lights, in which crows, dogs, cows and oxen are each honoured in turn before the Bhai Tika.
- [Nepali New Year](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/nepali-new-year): Bikram Sambat new year, which starts in mid-April with fairs, processions and the Bisket Jatra of Bhaktapur.
- [Bohag Bihu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/bohag-bihu): The Assamese spring new year: bihu dances in red and white, gamosa gifts, and seven days of feasting.
- [Pohela Boishakh](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/poila-boishakh): The Bengali new year: red and white clothes, panta ilish, fairs and the Mangal Shobhajatra of Dhaka.
- [Sinhala and Tamil New Year](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/avurudu): Sri Lanka's shared new year: the sun enters Aries, a lit hearth, oil-bathing, kiribath and traditional games.
- [Tihar and Bandi Chhor Divas](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/bandi-chhor-divas): The Sikh day of liberation: lamps at the Golden Temple, to remember Guru Hargobind and the release of the 52 princes.
- [Pakistan Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/pakistan-day): The anniversary of the 1940 Lahore Resolution, with a military parade in Islamabad and flags across the country.
- [Pakistan Independence Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/pakistan-independence-day): Flags, green clothes, fireworks at midnight and flag-raising in the Pakistani cities on 14 August.
- [Independence Day of India](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/independence-day-india): The prime minister raises the flag at the Red Fort, kites fly over Delhi and schools hold flag-hoisting.
- [Republic Day of India](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/republic-day-india): The grand parade on Kartavya Path in Delhi, with tableaux from every state and a chief guest from abroad.
- [Gandhi Jayanti](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/gandhi-jayanti): The birthday of Mahatma Gandhi: prayers at Raj Ghat, charkha spinning, and the International Day of Non-Violence.
- [Bathukamma](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/bathukamma): Telangana's flower festival: women stack seasonal flowers into a cone and sing around it for nine evenings.
- [Hornbill Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/hornbill-festival): Nagaland's week-plus gathering of all its tribes at Kisama, with war dances, songs, crafts and morung displays.
- [Losar](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/losar): The Tibetan new year, kept with butter lamps, cham masked dances, khapse biscuits and a sweet barley porridge.
- [Nowruz in Afghanistan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/nowruz-afghanistan): Afghan new year at the spring equinox: haft mewa fruit compote, the Mazar-i-Sharif tulip fair and the raising of the Janda.
- [Songkran](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/songkran): The Thai new year: first a gentle pour of water on the hands of elders, then three days of street water fights.
- [Loy Krathong](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/loy-krathong): On the full moon of November, small floats of banana leaf with candles and flowers are set on the river.
- [Ok Phansa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/ok-phansa): The end of the Buddhist rains retreat: monks leave their three-month stay, and people offer new robes and light lanterns.
- [Tet](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/tet): The Vietnamese lunar new year: banh chung, peach blossom and kumquat trees, red envelopes and a return to family.
- [Tet Trung Thu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/tet-trung-thu): The Mid-Autumn children's festival of Vietnam: star lanterns, lion dances and mooncakes.
- [Vu Lan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/vu-lan): The Vietnamese festival of filial piety and the wandering spirits, on which people pin a rose in thanks to their parents.
- [Nyepi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/nyepi): The Balinese Day of Silence: no fire, no travel, no work and no noise, after a night of giant ogoh-ogoh monsters.
- [Galungan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/galungan): Bali's victory of dharma over adharma: tall decorated penjor bamboo poles line every road, and ancestors return to their homes.
- [Hari Raya Aidilfitri](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/idul-fitri-lebaran): The end of Ramadan in the Malay world: balik kampung, ketupat, open houses and a mass journey home.
- [Thingyan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/thingyan): The Burmese water festival at the new year: pavilions on every road, thabyay flowers and gentle blessings.
- [Tazaungdaing](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/tazaungdaing): Burma's festival of lights on the November full moon, with hot air balloon contests at Taunggyi and robes woven overnight.
- [Pchum Ben](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/pchum-ben): Cambodia's fifteen days for the ancestors, ending with offerings of rice balls and food at the temple at dawn.
- [Choul Chnam Thmey](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/khmer-new-year): The Khmer new year: sand mounds at the pagoda, a bath for the Buddha, games of angkunh and Bonn Chol Chnam.
- [Pi Mai Lao](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/pi-mai-lao): The Lao new year: processions of Buddha images in Luang Prabang, baci strings on wrists and playful splashing.
- [Sinulog](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/sinulog): Cebu's dance procession for the Santo Nino, with drums, costumes and a ritual two-steps-forward, one-step-back dance.
- [Simbang Gabi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/simbang-gabi): Nine dawn masses before Christmas, followed by a breakfast of puto bumbong and bibingka outside the church.
- [Singapore National Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/singapore-national-day): The anniversary of 1965 independence, with a parade, a "Pledge" and fireworks over Marina Bay.
- [Indonesian Independence Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/hari-merdeka-indonesia): Seventeen August: flag raising at dawn, panjat pinang pole climbing, sack races and kerupuk-eating contests in every kampung.
- [Hungry Ghost Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/hungry-ghost-festival): In the seventh lunar month, offerings and burnt paper are left for wandering spirits, with street operas for the unseen audience.
- [Lunar New Year](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/lunar-new-year): The Spring Festival: the great family reunion dinner, red envelopes, firecrackers, lion dances and fifteen days of visiting.
- [Lantern Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/lantern-festival): The fifteenth night of the new year: lantern displays and riddles, glutinous rice balls and the end of the holiday.
- [Qingming Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/qingming): Tomb-sweeping day in early April: families clean graves, make offerings and picnic in the spring air.
- [Dragon Boat Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/dragon-boat-festival): Long painted boats race to drums on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, and zongzi dumplings are eaten.
- [Qixi Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/qixi): The seventh night of the seventh month: the cowherd and the weaver girl meet across the Milky Way.
- [Mid-Autumn Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/mid-autumn-festival): The harvest moon: families gather outside to share mooncakes, pomelos and the legend of the moon lady Chang'e.
- [Double Ninth Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/double-ninth-festival): Climbing a hill, drinking chrysanthemum tea and honouring the elderly on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month.
- [Dongzhi Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/dongzhi): The winter solstice: tangyuan in the south, dumplings in the north, and families reunited on the longest night.
- [Laba Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/laba-festival): The eighth of the twelfth month: Buddhists remember the Buddha's enlightenment with a sweet, many-grain porridge.
- [Little New Year](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/little-new-year): The kitchen god's farewell: sticky sweets are offered so he will say sweet things to heaven.
- [National Day of China](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/national-day-china): The founding of the People's Republic in 1949, kept with a flag-raising and the week-long Golden Week holiday.
- [Double Ten Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/double-ten-day): The national day of Taiwan: a flag ceremony and speech in front of the Presidential Office, fireworks and cultural shows.
- [Seollal](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/seollal): The Korean lunar new year: hanbok, ancestral rites, deep bows for elders, sebae money and tteokguk soup.
- [Chuseok](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/chuseok): The Korean harvest moon: family gathering, songpyeon rice cakes shaped by hand, and rites at ancestors' graves.
- [Daeboreum](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/daeboreum): The first full moon of the Korean year: nut-cracking, five-grain rice, daljip burning and a rope tug-of-war.
- [Hangul Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/hangul-day): The proclamation of the Korean alphabet by King Sejong in 1446, with calligraphy shows and ceremonies in Seoul.
- [Buddha's Birthday in Korea](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/buddhas-birthday-korea): Lotus lanterns line Seoul and Jogyesa temple, with a lantern parade, Yeondeunghoe, before the day itself.
- [Obon](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/obon): Mid-August festival for the ancestors: lanterns welcome the spirits home, bon odori dances follow, and fires send them back.
- [Oshogatsu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/oshogatsu): The Japanese new year: osechi in lacquered boxes, a first shrine visit, kadomatsu at the gate and money for children.
- [Setsubun](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/setsubun): The day before spring: beans are thrown out the door with the cry "Oni wa soto, fuku wa uchi" to drive out bad luck.
- [Hinamatsuri](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/hinamatsuri): The Doll Festival for girls: tiered displays of imperial court dolls, peach blossom and sweet hishimochi.
- [Children's Day in Japan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/kodomo-no-hi): Carp streamers fly from poles, boys' helmets are set out, and children eat kashiwamochi and chimaki.
- [Tanabata](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/tanabata): People write wishes on paper strips and hang them on bamboo, for the two star lovers who meet once a year.
- [Shichi-Go-San](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/shichi-go-san): Children of three, five and seven are dressed in kimono or hakama and taken to the shrine for blessings, with long candy.
- [Coming of Age Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/seijin-no-hi): Twenty-year-olds in furisode and suits attend city ceremonies on the second Monday of January.
- [Hanami](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/hanami): Cherry blossom viewing: picnics beneath the pink trees, lanterns at night and a close following of the blossom front.
- [Gion Matsuri](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/gion-matsuri): Kyoto's month-long festival of towering floats, with the great parade of Yamaboko on 17 July.
- [Tsukimi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/tsukimi): Moon viewing in autumn: dango stacked on a stand, pampas grass in a vase and tea in the evening.
- [Naadam](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/naadam): Mongolia's three manly games of wrestling, archery and horse racing, in the National Stadium and out on the steppe.
- [Tsagaan Sar](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/tsagaan-sar): The Mongolian White Moon: a pyramid of biscuits, mutton, deep greeting with the blue silk khadag and the exchange of snuff bottles.
- [Golden Eagle Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/golden-eagle-festival): Kazakh eagle hunters of Bayan-Olgii gather on the steppe in October to show their birds and their horsemanship.
- [Cheung Chau Bun Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/cheung-chau-bun-festival): A Hong Kong island festival with towers of buns, bamboo scaffolds and children floating on stilts.
- [Matsu Pilgrimage](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/matsu-pilgrimage): Taiwan's nine-day walking pilgrimage with the sea goddess from Dajia, among the largest religious events in the world.
- [Nowruz](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/nowruz): The Persian new year at the spring equinox: a haft-sin table, spring cleaning, jumping over fires and thirteen days of visits.
- [Nauryz in Kazakhstan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/nauryz-kazakhstan): The spring new year of the steppe: yurts raised in city squares, nauryz kozhe soup of seven ingredients and horse games.
- [Navruz in Uzbekistan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/navruz-uzbekistan): The Uzbek new year: women stir sumalak through the night, plov for hundreds in the street, and spring fairs.
- [Nooruz in Kyrgyzstan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/nooruz-kyrgyzstan): Spring in the mountains: ala kiyiz felt, ak-kiyiz yurts, kok boru horse games and a shared seven-grain porridge.
- [Melon Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/melon-day-turkmenistan): A national holiday for the Turkmen melon, sold, judged and eaten in parks across the country.
- [Tbilisoba](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/tbilisoba): Tbilisi's autumn festival of wine, bread, churchkhela and song, held every October in the old town.
- [Rtveli](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/rtveli): The Georgian grape harvest in Kakheti: whole families pick, press and ferment the wine in buried qvevri jars.
- [Vardavar](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/vardavar): Armenia's water festival: fourteen weeks after Easter, children and adults splash everyone they meet.
- [Ramadan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/ramadan): The month of fasting from dawn to sunset, with night prayers, shared iftar meals and charity.
- [Laylat al-Qadr](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/laylat-al-qadr): The Night of Power, when the Quran was first revealed, sought in the last ten nights of Ramadan.
- [Eid al-Fitr](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/eid-al-fitr): The festival of breaking the fast: morning prayer, new clothes, charity first, then family, sweets and gifts.
- [Eid al-Adha](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/eid-al-adha): The festival of sacrifice, remembering Ibrahim's obedience, with a shared sheep or goat and meat for the poor.
- [Hajj](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/hajj): The annual pilgrimage to Mecca, in white garments, circling the Kaaba and standing in prayer on the plain of Arafat.
- [Day of Arafah](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/day-of-arafah): The ninth of Dhu al-Hijjah: pilgrims stand in prayer on the plain of Arafat, and many others fast at home.
- [Islamic New Year](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/islamic-new-year): The first of Muharram, the start of the Hijri year, which counts from the migration of the Prophet to Medina.
- [Ashura](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/ashura): The tenth of Muharram: for Shia Muslims a day of mourning for Husayn, for many Sunnis a day of fasting.
- [Arbaeen](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/arbaeen): The fortieth day after Ashura: millions of pilgrims walk to Karbala, welcomed with free food and rest along the road.
- [Mawlid](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/mawlid): The birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, with recited praise poems, lit streets, sweets and gifts of food.
- [Isra and Mi'raj](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/isra-and-miraj): The night journey of the Prophet from Mecca to Jerusalem and up through the heavens, remembered with prayer.
- [Mid-Shaban](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/mid-shaban): Shab-e-Barat or Nisfu Shaban, the night of forgiveness in the month before Ramadan.
- [Garangao](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/garangao): Mid-Ramadan night in the Gulf: children go door to door in bright clothes singing for sweets and nuts.
- [Saudi National Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/saudi-national-day): The unification of the kingdom in 1932: green flags, sword dances, concerts and fireworks across Saudi Arabia.
- [UAE National Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/uae-national-day): The founding of the federation in 1971: heritage villages, harbour boats, flags, camel parades and fireworks.
- [Qatar National Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/qatar-national-day): The unification day of Qatar: a Corniche parade in maroon and white, with camels, folk dances and fireworks.
- [Republic Day of Turkey](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/turkey-republic-day): The proclamation of the republic in 1923, with flags on every building and wreaths at Atatürk's mausoleum.
- [Hidirellez](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/hidirellez): The day spring begins in Turkey and the Balkans, when wishes are written, tied to a rose bush and jumped over a fire.
- [Seb-i Arus](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/mevlana-seb-i-arus): The "wedding night" of Rumi: whirling dervishes turn in Konya on the anniversary of the poet's death in 1273.
- [Olive Harvest in the Levant](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/olive-harvest-levant): Families gather under ancient trees in October and November to pick, press and share the year's oil.
- [Kataklysmos](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/kataklysmos): Cyprus's Festival of the Flood on Pentecost Monday, with water games by the sea and in the squares.
- [Chaharshanbe Suri](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/chaharshanbe-suri): The fire-jumping Wednesday eve before Nowruz: "give me your red, take my yellow" is said over the flames.
- [Sizdah Bedar](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/sizdah-bedar): The thirteenth day of Nowruz, spent outdoors: families picnic by the water and throw the sprouted wheat into a stream.
- [Yalda Night](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/yalda-night): The longest night of the year: pomegranates, watermelon, nuts and the poems of Hafez read by family together.
- [Mehregan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/mehregan): The ancient autumn festival of Mithra: harvest, friendship and love, kept by Zoroastrians and in Persian culture.
- [Tirgan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/tirgan): The ancient summer water festival: splashing, rainbow ribbons on the wrist and the story of the arrow of Arash.
- [Sadeh](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/sadeh): The midwinter fire feast, fifty days before Nowruz: a great bonfire and the celebration of the discovery of fire.
- [Parsi New Year](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/parsi-new-year): Navroze of the Parsis: fire temple prayers, rangoli, sev and dar ni pori, and a long family lunch of patra ni machhi.
- [Zarthosht no Deeso](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/zarthosht-no-deeso): The death anniversary of the prophet Zarathustra, remembered by Parsis with prayers and a feast.
- [Rosh Hashanah](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/rosh-hashanah): The Jewish new year: the ram's-horn shofar, apples and honey, and ten days of reflection before Yom Kippur.
- [Yom Kippur](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/yom-kippur): The Day of Atonement: a full day of fasting, prayer and forgiveness, ending with a final shofar blast.
- [Sukkot](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/sukkot): The Feast of Booths: meals in a leafy hut under the stars, and the waving of palm, myrtle, willow and citron.
- [Simchat Torah](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/simchat-torah): Rejoicing with the Torah: scrolls are carried in dancing circles and the yearly reading starts again.
- [Hanukkah](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/hanukkah): The festival of lights: a candle is added each night on the menorah, with fried foods, spinning dreidels and gifts.
- [Tu BiShvat](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/tu-bishvat): The New Year of the Trees: planting saplings, eating the fruits of the land of Israel, and a seder of fruit.
- [Purim](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/purim): The story of Esther read aloud with noise at each mention of Haman, costumes, gifts of food and a festive meal.
- [Passover](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/passover): The festival of freedom: a seder with matzah, bitter herbs and four cups of wine, and no leavened bread for a week.
- [Mimouna](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/mimouna): The Moroccan Jewish celebration at the end of Passover: open doors, mufleta pancakes, honey and a table of sweets.
- [Lag BaOmer](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/lag-baomer): Bonfires, bows and arrows and a pilgrimage to Meron: a joyful pause in the counting of the Omer.
- [Shavuot](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/shavuot): The Feast of Weeks, remembering the giving of the Torah, with all-night study, flowers and dairy foods.
- [Tisha B'Av](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/tisha-bav): A day of fasting and mourning for the destruction of the Temples in Jerusalem, with lamentations read on the floor.
- [Yom HaShoah](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/yom-hashoah): Holocaust Remembrance Day: a siren sounds across Israel, and the names of the dead are read.
- [Yom HaAtzmaut](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/yom-haatzmaut): Israel's Independence Day: a day after the memorial day for the fallen, with barbecues, flags and fireworks.
- [Sigd](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/sigd): The Ethiopian Jewish festival of the covenant: fasting, prayer on a hilltop and the reading of the Torah.
- [Yennayer](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/yennayer): The Amazigh new year: a family couscous with seven vegetables, dried fruits and nuts, and the start of the farming year.
- [Abu Simbel Sun Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/abu-simbel-sun-festival): Twice a year the dawn sun slips down the temple corridor and lights the statues of Ramesses II in the sanctuary.
- [Wafaa el-Nil](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/wafaa-el-nil): The ancient celebration of the Nile flood: once a bride of clay was offered to the river, today there are boats, songs and feasts.
- [Sham el-Nessim](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/sham-el-nessim): Egypt's ancient spring festival, kept on the Monday after Coptic Easter with picnics, salted fish and coloured eggs.
- [Coptic Christmas](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/coptic-christmas): Christmas for Orthodox Christians in Egypt, kept after a 43-day fast with a midnight mass and a feast of meat.
- [Moulid an-Nabi in Egypt](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/moulid-an-nabi-egypt): Egypt's birthday of the Prophet: stalls of sugar dolls and horses, Sufi processions and a great fair in Cairo.
- [Ramadan in Egypt](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/ramadan-fanous): Lanterns hung across the streets, the cannon of iftar and the musaharati's drum are the sights and sounds of Cairo.
- [Achoura in Morocco](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/achoura-morocco): In Morocco Ashura is a children's day of gifts, bonfires and splashing, with zakat and toys.
- [Aid el-Kebir in the Maghreb](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/eid-al-adha-maghreb): The Great Eid in Morocco and Algeria: a sheep in every courtyard, the first meal of liver and the days of meat feasts.
- [Imilchil Marriage Moussem](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/imilchil-moussem): A September gathering of the Ait Haddidou in the High Atlas, with songs, dance, trading and match-making.
- [Throne Day in Morocco](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/throne-day-morocco): The anniversary of the king's accession, with a speech, flags and a ceremony of allegiance at the royal palace.
- [Tunisian Independence Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/tunisia-independence-day): The anniversary of independence from France in 1956, with flags, a parade and ceremonies on Avenue Habib Bourguiba.
- [Enkutatash](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/enkutatash): The Ethiopian New Year in September, with yellow Meskel daisies, children's songs and a family coffee ceremony.
- [Meskel](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/meskel): The Finding of the True Cross: a great bonfire, the demera, is lit in Addis Ababa's Meskel Square.
- [Timkat](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/timkat): Ethiopian Epiphany: the tabots are carried in procession to water, and thousands are sprinkled with the blessed river.
- [Genna](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/genna): Ethiopian Christmas on 7 January: a fast, a pre-dawn church service in white and the game of genna.
- [Fasika](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/fasika-ethiopia): Ethiopian Easter: after a 55-day Lent, an all-night service and a joyful meal of lamb and doro wat.
- [Irreecha](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/irreecha): The Oromo thanksgiving: millions gather by water in Bishoftu to thank Waaqa for the end of the rains with grass and flowers.
- [Hogbetsotso](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/hogbetsotso): The Ewe festival of the exodus from Notsie, with a durbar of chiefs, drums, and the symbolic casting-out of bad.
- [Aboakyer](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/aboakyer): The deer hunt festival of the Effutu people of Winneba, with two companies racing to capture a live deer for the gods.
- [Homowo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/homowo): The Ga festival of "hooting at hunger" in Accra, with kpokpoi, fasts of silence and a procession of chiefs.
- [Odwira](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/odwira): The Akan festival of purification and thanksgiving, with a cleansing of stools and a durbar of chiefs, strongest at Akropong.
- [Osun-Osogbo Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/osun-osogbo): The Yoruba festival of the river goddess Osun, in a sacred grove at Osogbo, with a procession to the river for her blessing.
- [New Yam Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/new-yam-festival): The Igbo Iri Ji: the first yams of the year are offered to the gods and ancestors before anyone eats them.
- [Calabar Carnival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/calabar-carnival): Africa's biggest street party: a month of bands, floats and costumes in Calabar every December.
- [Umhlanga Reed Dance](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/umhlanga-reed-dance): Tens of thousands of young Swazi women cut reeds and carry them to the royal residence, singing and dancing before the king.
- [Heritage Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/heritage-day-south-africa): South Africa's day of cultural pride, known as National Braai Day, with the fire lit and food from every community.
- [Kaapse Klopse](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/kaapse-klopse): Cape Town's New Year carnival: troupes in satin suits, banjos and brass, parading and singing on Tweede Nuwe Jaar.
- [Grand Magal of Touba](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/grand-magal-touba): Senegal's Mouride pilgrimage to Touba: millions gather to remember Sheikh Ahmadou Bamba's exile.
- [Mwaka Kogwa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/mwaka-kogwa): The Shirazi new year of Zanzibar: a mock fight with banana stalks, a hut set alight, and a feast at Makunduchi.
- [Kwita Izina](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/kwita-izina): Rwanda's naming ceremony for newborn mountain gorillas, with a name given to each baby in the Volcanoes National Park.
- [Famadihana](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/famadihana): The Malagasy turning of the bones: families bring ancestors from the tomb, wrap them in fresh cloth, and dance with them.
- [Nc'wala](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/nc-wala): The Ngoni first-fruits ceremony in eastern Zambia, with warriors in animal skins and a blessing of the harvest by the paramount chief.
- [Festival Kreol](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/festival-kreol): A week of Creole music, food, dress and language in Seychelles at the end of October.
- [Waitangi Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/waitangi-day): New Zealand's national day, remembering the 1840 treaty, with a powhiri and dawn ceremony at Waitangi.
- [Matariki](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/matariki): The Maori new year, when the Pleiades star cluster rises before dawn in mid-winter, with remembrance, food and stories.
- [Anzac Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/anzac-day): A dawn service, the Last Post and rosemary on 25 April, remembering those who served from Australia and New Zealand.
- [Australia Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/australia-day): The national holiday of 26 January: barbecues and beaches for many, a day of mourning and survival for many First Nations people.
- [NAIDOC Week](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/naidoc-week): A week in July for the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
- [National Sorry Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/national-sorry-day): A day to remember the Stolen Generations, with gatherings and healing ceremonies across Australia.
- [Melbourne Cup Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/melbourne-cup-day): The race that stops a nation: hats and fascinators, sweepstakes at work and a public holiday in Melbourne.
- [Garma Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/garma-festival): A gathering of the Yolngu people in north-east Arnhem Land, with bunggul dance, song, forums on policy and bush skills.
- [Fiji Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/fiji-day): Independence from Britain in 1970, with a flag-raising, yaqona welcome ceremony and village celebrations.
- [White Sunday](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/white-sunday-samoa): Lotu a Tamaiti: children in white lead the church service, recite verses and are given the first of the feast.
- [Teuila Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/teuila-festival): Samoa's week-long festival in Apia: fire knife dancing, outrigger races, tattooing, weaving and the Teuila Queen.
- [Heilala Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/heilala-festival): Tonga's festival around the king's birthday, with a float parade, brass bands and the lakalaka dance.
- [Goroka Show](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/goroka-show): Highland tribes in feathers and paint gather for the sing-sing, a display of dance, song and body decoration.
- [Naghol Land Diving](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/naghol-land-diving): On Pentecost Island, men leap from a tower of tree trunks with vines tied to their ankles, to bless the yam harvest.
- [Merrie Monarch Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/merrie-monarch): Hawaii's week of hula in Hilo, a competition of kahiko and auana dance which honours King Kalakaua.
- [Lei Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/lei-day): May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii: garlands of flowers, lei-making contests, hula and a Lei Queen.
- [Kamehameha Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/kamehameha-day): A parade of floral floats and horseback riders in pa'u dress honours King Kamehameha the Great in Honolulu.
- [Te Maeva Nui](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/te-maeva-nui): The Cook Islands' constitution celebrations: ten days of drumming and dancing by each island group.
- [Mawlid in Timbuktu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/mawlid-timbuktu): In Timbuktu and the Sahel the Prophet's birthday is marked with all-night readings, processions and food shared in the streets.
- [Easter](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/easter): The feast of the resurrection: dawn services, painted eggs, hot cross buns and the end of Lent.
- [Orthodox Easter](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/orthodox-easter): Pascha: midnight candles, "Christ is risen" and the breaking of the long fast with red eggs and lamb.
- [Ash Wednesday](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/ash-wednesday): The first day of Lent: the sign of ashes on the forehead and a call to fasting, prayer and giving.
- [Shrove Tuesday and Mardi Gras](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/shrove-tuesday): The last day before Lent: pancakes in Britain and Ireland, king cake and parades in New Orleans.
- [Palm Sunday](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/palm-sunday): The start of Holy Week: palms and olive branches are blessed and carried in procession.
- [Good Friday](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/good-friday): A day of fasting and silence, with the Stations of the Cross, solemn processions and hot cross buns.
- [Pentecost](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/pentecost): Fifty days after Easter: the coming of the Holy Spirit, with red vestments, birch branches and spring processions.
- [Advent](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/advent): The weeks of waiting before Christmas: wreaths, candles, calendars and little gifts.
- [Christmas Markets](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/christmas-markets): Wooden stalls of mulled wine, gingerbread, ornaments and roasted almonds in the old town squares of Europe.
- [St Nicholas Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/st-nicholas-day): Shoes are left out the night before, and good children find sweets, nuts and small gifts in the morning.
- [St Lucia Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/st-lucia): A procession of white-robed children with candle crowns and saffron buns on the darkest-feeling morning of the year.
- [Christmas Eve](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/christmas-eve): The big family evening in much of the world: Wigilia in Poland, Julafton in Sweden, Nochebuena in Spain and Latin America.
- [Christmas](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/christmas): The birth of Jesus: carols, the crib, trees, lights, presents and a family meal, kept with local foods everywhere.
- [Orthodox Christmas](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/orthodox-christmas): Christmas on 7 January in churches that keep the Julian calendar: a fast, Holy Supper of twelve dishes and carolling.
- [Epiphany and Three Kings](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/epiphany): The twelfth day of Christmas: the Magi arrive with gifts, rosca and galette hide a bean or a figure, and waters are blessed.
- [Candlemas](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/candlemas): Forty days after Christmas: candles are blessed, French families make crepes, and Mexican tamales are shared.
- [All Saints and All Souls](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/all-saints-all-souls): Cemeteries glow with candles and chrysanthemums as families remember the dead on 1 and 2 November.
- [Assumption and Ferragosto](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/assumption-ferragosto): Mid-August: the feast of the Virgin Mary, a holiday of the beach, big lunches, flowers and herb blessings.
- [Clean Monday](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/clean-monday): The first day of Orthodox Lent in Greece and Cyprus: kites in the hills, a meatless picnic and lagana bread.
- [Midsummer](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/midsummer): The Nordic midsummer: a flowered pole raised and danced around, herring and strawberries, and bonfires by the water.
- [Ligo and Jani](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/ligo-jani): Latvia's midsummer: oak-leaf crowns, caraway cheese, a night of fires and songs that lasts until dawn.
- [Ivan Kupala Night](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/ivan-kupala): The eve of John the Baptist in the Slavic lands: wreaths on rivers, fires to jump over and the search for the fern flower.
- [Oktoberfest](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/oktoberfest): Munich's great beer festival: a parade of brewery horses, a tapping of the first keg, dirndl, lederhosen and roast chicken.
- [Cologne Carnival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/karneval-cologne): Fasteleer: women cut ties on Weiberfastnacht, Rose Monday parades, costumes and Kölsch beer in the streets.
- [Carnival of Venice](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/venice-carnival): Eighteen days of masks and costumes in the lagoon city, ending on Shrove Tuesday.
- [Las Fallas](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/las-fallas): Valencia's fire festival: giant satirical sculptures are paraded and burned on the night of 19 March.
- [La Tomatina](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/la-tomatina): An hour-long tomato fight in Buñol, near Valencia, on the last Wednesday of August.
- [San Fermín](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/san-fermin): Pamplona's nine-day fiesta: all in white with a red scarf, the daily bull run and the rite of the Pobre de Mí.
- [Semana Santa in Seville](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/semana-santa-seville): Holy Week: brotherhoods carry sculpted floats of Christ and the Virgin through candlelit streets in hooded robes.
- [St Patrick's Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/st-patricks-day): Ireland's national day: shamrocks, parades, Mass in the morning, and green around the world.
- [Samhain and Halloween](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/halloween-samhain): The night of 31 October: turnip lanterns, costumes, bonfires and barmbrack with a ring baked in.
- [Bonfire Night](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/bonfire-night): Guy Fawkes Night: bonfires, fireworks, sparklers, and toffee apples on 5 November.
- [Burns Night](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/burns-night): A supper for the poet Robert Burns: the haggis piped in, the Address read, whisky toasts and poems.
- [Hogmanay](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/hogmanay): Scotland's New Year: first-footing with coal and whisky, torchlight processions, fireballs and Auld Lang Syne.
- [Up Helly Aa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/up-helly-aa): Lerwick's Viking fire festival: a Guizer Jarl and hundreds of torch-bearers burn a galley ship on the last Tuesday of January.
- [Remembrance Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/remembrance-day): The poppy, a two-minute silence at 11 a.m. and the Last Post, remembering the dead of war.
- [Mothering Sunday](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/mothering-sunday): The fourth Sunday of Lent in Britain: posies and cards for mothers, and simnel cake.
- [Bastille Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/bastille-day): La Fête nationale: the military parade on the Champs-Élysées, balls at fire stations, and fireworks at the Eiffel Tower.
- [Fête de la Musique](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/fete-de-la-musique): Every street corner becomes a stage on the summer solstice, with free concerts by amateurs and professionals.
- [Palio di Siena](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/palio-di-siena): A bareback horse race around the shell-shaped Piazza del Campo, run for the contrade of Siena on 2 July and 16 August.
- [La Befana](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/la-befana): Italy's good witch flies in on a broomstick on Epiphany eve and fills stockings with sweets, or coal for the naughty.
- [Maslenitsa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/maslenitsa): The pancake week before Orthodox Lent: blini by the stack, sledding, fistfights for fun and the burning of Lady Maslenitsa.
- [Victory Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/victory-day-russia): The anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe, with the Immortal Regiment portraits and flowers at memorials.
- [King's Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/kings-day-netherlands): The Dutch national day in orange: free markets selling anything, boat parties on the canals and tompouce pastries.
- [Syttende Mai](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/syttende-mai): Norway's Constitution Day: children's parades in bunad, flags, ice cream and hot dogs in the streets.
- [Vappu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/vappu): Finland's spring and student festival: white caps on, sparkling wine, sima mead and funnel cakes on 1 May.
- [Dyngus Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/dyngus-day): Easter Monday in Poland: the playful water-throwing of Śmigus-dyngus, with pussy-willow switches and wet streets.
- [Mărțișor and Baba Marta](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/martisor): A red and white thread given on 1 March, worn until the first stork or blossom is seen, to bring health and spring.
- [Oxi Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/oxi-day): Greece's "No" day: school and military parades, blue and white flags, and the memory of 1940.
- [Swiss National Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/swiss-national-day): Bonfires on the mountains, lanterns, alphorns and fireworks on 1 August.
- [L'Escalade](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/escalade-geneva): Geneva's costumed march and the smashing of a chocolate cauldron full of marzipan vegetables.
- [Sechseläuten](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/sechselauten): Zurich's spring festival: guild parade, and the burning of Böögg, a snowman, to forecast the summer.
- [St Martin's Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/st-martins-day): Lantern processions of children, goose dinners and the first taste of the year's new wine.
- [Krampusnacht](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/krampusnacht): The Alpine night of the horned Krampus: costumed runners in carved masks and bells walk the streets before St Nicholas Day.
- [Walpurgis Night](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/walpurgis-night): The eve of May: bonfires on the hills, singing and the driving away of witches and winter.
- [Beaujolais Nouveau Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/beaujolais-nouveau): The third Thursday of November: the year's first Gamay is released at midnight and drunk young, in France and across the world.
- [Þorrablót](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/thorrablot): An Icelandic midwinter feast of preserved traditional foods, with songs and brennivín.
- [Notting Hill Carnival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/notting-hill-carnival): Europe's largest street festival: Caribbean costumes, steel pans, sound systems and jerk chicken in west London.
- [Bloomsday](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/bloomsday): Dubliners dress in Edwardian clothes and walk the route of Leopold Bloom, with gorgonzola sandwiches and readings.
- [New Year's Eve](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/new-years-eve): Twelve grapes in Spain, white clothes in Brazil, lead pouring in Germany: the world greets midnight in its own way.
- [Thanksgiving in the United States](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/thanksgiving-us): The fourth Thursday of November: a turkey dinner with family, football, the Macy's parade and a moment of thanks.
- [Thanksgiving in Canada](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/thanksgiving-canada): The second Monday of October: a harvest dinner at the peak of autumn colour.
- [Fourth of July](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/july-fourth): Independence Day in the United States: barbecues, parades, flags and fireworks on 4 July.
- [Juneteenth](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/juneteenth): The day that news of freedom reached enslaved people in Texas in 1865: parades, red foods, readings and family gatherings.
- [Kwanzaa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/kwanzaa): A week of African American heritage from 26 December: a candle for each of seven principles and a feast, Karamu.
- [Mardi Gras in New Orleans](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/mardi-gras-new-orleans): Krewes on floats, beads thrown to the crowd, king cake and Mardi Gras Indians in hand-sewn suits.
- [Day of the Dead](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/day-of-the-dead): Dia de Muertos: altars with marigolds, sugar skulls and pan de muerto welcome the dead home for a night.
- [Las Posadas](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/las-posadas): Nine nights of processions that re-enact Mary and Joseph's search for room, ending with a piñata and ponche.
- [Mexican Independence Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/mexican-independence): The Grito on the night of 15 September: the president rings the bell and thousands in the Zócalo shout "Viva México".
- [Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/guadalupe-day): Millions of pilgrims arrive in Mexico City on 12 December, many on foot, with mariachi serenades at dawn.
- [Cinco de Mayo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/cinco-de-mayo): Remembering the 1862 victory at Puebla, a local holiday in Mexico and a celebration of Mexican heritage in the United States.
- [Gathering of Nations Powwow](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/gathering-of-nations): North America's largest powwow in Albuquerque: drum groups, grass and jingle dancers, and a Miss Indian World pageant.
- [Calgary Stampede](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/calgary-stampede): Ten days of rodeo, chuckwagon races, pancake breakfasts and a parade in white hats in Alberta every July.
- [Canada Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/canada-day): The anniversary of Confederation: red and white, fireworks on Parliament Hill, picnics and citizenship ceremonies.
- [National Indigenous Peoples Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/national-indigenous-peoples-day): A day around the summer solstice to celebrate First Nations, Inuit and Métis cultures, with drumming, storytelling and feasts.
- [Fête nationale du Québec](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/fete-nationale-quebec): Quebec's Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day: blue and white flags, bonfires, songs and the pride of the French language.
- [Sugaring Off](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/cabane-a-sucre): The maple sap run in March and April: sugar shacks, taffy on snow and a long table of maple-glazed food.
- [Mother's Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/mothers-day): The second Sunday of May: flowers, cards and a meal for mothers, a custom begun in West Virginia in 1908.
- [Halloween in North America](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/halloween): Costumes, carved pumpkins, trick-or-treating and haunted houses on 31 October.
- [Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/carnaval-rio): Four days of samba schools in the Sambadrome, street blocos, costumes and music before Lent.
- [Carnaval de Barranquilla](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/carnaval-barranquilla): Colombia's Caribbean carnival: the Battle of Flowers, Marimonda masks, cumbia and the burial of Joselito.
- [Oruro Carnival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/oruro-carnival): Bolivia's mountain carnival: thousands of dancers in devil masks and embroidered costumes for the Virgin of the Mineshaft.
- [Trinidad Carnival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/trinidad-carnival): The greatest show of the Caribbean: J'ouvert at dawn, then masquerade bands in feathers, soca and steelpan on Carnival Tuesday.
- [Crop Over](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/crop-over): Barbados' harvest festival, which ends on Kadooment Day with costumed bands, calypso and soca.
- [Junkanoo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/junkanoo): A dawn parade in the Bahamas on Boxing Day and New Year's Day: cowbells, goatskin drums, and paper-and-crepe costumes.
- [Inti Raymi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/inti-raymi): The Inca festival of the sun, restaged each 24 June at Sacsayhuamán above Cusco.
- [Qoyllur Rit'i](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/qoyllur-rit-i): The Star Snow festival: Quechua pilgrims climb to a glacier at 4,700 metres to honour the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i and the mountain spirits.
- [Alasitas](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/alasitas): Bolivia's fair of miniatures: tiny houses, cars and money are blessed for a wish to come true, under the god Ekeko.
- [Pachamama Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/pachamama-day): In the Andes, the first of August is the day Mother Earth is thanked and fed with offerings of food, drink and coca leaves.
- [Festa Junina](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/festa-junina): Brazil's June festivals: bonfires, quadrilha square dancing, corn dishes and checked shirts for St Anthony, St John and St Peter.
- [Festa de Iemanjá](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/festa-de-iemanja): In Salvador, thousands bring white flowers and gifts to the sea for Iemanjá, the Afro-Brazilian queen of the ocean.
- [Lavagem do Bonfim](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/lavagem-do-bonfim): Salvador's washing of the church steps: Bahian women in white sweep and wash the stairs with scented water.
- [Fiestas Patrias in Chile](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/fiestas-patrias-chile): Chile's national days of 18 and 19 September: fondas, cueca dancing, empanadas, asado and kite flying.
- [Brazilian Independence Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/independence-day-brazil): Seven September: military and school parades in green and yellow, remembering the Cry of Ipiranga in 1822.
- [Fiesta de La Tirana](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/la-tirana): Chile's desert pilgrimage to the Virgen del Carmen, with thousands of dancers in devil masks and sequins.
- [Fiesta Nacional de la Vendimia](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/vendimia-mendoza): Mendoza's grape harvest festival: an enormous open-air show, a parade of floats and the crowning of the Vendimia Queen.
- [Día de las Velitas](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/dia-de-las-velitas): On the night of 7 December Colombians light candles and paper lanterns in doorways and streets for the Immaculate Conception.
- [Emancipation Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/emancipation-day): The Caribbean remembers 1 August 1834, when slavery ended in the British colonies, with church services, drumming and food.
- [Three Kings Day in Puerto Rico](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/dia-de-reyes-puerto-rico): Children cut grass for the camels and leave it under their beds; the Kings leave gifts and parrandas go door to door.
- [Fiesta de la Candelaria](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/candelaria-puno): The folkloric capital of Peru: two weeks of dance, brass bands and costumes on Lake Titicaca for the Virgin of Candelaria.
- [Spring Equinox](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/spring-equinox): Day and night are equal: Nowruz, Higan in Japan, Ostara, and the pyramid of Chichén Itzá casting its serpent of light.
- [Summer Solstice](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/summer-solstice): The longest day: sunrise at Stonehenge, bonfires, the Fête de la Musique and the white nights of the north.
- [Autumn Equinox](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/autumn-equinox): Day and night are equal again: harvest festivals, Higan in Japan, and Mabon for the modern pagan.
- [Winter Solstice](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/winter-solstice): The longest night: Yule fires, Newgrange lit at dawn, Yalda, Dongzhi, and the return of the light.
- [Beltane and May Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/beltane): The first day of summer in the Gaelic year: bonfires, dew washed on the face, maypoles and morris dancers at dawn.
- [Imbolc and St Brigid's Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/imbolc-st-brigids-day): The first stirrings of spring in Ireland: rush crosses are woven and Brigid's cloak is left out for blessing.
- [Lughnasadh and Lammas](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/lughnasadh): The first-fruits of the grain harvest: hilltop climbs, bilberries and the Lammas loaf blessed in the church.
- [Valentine's Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/valentines-day): The day of lovers: cards, flowers and chocolates, with local twists such as white-day returns in Japan and Korea.
- [May Day and Labour Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/may-day): International Workers' Day: marches, red flags and lily of the valley, and in some places maypoles.

## Days of the week
- [Sunday](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/weekdays/sunday): The day of rest and the long family table, from church and the Sunday roast to the evening paseo.
- [Monday](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/weekdays/monday): The first working day, and for many a day of Shiva, of fasting, of laundry and of leftovers.
- [Tuesday](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/weekdays/tuesday): The day of Hanuman and Mars in India, of St Anthony in the Catholic world, and of pancakes before Lent.
- [Wednesday](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/weekdays/wednesday): The middle of the week: a fast day for Orthodox Christians, a Wednesday for Budh, and the fire-jump before Nowruz.
- [Thursday](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/weekdays/thursday): The day of the guru in India, of Torah reading and voluntary fasts, of Maundy foot-washing and Fat Thursday.
- [Friday](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/weekdays/friday): The Muslim day of congregation, the start of Shabbat, fish and couscous, and Lakshmi and Santoshi Mata in India.
- [Saturday](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/weekdays/saturday): The Sabbath for Jews and Adventists, the day of Shani in India, of cholent and feijoada, and of remembering the dead.

## Glossary
- **Puja**: A Hindu act of worship in which offerings are made to a deity. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/puja)
- **Aarti**: The waving of a lit lamp before a deity, with song, to close a prayer. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/aarti)
- **Prasad**: Food offered to a god and then shared out as a blessing. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/prasad)
- **Diya**: A small clay lamp lit with oil or ghee, the light of Diwali and every puja. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/diya)
- **Rangoli**: A pattern drawn on the floor at the doorway with coloured powder, rice flour or flowers. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/rangoli)
- **Kolam**: South Indian floor drawing in white rice flour, made fresh each dawn. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/kolam)
- **Mehndi**: Henna paste drawn on the hands and feet, above all for brides and festivals. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/mehndi)
- **Haldi**: A pre-wedding rite in which turmeric paste is applied to the bride and groom. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/haldi)
- **Saptapadi**: The seven steps the Hindu couple take around the sacred fire at the heart of the wedding. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/saptapadi)
- **Mangalsutra**: The sacred necklace a Hindu groom ties on the bride at the wedding. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/mangalsutra)
- **Sindoor**: Red vermilion powder worn in the parting of a married Hindu woman's hair. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/sindoor)
- **Tilak**: A mark on the forehead made with sandalwood, kumkum or ash, in blessing. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/tilak)
- **Bindi**: The dot worn between the eyebrows, once a sign of marriage and now of beauty. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/bindi)
- **Namaste**: The greeting with palms together and a small bow. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/namaste)
- **Baraat**: The groom's wedding procession, with drums, dancing and often a white horse. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/baraat)
- **Sangeet**: A pre-wedding evening of song and dance by the two families. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/sangeet)
- **Garba**: Circle dances of Gujarat performed at Navratri, with clapping or painted sticks. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/garba)
- **Bhangra**: The vigorous Punjabi dance and music of the harvest and of weddings. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/bhangra)
- **Upanayana**: The Hindu initiation in which a boy receives the sacred thread. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/upanayana)
- **Shraddha**: Hindu rites of offering to the departed ancestors. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/shraddha)
- **Kirtan**: Devotional group singing, call and response, in Hindu and Sikh worship. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/kirtan)
- **Langar**: The free community kitchen of a Sikh gurdwara, open to everyone. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/langar)
- **Rakhi**: A thread tied by a sister on her brother's wrist, with a promise of protection. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/rakhi)
- **Pandal**: A temporary decorated pavilion built for a festival, above all Durga Puja. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/pandal)
- **Vesak lantern**: Illuminated lanterns and frames hung for the Buddhist festival of Vesak in Sri Lanka. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/vesak-lantern)
- **Dashain tika**: The red tika and barley shoots given by elders to the young at Nepal's great festival. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/dashain-tika)
- **Wai**: The Thai greeting with palms together and a bow of the head. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/wai)
- **Sampeah**: The Cambodian greeting with palms together, raised higher for those of higher rank. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/sampeah)
- **Selamatan**: A communal meal in Java and Malaysia held to ask for blessing and good fortune. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/selamatan)
- **Tumpeng**: A cone of yellow rice ringed with side dishes, served at Indonesian celebrations. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/tumpeng)
- **Batik**: Cloth patterned by drawing in wax and dyeing, a craft of Java and beyond. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/batik)
- **Gamelan**: The percussion orchestra of Java and Bali, of gongs, metallophones and drums. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/gamelan)
- **Wayang**: Shadow puppet theatre of Java and Bali, telling epic stories through the night. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/wayang)
- **Ao dai**: The long, slim, side-slit tunic worn over trousers by Vietnamese women. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/ao-dai)
- **Li xi**: Red envelopes of lucky money given at the Vietnamese new year. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/li-xi)
- **Sarong**: A length of cloth wrapped round the waist, worn across Southeast Asia and the Pacific. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/sarong)
- **Pchum Ben**: The Cambodian fifteen-day festival of offerings for the spirits of the dead. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/pchum-ben)
- **Nyepi**: The Balinese day of silence, when the whole island stays still for the new year. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/nyepi)
- **Qipao**: The close-fitting Chinese dress with a high collar and side slit. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/qipao)
- **Hanbok**: Korean traditional dress, with a short jacket and full skirt or trousers. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/hanbok)
- **Kimono**: The T-shaped robe that is the traditional dress of Japan. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/kimono)
- **Hongbao**: A red envelope containing money, given at New Year and weddings. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/hongbao)
- **Feng shui**: The Chinese art of arranging buildings and rooms to harmonise with energy. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/feng-shui)
- **Joss paper**: Paper offerings burned for the dead, from money to houses and phones. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/joss-paper)
- **Kowtow**: The deep Chinese bow with forehead to the ground, a mark of the greatest respect. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/kowtow)
- **Chanoyu**: The Japanese way of tea, a ceremony of preparing and serving matcha. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/chanoyu)
- **Omotenashi**: The Japanese ideal of wholehearted hospitality, anticipating a guest's needs. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/omotenashi)
- **Ojigi**: The Japanese bow, from a nod to a deep bend, used in greeting and thanks. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/ojigi)
- **Hatsumode**: The first visit to a shrine or temple in the new year in Japan. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/hatsumode)
- **Omamori**: A small charm sold at shrines and temples for protection or a specific wish. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/omamori)
- **Omikuji**: A paper fortune drawn at a shrine, tied to a tree if the luck is poor. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/omikuji)
- **Hanami**: Gathering under blossoming trees to enjoy the flowers and the season. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/hanami)
- **Bon odori**: The circle dance performed at Obon to welcome and send off the spirits of the dead. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/bon-odori)
- **Jesa**: The Korean ancestral rite, with a table of food set before the memorial tablet. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/jesa)
- **Doljabi**: The first-birthday game in which a Korean baby picks an object that foretells the future. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/doljabi)
- **Lion dance**: A dance by two performers in a lion costume to drive off evil and bring luck. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/lion-dance)
- **Mooncake**: A rich round pastry shared at the Mid-Autumn Festival. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/mooncake)
- **Naadam**: The Mongolian summer festival of wrestling, archery and horse racing. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/naadam)
- **Yurt**: The round felt tent of the Central Asian steppe, a home for nomads. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/yurt)
- **Kumis**: Fermented mare's milk, the traditional drink of the steppe. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/kumis)
- **Dastarkhan**: The spread cloth on which a Central Asian meal is served, and the hospitality it stands for. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/dastarkhan)
- **Beshbarmak**: The Kazakh and Kyrgyz dish of boiled meat and noodles, eaten with the hands. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/beshbarmak)
- **Supra**: The Georgian feast, led by a toastmaster, with wine and a long series of toasts. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/supra)
- **Tamada**: The toastmaster who leads a Georgian supra with a series of toasts. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/tamada)
- **Haft-sin**: The Nowruz table with seven items beginning with the Persian letter sin. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/haft-sin)
- **Chaharshanbe Suri**: The Persian custom of jumping over fires on the last Wednesday evening before Nowruz. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/chaharshanbe-suri)
- **Samovar**: The metal urn for heating water for tea, the centre of the tea table in Russia, Iran and Central Asia. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/samovar)
- **Iftar**: The meal that breaks the fast at sunset during Ramadan. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/iftar)
- **Suhoor**: The pre-dawn meal before the Ramadan fast begins. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/suhoor)
- **Eid**: The two great Muslim festivals: the end of Ramadan and the feast of sacrifice. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/eid)
- **Hajj**: The Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, a duty once in a lifetime for those who can. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/hajj)
- **Ihram**: The state of ritual purity and the plain white garments worn by pilgrims on hajj. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/ihram)
- **Zakat**: The Muslim duty of annual charity, one of the five pillars. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/zakat)
- **Nikah**: The Muslim marriage contract, agreed before witnesses and often read aloud. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/nikah)
- **Walima**: The wedding banquet given by the groom's family after a Muslim marriage. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/walima)
- **Aqiqah**: The Muslim welcome for a newborn, with a sacrifice and the shaving of the head. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/aqiqah)
- **Majlis**: The sitting room or gathering where Arab hosts receive guests. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/majlis)
- **Qahwa**: The lightly roasted, cardamom-spiced coffee served as a welcome in Arab homes. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/qahwa)
- **Dallah**: The long-spouted brass coffee pot of the Arab world. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/dallah)
- **Taarof**: Iranian ritual politeness, with offers refused and pressed again. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/taarof)
- **Seder**: The ritual Passover meal that retells the story of the Exodus. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/seder)
- **Matzah**: The flat unleavened bread eaten at Passover. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/matzah)
- **Shabbat**: The Jewish day of rest, from Friday sunset to Saturday night. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/shabbat)
- **Challah**: The braided egg bread eaten on Shabbat and Jewish holidays. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/challah)
- **Kiddush**: The blessing over wine that sanctifies Shabbat and festivals. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/kiddush)
- **Kosher**: Food prepared according to Jewish dietary laws. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/kosher)
- **Mezuzah**: A small case with a scroll, fixed to the doorpost of a Jewish home. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/mezuzah)
- **Chuppah**: The canopy under which a Jewish couple are married. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/chuppah)
- **Shiva**: The seven days of mourning observed by Jewish families after a burial. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/shiva)
- **Bar mitzvah**: The Jewish coming-of-age, when a young person becomes responsible for the commandments. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/bar-mitzvah)
- **Sukkah**: The temporary hut in which Jews eat during Sukkot. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/sukkah)
- **Hammam**: The communal steam bath of the Middle East and North Africa. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/hammam)
- **Henna night**: The women's party before a North African or Middle Eastern wedding, when the bride is hennaed. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/henna-night)
- **Zaffa**: The musical wedding procession of the Arab world, with drums, dancers and the couple. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/zaffa)
- **Tagine**: The conical clay pot and slow-cooked stew of Morocco and the Maghreb. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/tagine)
- **Couscous Friday**: The North African habit of serving couscous after the Friday prayer. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/couscous-friday)
- **Ululation**: A high trilling cry made by women to express joy, in the Middle East and Africa. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/ululation)
- **Kente**: Brightly woven strip cloth of the Asante and Ewe peoples of Ghana. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/kente)
- **Adinkra**: Akan symbols stamped on cloth, each standing for a proverb or idea. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/adinkra)
- **Sankofa**: An Akan idea and symbol: it is not wrong to go back for what you forgot. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/sankofa)
- **Aso ebi**: Matching cloth worn by family and friends at a Nigerian celebration. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/aso-ebi)
- **Gele**: The large folded headwrap of Nigerian women. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/gele)
- **Bogolan**: Malian cloth painted with fermented mud in bold patterns. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/bogolan)
- **Griot**: West African hereditary storyteller, singer and keeper of oral history. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/griot)
- **Libation**: The pouring of a drink on the ground to honour ancestors and spirits. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/libation)
- **Kola nut**: A bitter nut offered to guests and used in rites across West Africa. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/kola-nut)
- **Lobola**: Gifts, traditionally cattle, from the groom's family to the bride's in Southern Africa. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/lobola)
- **Imbeleko**: The Xhosa and Zulu ceremony that introduces a child to the ancestors. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/imbeleko)
- **Ulwaluko**: The Xhosa initiation of young men into adulthood. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/ulwaluko)
- **Ubuntu**: A Southern African idea that a person is a person through other people. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/ubuntu)
- **Shuka**: The bright wrapped cloth of East Africa, such as the Maasai red blanket and the kanga. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/shuka)
- **Jebena**: The round-bellied clay pot used to brew Ethiopian coffee. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/jebena)
- **Injera**: The spongy sourdough flatbread that serves as plate and spoon in Ethiopia and Eritrea. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/injera)
- **Braai**: The South African barbecue, a social occasion around a fire. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/braai)
- **Masquerade**: A ceremonial dance in which a costumed performer embodies a spirit or ancestor. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/masquerade)
- **Ceilidh**: A Scottish and Irish social evening of folk dancing and music. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/ceilidh)
- **First-footing**: The Scottish and northern English custom of the first visitor of the new year bringing luck. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/first-footing)
- **Kilt**: The pleated knee-length wrap of Scotland, made in the pattern of a clan tartan. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/kilt)
- **Haggis**: The Scottish pudding of oatmeal and spiced offal, served on Burns Night. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/haggis)
- **Maypole**: A tall decorated pole around which people dance in spring. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/maypole)
- **Morris dance**: English folk dance with bells, sticks and handkerchiefs, performed by teams in spring. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/morris-dance)
- **Wassail**: The old English custom of toasting apple trees or houses with song and spiced cider. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/wassail)
- **Hygge**: The Danish and Norwegian idea of cosy, relaxed togetherness. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/hygge)
- **Fika**: The Swedish coffee break with something sweet, shared with others. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/fika)
- **Cinnamon bun**: The spiced swirl bun of Sweden, with its own day on 4 October. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/cinnamon-bun)
- **Sauna**: The Finnish heated room for bathing, a place of rest, cleansing and sometimes ritual. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/sauna)
- **Banya**: The Russian steam bath, with birch branches, cold plunges and tea. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/banya)
- **Name day**: The feast day of the saint after whom a person is named, celebrated in many European countries. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/name-day)
- **Zakuski**: The cold appetisers that start a Russian feast, set out before the vodka is poured. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/zakuski)
- **Dirndl**: The Alpine dress of Bavaria and Austria, worn at festivals and Oktoberfest. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/dirndl)
- **Polterabend**: The German eve-of-wedding party at which guests smash crockery for luck. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/polterabend)
- **Mummers**: Costumed performers who visit houses at midwinter with a folk play or dance. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/mummers)
- **Midsummer pole**: The flower-covered pole raised and danced around on Midsummer in Sweden. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/midsummer-pole)
- **Kolyva**: A boiled wheat dish offered at Orthodox memorials and at Christmas Eve. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/kolyva)
- **Potlatch**: The ceremonial feast and gift-giving of the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/potlatch)
- **Totem pole**: A carved cedar pole telling a family's history, made by Pacific Northwest peoples. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/totem-pole)
- **Powwow**: A Native American gathering of dance, drumming, song and community. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/powwow)
- **Smudging**: A cleansing ceremony in which sacred herbs are burned and the smoke is wafted over the body. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/smudging)
- **Sweat lodge**: A low dome in which heated stones and prayer are used in a purification ceremony. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/sweat-lodge)
- **Vision quest**: A period alone in nature in fasting and prayer, seeking guidance, in many Plains traditions. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/vision-quest)
- **Giveaway**: The Native American custom of giving gifts to others to honour them. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/giveaway)
- **Cornucopia**: The horn-shaped basket overflowing with fruit and grain, a symbol of harvest. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/cornucopia)
- **Second line**: The dancing crowd that follows a New Orleans brass band parade. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/second-line)
- **Quinceañera**: The celebration of a girl's fifteenth birthday in Latin America and the United States. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/quinceanera)
- **Compadrazgo**: The bond of godparenthood, linking two families, in Latin America. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/compadrazgo)
- **Posada**: The nine nights of processions before Christmas in Mexico, re-enacting the search for shelter. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/posada)
- **Piñata**: A decorated papier-mache figure filled with sweets and broken at celebrations. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/pinata)
- **Ofrenda**: The altar of marigolds, candles and favourite foods built for the Day of the Dead. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/ofrenda)
- **Calavera**: The skull, in sugar, paper or poem, that is a symbol of the Day of the Dead. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/calavera)
- **Mariachi**: The Mexican ensemble of violins, trumpets and guitars that plays at celebrations. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/mariachi)
- **Mate**: The infusion of yerba mate leaves, shared from a gourd in the Southern Cone. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/mate)
- **Asado**: The Argentine and Uruguayan barbecue, a long Sunday gathering around the grill. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/asado)
- **Minga**: The Andean tradition of a community working together for a shared goal. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/minga)
- **Pachamama**: The Andean Mother Earth, honoured with offerings at planting, harvest and the start of any work. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/pachamama)
- **Inti Raymi**: The Inca festival of the sun, revived each 24 June at Cusco. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/inti-raymi)
- **Capoeira**: The Afro-Brazilian art of dance, acrobatics and fight, played in a circle to music. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/capoeira)
- **Candomblé**: The Afro-Brazilian religion of the orixas, with drumming, dance and offerings. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/candomble)
- **Carnaval**: The pre-Lenten festival of parades, costumes and music, at its greatest in Brazil. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/carnaval)
- **Quipu**: The Inca knotted cords used to record numbers and perhaps stories. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/quipu)
- **Haka**: The Maori posture dance with chant, stamping and fierce expressions. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/haka)
- **Hongi**: The Maori greeting in which two people press noses and foreheads together. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/hongi)
- **Powhiri**: The Maori ceremony that welcomes visitors onto a marae. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/powhiri)
- **Marae**: The Maori communal meeting ground, with its carved meeting house and dining hall. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/marae)
- **Tangi**: The Maori funeral gathering of several days at the marae. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/tangi)
- **Whakapapa**: The Maori recital of descent, linking a person to ancestors, land and the world. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/whakapapa)
- **Moko**: The Maori tattoo, cut with chisels and marked in curves that tell a person's lineage. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/moko)
- **Tatau**: The Samoan tattoo, a rite of passage done with a comb and mallet. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/tatau)
- **Kava**: The mildly numbing drink of roots, shared in ceremonies across the Pacific. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/kava)
- **Lavalava**: The wrapped waist cloth worn by men and women of the Pacific islands. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/lavalava)
- **Tapa**: Bark cloth beaten from the inner bark of the paper mulberry tree, decorated with patterns. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/tapa)
- **Lei**: A garland of flowers, shells or leaves given in Hawaii as a sign of love and welcome. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/lei)
- **Hula**: The Hawaiian dance that tells stories with hand movements, chant and song. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/hula)
- **Umu**: The underground oven of the Pacific, used for feasts on special days. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/umu)
- **Corroboree**: An Aboriginal Australian gathering of song, dance and storytelling. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/corroboree)
- **Dreaming**: The Aboriginal Australian understanding of creation and the law that still holds. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/dreamtime)
- **Songline**: A path across the land, remembered in songs, that links sacred sites. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/songline)
- **Waiata**: Maori song, from lullaby to lament, sung at gatherings. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/waiata)
- **Rite of passage**: A ceremony that marks the move from one stage of life to another. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/rite-of-passage)
- **Initiation**: A rite that admits a person to a group, an age grade or a spiritual society. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/initiation)
- **Threshold**: The doorway of a home, treated in many cultures as a place of blessing and caution. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/threshold)
- **First fruits**: The first part of a harvest, offered in thanks before anyone eats. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/first-fruits)
- **Evil eye**: The belief that envy or a harmful look can bring bad luck, and the charms that guard against it. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/evil-eye)
- **Hamsa**: A hand-shaped charm, often with an eye, used to ward off harm in Jewish and Muslim cultures. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/hamsa)
- **Lantern**: A lit paper or glass lamp carried, hung or floated at festivals across Asia and beyond. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/lantern)
- **Scallop shell**: The shell worn by pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/scallop-shell)
- **Credencial**: The stamped booklet that Camino pilgrims carry to show their route. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/credencial)
- **Vrat**: A Hindu vow, usually of fasting, kept on a chosen day. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/vrat)
- **Darshan**: The act of seeing a deity, a holy person or a sacred image, and being seen. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/darshan)
- **Ghat**: The stepped riverbank where people bathe, pray and perform rites. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/ghat)
- **Dhol**: The double-headed barrel drum that drives Punjabi and Gujarati celebrations. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/dhol)
- **Tulsi**: The holy basil plant kept in the courtyard of many Hindu homes. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/tulsi)
- **Sherwani**: The long buttoned coat worn by South Asian grooms and at formal occasions. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/sherwani)
- **Krathong**: A small floating offering of leaves, flowers and candle, set on the water at Loi Krathong. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/krathong)
- **Ogoh-ogoh**: Giant monster figures paraded and burned on the eve of Nyepi in Bali. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/ogoh-ogoh)
- **Kebaya**: The fitted blouse-dress of Indonesia and Malaysia, often lace or embroidered. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/kebaya)
- **Spirit house**: A small shrine in Thai gardens and shops where offerings are made to the guardian spirit of the place. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/spirit-house)
- **Torii**: The gate that marks the entrance to a Shinto shrine. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/torii)
- **Ema**: A small wooden plaque on which wishes are written and left at a Japanese shrine. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/ema)
- **Tteokguk**: The Korean new year soup of sliced rice cakes, eaten to gain a year of age. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/tteokguk)
- **Osechi**: The boxed foods of the Japanese new year, each with a lucky meaning. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/osechi)
- **Yukata**: A light cotton kimono worn in summer for festivals and after a bath. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/yukata)
- **Dabke**: The Levantine line dance of stamping feet, danced at weddings and festivals. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/dabke)
- **Taraweeh**: The extra evening prayers of Ramadan, held in congregation at the mosque. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/taraweeh)
- **Mawlid**: The celebration of the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/mawlid)
- **Qatayef**: Stuffed pancakes of Ramadan, filled with cheese or nuts and soaked in syrup. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/qatayef)
- **Kora**: The 21-string harp-lute of the West African griots. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/kora)
- **Djembe**: The goblet-shaped hand drum of West Africa, played at celebrations. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/djembe)
- **Harambee**: The Kenyan tradition of pulling together to raise funds or finish a job. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/harambee)
- **Jollof rice**: The West African one-pot rice dish in a tomato sauce, central to parties and weddings. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/jollof)
- **Sobremesa**: The Spanish custom of lingering at the table, talking, after the meal is finished. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/sobremesa)
- **Advent calendar**: A calendar with a door or a sweet for each day from 1 December to Christmas. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/advent-calendar)
- **Mistletoe**: The evergreen sprig hung at Christmas, under which couples kiss. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/mistletoe)
- **Tamale**: Corn dough with a filling, steamed in a corn husk or banana leaf, made for festivals in Latin America. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/tamale)
- **Rosca de reyes**: The ring-shaped Epiphany cake with a hidden figure, eaten on 6 January. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/rosca-de-reyes)
- **Tipi**: The conical tent of hides or canvas of the Plains peoples of North America. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/tipi)
- **Kachina**: A spirit being of the Hopi and Pueblo peoples, danced by masked men and carved as dolls. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/kachina)
- **Koha**: The gift given by guests to their hosts in Maori custom, often money. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/koha)
- **Tapu**: The sacred or restricted state of a person, place or thing in Polynesian belief. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/tapu)
- **Tiki**: A carved human figure in Polynesian art, worn as a pendant or set as a post. (https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/glossary/tiki)

## Traditions
- [Christmas](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/christmas), Italy: A festival of Jesus's birth, kept on 25 December with gifts, lights and shared meals
- [Halloween](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/halloween), Ireland: An annual observance on 31 October marking the eve of All Saints' Day, rooted in Christian tradition and Celtic heritage
- [Valentine's Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/valentine-s-day), United Kingdom: A Christian feast day and cultural celebration of love kept on February 14 in many countries.
- [Eid al-Fitr](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/eid-al-fitr), Turkey: The feast that ends Ramadan, opened with morning prayers, sweets and visits home
- [Good Friday](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/good-friday), Australia: A solemn Christian holy day commemorating the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ.
- [Mother's Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mother-s-day), United States: A worldwide annual celebration dedicated to mothers, maternal bonds and family care
- [Christmas tree](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/christmas-tree), Germany: A decorated evergreen or artificial tree placed indoors to mark the Christmas season.
- [Diwali](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/diwali), India: A five-day festival of lights celebrated across India and its diaspora to mark the victory of light over darkness.
- [Nowruz](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/nowruz), Iran: The Iranian new year at the March equinox, kept with fire, greenery and picnics
- [Passover](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/passover), Israel: A Jewish spring festival celebrating freedom from slavery with ritual meals
- [Holy Week](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/holy-week), Philippines: The solemn seven days leading to Easter, recalling the final week and Passion of Jesus
- [Hanukkah](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/hanukkah), Israel: An eight-day Jewish festival marking the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem and the miracle of a single day'
- [Mawlid](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mawlid), Egypt: An annual festival marking the birth of the Prophet Muhammad, marked by poetry, processions and feasts.
- [Holi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/holi), India: A spring festival of colours and bonfires that marks the end of winter and the triumph of good over evil.
- [Christmas Eve](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/christmas-eve), Poland: The evening before Christmas, marked by church services, family meals, and gift preparations across Christian cultures.
- [Yom Kippur](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/yom-kippur), Israel: The holiest day in Judaism, dedicated to fasting, prayer and atonement
- [Rosh Hashanah](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/rosh-hashanah), Israel: The Jewish New Year marked by shofar horn blasts, prayer and sweet foods
- [Feast of the Ascension](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/feast-of-the-ascension), United States: The fortieth day of Easter, when Christians remember Jesus being taken up into heaven
- [Independence Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/independence-day-united-states), United States: The United States' national day of parades, barbecues and fireworks, kept each July 4
- [As-salamu alaykum](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/as-salamu-alaykum), Bangladesh: A traditional Arabic greeting of peace exchanged in daily life and prayer
- [Sukkot](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sukkot), Israel: A seven-day autumn Jewish festival of temporary booths, harvest prayers and hospitality
- [Purim](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/purim), Israel: A lively Jewish festival of storytelling, shared food, masks and charity
- [Feast of Corpus Christi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/feast-of-corpus-christi), Spain: A Christian feast celebrating the presence of Christ in the bread and wine of the Eucharist
- [Candlemas](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/candlemas), France: A Christian feast of candle blessings marking the end of the Christmas season
- [Day of the Dead](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/day-of-the-dead), Mexico: A Mexican remembrance of deceased family and friends with altars, marigolds and feasts
- [Gongfu tea](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/gongfu-tea), China: A skilled Chinese method of brewing tea in small teaware with precise heat and timing
- [Preta](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/preta), India: Offerings and rites for spirits enduring deep hunger across Asian traditions.
- [Postpartum confinement](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/postpartum-confinement), China: A period of rest, nourishment, and seclusion for mothers after giving birth.
- [Kolhapuri chappal](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kolhapuri-chappal), India: Handcrafted braided leather slip-on sandals from western India
- [Karakia](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/karakia), New Zealand: Māori incantations and prayers recited for spiritual guidance, safety and ceremony
- [Running of the bulls](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/running-of-the-bulls), Spain: Runners sprint ahead of loose bulls through barricaded town streets in summer
- [Kyz kuu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kyz-kuu), Kyrgyzstan: A horse racing game where a man chases a woman to win a kiss or faces her whip if he fails.
- [Cuarteto](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/cuarteto), Argentina: An upbeat partner dance and music tradition born in Córdoba, Argentina
- [Indlamu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/indlamu), South Africa: A Zulu war dance of two warriors in pelts, matched move for move and stamped on the beat
- [Islamic marriage](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/marriage-in-islam), United States: The sacred contract, agreement and wedding celebration forming an Islamic marriage
- [Daina](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/daina-latvia), Latvia: Short, traditional Latvian folk songs and verses sung across the human life cycle
- [Maifest](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/maifest), Germany: A traditional German celebration marking the arrival of spring with decorated maypoles
- [Thadingyut](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/thadingyut), Myanmar: A Burmese celebration and calendar month marking the completion of Buddhist Lent.
- [Nostalgia Night](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/nostalgia-night), Uruguay: Uruguay's nationwide retro music and dance celebration held every 24 August
- [Apsara Dance](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/apsara-dance), Cambodia: A classical Cambodian court dance inspired by the stone carvings of Angkor
- [Pandavani](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/pandavani), India: A folk singing tradition from central India that retells episodes of the Mahabharata epic through music and theatrical n
- [Bélé](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bele), Dominica: A Caribbean drum, call-and-response song, and courtship dance tradition
- [Atithi Devo Bhava](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/atithi-devo-bhava), India: A traditional Indian Hindu philosophy and campaign that treats guests with the reverence due to deities.
- [Mmanwu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mmanwu), Nigeria: An Igbo masquerade tradition invoking ancestral spirits through masked performance
- [Lion dance](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/lion-dance), China: A dynamic ritual dance featuring costumed lions, drums and martial acrobatics
- [Barkcloth](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/barkcloth), Uganda: Cloth beaten from tree bark across Africa, Asia and the Pacific
- [Jirga](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/jirga), Afghanistan: A traditional consultative council of elders that settles disputes through consensus
- [Yixing clay teapot](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/yixing-clay-teapot), China: Handcrafted Chinese purple clay teapots that season with every brew
- [Nón lá](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/non-la), Vietnam: A pointed leaf and bamboo hat worn across Vietnam for shelter, work and celebration
- [Abakuá](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/abakua), Cuba: An Afro-Cuban initiatory brotherhood rooted in West African sacred traditions
- [Tan-Tan Moussem](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tan-tan-moussem), Morocco: An annual gathering of Saharan nomadic tribes with music, trading and equestrian arts
- [Chilean rodeo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/chilean-rodeo), Chile: A Chilean equestrian sport and weekend festival contested in a crescent-shaped arena
- [Dabke](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dabke), Lebanon: A Levantine folk dance of linked lines and stomping steps, kept at weddings and community gatherings.
- [Carimbó](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/carimbo), Brazil: A dance and music genre from the Amazon region of Brazil, centered around a wooden drum.
- [Sindur Khela](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sindur-khela), India: A Bengali Hindu ritual where married women apply vermilion to each other on Vijayadashami.
- [Mevlevi Order](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mevlevi-order), Turkey: A Sufi tradition from Konya known for its whirling ceremony and devotion to Rumi's teachings.
- [Mola](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mola-art-form), Panama: Layered cloth panels hand-sewn by Guna women using reverse appliqué
- [Caffè sospeso](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/caffe-sospeso), Italy: An anonymous gift of a paid cup of coffee for a stranger in need
- [Schwingen](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/schwingen), Switzerland: A traditional Swiss folk wrestling style fought in sawdust rings
- [Fantasy coffins](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/fantasy-coffin), Ghana: Custom hand-carved burial caskets shaped as animals, tools and symbols in southern Ghana
- [Agbogho Mmuo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/agbogho-mmuo), Nigeria: An Igbo masked dance celebrating maidenhood and the female spirit
- [Corroboree](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/corroboree), Australia: A gathering of Australian Aboriginal peoples featuring dance, music and storytelling
- [Yoke thé](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/yoke-the), Myanmar: A classical Burmese string puppet theatre performed with complex marionettes and music.
- [Tahtib](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tahtib), Egypt: An Egyptian stick dance and martial art kept by men and women in Upper Egypt.
- [National Eisteddfod of Wales](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/national-eisteddfod-of-wales), United Kingdom: An annual week-long festival of Welsh music, poetry and culture held across different locations in Wales.
- [Chelsea Flower Show](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/chelsea-flower-show), United Kingdom: A five-day May horticultural festival held in London by the Royal Horticultural Society
- [Rake-and-scrape](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/rake-and-scrape), Bahamas: A traditional Bahamian music style featuring saws, guitars and drums.
- [Hong Kong tea culture](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/hong-kong-tea-culture), China: Morning tea with dim sum and milk tea through the day, in Hong Kong's teahouses
- [Alpana](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/alpana), Bangladesh: A Bengali floor painting tradition using rice flour paste to mark festivals and rituals.
- [Grass dance](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/grass-dance), United States: A fast-paced men's pow wow dance from the Northern Great Plains featuring sweeping movements and bright fringe regalia.
- [Persian garden](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/persian-gardens), Iran: An ancient tradition of creating walled, geometric sanctuaries of shade and flowing water
- [Punta](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/punta), Honduras: A lively dance and music style of the Garifuna people, celebrated in Central America and the Caribbean.
- [Rapper sword](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/rapper-sword), United Kingdom: A fast-paced five-person sword dance from the coalfields of North East England, kept alive by teams worldwide.
- [Fatele](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/fatele), Tuvalu: A traditional dance song of Tuvalu performed at community events and celebrations.
- [Fancy dance](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/fancy-dance), United States: A fast-paced, athletic Indigenous dance kept at powwows across North America and beyond.
- [Ramadan in Turkey](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ramadan-in-turkey), Turkey: A holy month of fasting, prayer, and community meals, observed across Turkey with unique local customs.
- [Teškoto](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/teskoto), North Macedonia: A Macedonian line dance that expresses the hardship and resilience of people in western Macedonia.
- [Saptapadi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/saptapadi), India: The seven-step ritual that finalizes a Hindu marriage, observed across India.
- [Grihapravesh](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/grihapravesha), India: A Hindu housewarming ritual to purify a new home and invite blessings.
- [Bullfighting](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bullfighting), Spain: A ritual contest between a bullfighter and a bull, kept in Spain and Latin America
- [Attan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/attan), Afghanistan: A Pashtun circle dance of drums and clapping, kept at weddings and gatherings.
- [Holy Week in Seville](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/holy-week-in-seville), Spain: A week of solemn processions and floats through the streets of Seville to mark the Passion of Christ.
- [Tuk band](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tuk-band), Barbados: A Barbadian musical ensemble with costumed figures that blends African drumming and British military traditions.
- [Viennese waltz](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/viennese-waltz), Austria: A fast rotary partner dance kept across Austria and Europe, celebrated in ballrooms and social halls.
- [Tsamiko](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tsamiko), Greece: A slow Greek folk dance performed in a line or circle to 3/4 time music.
- [The Dreaming](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/the-dreaming), Australia: A living spiritual worldview and law connecting Aboriginal Australians to ancestors, land, and community.
- [Bògòlanfini](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bogolanfini), Mali: A handmade Malian cotton textile dyed with iron-rich mud, worn for protection and identity.
- [Templestay](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/templestay), South Korea: A program that invites visitors to live in South Korean Buddhist temples and join the daily routines of monastic life.
- [Zangbeto](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/zangbeto), Benin: A traditional security institution and night-guardian cult among the Ogu people of West Africa.
- [Boduberu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/boduberu), Maldives: A Maldivian drumming and dance tradition performed by groups of common citizens.
- [Simbang Gabi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/simbang-gabi), Philippines: A nine-day series of early morning Masses held in the Philippines to prepare for Christmas.
- [Krakowiak](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/krakowiak), Poland: A lively Polish folk dance from Kraków that became a popular ballroom style across Europe.
- [Turkmen rug](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/turkmen-rug), Turkmenistan: Handmade textiles woven by Turkmen tribes, featuring geometric patterns and natural dyes.
- [Nalukataq](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/nalukataq), United States: A spring whaling festival of the Iñupiat in Northern Alaska, featuring a blanket toss and communal feast.
- [Sevillanas](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sevillanas), Spain: A folk dance and song from Seville, kept at fairs and festivals across Andalusia.
- [Nazar](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/nazar-amulet), Turkey: A blue glass eye amulet worn and displayed to deflect the evil eye.
- [Dikir barat](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dikir-barat), Malaysia: A group singing art from the Malay Peninsula where verses are traded back and forth in a witty lyrical duel.
- [Lei Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/lei-day), United States: A statewide celebration in Hawaii honoring the art of lei making and the aloha spirit.
- [Guérewol](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/guerewol), Niger: A week-long courtship ritual where Wodaabe men dance and sing to win the attention of marriageable women.
- [Arbor Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/arbor-day), Spain: An annual secular observance dedicated to planting and caring for trees around the world
- [Nakshi kantha](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/nakshi-kantha), Bangladesh: A traditional embroidered quilt from Bengal, made by stitching layers of old cloth into colourful, patterned textiles.
- [Meke](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/meke), Fiji: A traditional Fijian dance and song form performed by groups at celebrations.
- [Advent](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/advent), Sweden: A four-week Christian season of waiting and preparation for Christmas and the Second Coming.
- [Beating Retreat](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/beating-retreat), United Kingdom: A military ceremony of music and drill held at sunset to mark the end of a day or a festival.
- [Haus Tambaran](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/haus-tambaran), Papua New Guinea: A sacred house of the Sepik peoples, used for ancestor worship and male initiation
- [Cheek kissing](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/cheek-kissing), France: A greeting gesture where people touch cheeks or lips to cheeks to show friendship or respect.
- [Swahili door](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/swahili-door), Tanzania: A carved wooden entrance from the East African coast, adorned with metal studs and intricate motifs.
- [Gákti](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/gakti), Norway: A traditional coat worn by the Sámi people across northern Scandinavia and Russia, signaling origin and status through c
- [Gnawa music](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/gnawa-music), Morocco: A spiritual musical tradition of Morocco that blends West African rhythms with Islamic ritual to heal and connect commun
- [Kumari](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kumari-goddess), Nepal: A living goddess tradition in Nepal where a young girl embodies the divine feminine.
- [Hamadsha](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/hamadsha), Morocco: A Moroccan possession rite kept by Muslim fraternities to cure affliction and restore social balance through music and d
- [Fa'ataupati](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/fa-ataupati), Samoa: A traditional Samoan dance performed by men who clap and slap their bodies to create rhythm.
- [Gurpurab](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/gurpurab), India: A Sikh festival marking the birth or martyrdom of a Guru with prayers, processions and community meals.
- [Gabbeh](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/gabbeh), Iran: A thick, boldly simple wool rug, hand-woven by women in Iran's Zagros Mountains
- [Coleo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/coleo), Venezuela: A Venezuelan and Colombian sport where riders chase cattle to snatch tails and pull them down.
- [Osun-Osogbo Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/osun-osogbo), Nigeria: An annual Yoruba festival of cleansing, procession and sacrifice to the river goddess Osun in Osogbo, Nigeria.
- [Hungarian folk dance](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/hungarian-folk-dance), Hungary: A collection of traditional dances kept by Hungarians in Hungary and across the diaspora.
- [Nyau](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/nyau), Malawi: A secret society and masked dance tradition of the Chewa people in Southern Africa.
- [Ländler](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/landler), Austria: A three-quarter time partner dance from the Alpine region, known for hopping steps and yodeling.
- [Tinku](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tinku), Bolivia: A ritual combat and dance from northern Potosí, Bolivia, honoring Pachamama through ceremonial fighting and performance.
- [International Mother Language Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/international-mother-language-day), Bangladesh: An annual observance on 21 February to protect linguistic diversity and honour the Bengali language movement.
- [Julebukking](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/julebukking), Norway: A Scandinavian Christmas custom where masked visitors go door to door for songs and treats.
- [Kaddish](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kaddish), Israel: A Jewish hymn of sanctification recited during prayer services and mourning rituals.
- [Bira ceremony](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bira-ceremony), Zimbabwe: An all-night Shona ritual in Zimbabwe where music and dance summon ancestral spirits for guidance.
- [Aitysh](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/aytysh), Kazakhstan: Two improvising akyns trade rhymed sung verse in a contest on dombra and komuz
- [Atilogwu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/atilogwu), Nigeria: A high-energy Igbo youth dance featuring acrobatics, drum music and rhythmic jumps.
- [Bertsolaritza](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bertsolaritza), Spain: Improvised songs sung in Basque, rhymed on the spot at contests and gatherings
- [Gatka](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/gatka), India: A Sikh martial art of stick-fighting and sword dance from the Punjab region.
- [Botafumeiro](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/botafumeiro), Spain: A giant swinging censer of brass and silver that fills the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral with incense during solemn f
- [Tā moko](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ta-moko), New Zealand: The traditional permanent tattooing of the Māori people of New Zealand, marking identity and status.
- [Tamada](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tamada), Georgia: The toastmaster who leads the Georgian supra, guiding toasts and conversation at feasts.
- [Naga fireballs](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/naga-fireball), Thailand: A festival of glowing orbs rising from the Mekong River, attributed to a mythical serpent.
- [Ghost Dance](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ghost-dance), United States: A circle dance ceremony kept by Native American communities to reunite with ancestors and restore peace.
- [Tribal youth dormitory](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tribal-youth-dormitory), India: A communal house where a tribe's unmarried young people sleep, learn and serve
- [Housewarming party](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/housewarming-party), Russia: A gathering held soon after moving into a new home to celebrate the space and welcome guests.
- [Punkie Night](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/punkie-night), United Kingdom: A Somerset Halloween custom where children carry mangelwurzel lanterns and sing for candles.
- [Jichinsai](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/jichinsai), Japan: A Shinto ritual to ask the land spirits for protection before building a new home or structure.
- [Lobolo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/lobolo), South Africa: A customary practice in Southern Africa where the groom's family provides assets to the bride's family.
- [Gadaa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/gadaa), Ethiopia: An eight-year democratic governance cycle practiced by the Oromo people of Ethiopia and Kenya.
- [Quilting bee](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/quilting-bee), United States: A communal gathering where people stitch quilts together while sharing news and strengthening community bonds.
- [Basque rural sports](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/basque-rural-sports), Spain: Stone lifting, wood chopping and oxen tests, born of Basque farm and fishing work
- [Nehru Trophy Boat Race](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/nehru-trophy-boat-race), India: An annual longboat race held on Punnamada Lake in Kerala, India.
- [Sabar](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sabar), Senegal: A traditional Wolof and Serer drum played in Senegal and The Gambia, accompanying dance at weddings and festivals.
- [Berber calendar](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/berber-calendar), Algeria: An agricultural timekeeping system used by the Amazigh people of North Africa to mark seasons and farming cycles.
- [Kerala mural painting](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kerala-mural-painting), India: Frescoes of Hindu deities painted on temple and palace walls in Kerala, India.
- [Mahr](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mahr), Mali: A mandatory gift from the groom to the bride in Islamic marriages, serving as her financial security.
- [Shagai](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/shagai), Mongolia: Traditional ankle bone games and fortune-telling played across Central Asia.
- [Griot](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/griot-q511054), Mali: West Africa's hereditary keepers of spoken history, praise and music
- [Rio Carnival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/rio-carnival), Brazil: Five days of samba parades, costumes and street parties in Rio, ending at Lent
- [March of the Living](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/march-of-the-living), Poland: An annual two-week journey to Poland ending in a silent walk from Auschwitz to Birkenau
- [Olympic torch relay](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/list-of-olympic-torch-relays), Greece: The ceremonial journey of the flame from Olympia to each host city of the Olympic Games
- [Rushnyk](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/rushnyk), Ukraine: A sacred embroidered cloth used in East Slavic rituals, weddings and daily life.
- [Brigid's cross](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/brigid-s-cross), Ireland: A cross of woven rushes or straw, made for Saint Brigid's Day on the first of February
- [Ovoo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ovoo), Mongolia: A stone cairn on a peak or pass, circled by travellers and honoured in sky worship
- [Halay](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/halay), Turkey: A traditional line and circle folk dance kept across Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Iran, and Syria.
- [Dreamcatcher](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dreamcatcher), United States: A hand-woven hoop from Anishinaabe tradition, hung above a cradle to protect a child
- [Bermuda Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bermuda-day), Bermuda: A public holiday in Bermuda marking the start of summer activities with a parade and road race.
- [Bonsai](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bonsai), Japan: A Japanese craft of keeping small trees in shallow pots, shaped for contemplation
- [Southern African traditional healing](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/traditional-healers-of-southern-africa), South Africa: Ancestral divination, herbal muthi, and spiritual care across Southern Africa
- [Sean-nós dance](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sean-nos-dance), Ireland: An improvised solo Irish dance: low footwork, free arms and a loud battering beat
- [Kailash Mansarovar Yatra](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kailash-mansarovar-yatra), India: A high-altitude pilgrimage to Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar in Tibet
- [Fann at-Tanbura](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/fann-at-tanbura), Bahrain: A Gulf song and dance of drums and tanbura, born in healing, now staged
- [Thrissur Pooram](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/thrissur-pooram), India: A grand Kerala temple gathering with elephant pageantry, percussion, and fireworks
- [Marchas Populares](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/marchas-populares), Portugal: Neighbourhood teams march, dance and sing through Lisbon's June nights for St Anthony
- [Toshikoshi soba](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/toshikoshi-soba), Japan: Buckwheat noodles eaten on New Year's Eve, cut easily to let the year go
- [Mhondoro](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mhondoro), Zimbabwe: Territorial guardian spirits and mediums honoured in Zimbabwe for guidance and rain
- [Pasyon](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/pasyon), Philippines: A Tagalog epic of Christ's passion, chanted without a break during Holy Week
- [Csárdás](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/csardas), Hungary: A Hungarian folk dance that moves from a slow start to a fast finish, kept in Hungary and neighboring regions.
- [Funaná](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/funana), Cape Verde: An accordion and iron-scraper music and couple dance from Cape Verde
- [Stations of the Cross](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/stations-of-the-cross), Palestine: A Christian prayer journey following fourteen moments of the Passion of Jesus
- [Georgian dance](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/georgian-dance), Georgia: Martial, courtship, and celebratory regional dances from across Georgia
- [Peʻa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/pe-a), Samoa: The traditional Samoan rite of full-body tattooing for men, tapped by master artists
- [Omamori](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/omamori), Japan: Japanese protective amulets sold at shrines and temples for luck and safety.
- [Novena](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/novena), Philippines: A nine-day Christian prayer tradition for petitions, feasts, or mourning.
- [Chinese knotting](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/chinese-knotting), China: A folk craft of cord tied into lucky shapes, made in China and given as charms
- [Ngajat](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ngajat), Malaysia: A traditional folk dance of the Iban people in Sarawak and Borneo, mimicking birds and warriors.
- [Dhokra](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dhokra), India: A lost-wax metal casting craft kept by tribal artisans in eastern and central India for over four millennia.
- [Kadomatsu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kadomatsu), Japan: A Japanese New Year gateway decoration of pine and bamboo where a visiting deity can rest
- [The Burryman](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/the-burryman), United Kingdom: A man clad in burdock burrs walks a Scottish town for a day, bringing luck as he goes
- [Pattern](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/pattern-devotional), Ireland: A parish feast honoring a patron saint, marked by prayers at holy wells and local gatherings in Ireland.
- [Polonaise](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/polonaise), Poland: A traditional Polish partner dance in triple metre, kept as a national custom and UNESCO heritage.
- [Bermuda kite](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bermuda-kite), Bermuda: Flying bright geometric kites on Good Friday across Bermuda to mark Easter
- [Agadez Cross](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/agadez-cross), Niger: A silver pendant cast by Tuareg blacksmiths in Niger, worn as jewelry and a symbol of protection.
- [Armudu tea glass](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/armudu), Azerbaijan: A pear-shaped glass used in Azerbaijan to serve and drink black tea.
- [Kwanjula](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kwanjula), Uganda: A formal marriage introduction ritual of the Baganda people in Uganda, where families meet to exchange gifts and seek bl
- [Poi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/poi-performance-art), New Zealand: A Māori performing art of swinging tethered weights in rhythmical patterns.
- [Cariñosa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/carinosa), Philippines: A Philippine folk dance of colonial origin where a couple uses a fan and handkerchief to enact a playful romance.
- [Xenia](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/xenia-greek), Greece: An ancient Greek code of hospitality and guest-friendship rooted in reciprocity and divine duty.
- [Trick-or-treating](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/trick-or-treating), Ireland: A custom where children visit homes in costume to ask for treats or face a playful prank.
- [Ikat](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ikat), Indonesia: A resist-dyeing craft from Southeast Asia, where yarns are tied and dyed before weaving
- [Dog sledding](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dog-sled), Greenland: An Arctic tradition of navigating snow and ice behind working dog teams
- [Kol Nidre](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kol-nidre), Israel: An Aramaic declaration of vow annulment that opens the Yom Kippur evening service in Jewish synagogues.
- [Moko Jumbie](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/moko-jumbie), Trinidad and Tobago: A stilt-walking tradition from the Caribbean that blends African heritage with local carnival celebrations.
- [Mezuzah](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mezuzah), Israel: A parchment scroll with Hebrew verses placed in a case on the doorposts of Jewish homes.
- [Melasti](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/melasti), Indonesia: A Balinese Hindu purification ritual held at the sea before Nyepi to cleanse sacred objects and people.
- [Kumpo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kumpo), Senegal: A palm-leaf figure of the Diola, danced at village festivals to urge good conduct
- [Najeonchilgi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/najeonchilgi), South Korea: A Korean craft of inlaying mother-of-pearl onto lacquered wood to create decorative objects.
- [Mani stone](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mani-stone), Nepal: Inscribed stones placed along trails in Tibetan Buddhist regions as devotional offerings.
- [Koru](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/koru), New Zealand: A spiral from the silver fern, central to Māori carving, painting and tattoo
- [Pasola](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/pasola), Indonesia: A ritual horseback spear contest in western Sumba marking the rice-planting season
- [Music of Kiribati](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/music-of-kiribati), Kiribati: Chant, body percussion, songs and dances of the islands of Kiribati
- [Panchavadyam](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/panchavadyam), India: A Kerala temple orchestra of five instruments that builds rhythm from slow to fast over two hours
- [Nemawashi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/nemawashi), Japan: The Japanese practice of building quiet consensus before an official decision
- [Pangalay](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/pangalay), Philippines: A traditional fingernail dance of the Tausūg and Bajau peoples in the Sulu Archipelago and Sabah.
- [Tufo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tufo), Mozambique: A women's dance of northern Mozambique, performed at Islamic feasts to drums and song
- [Sweat lodge](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sweat-lodge), United States: A purification ceremony kept by Indigenous peoples of the Americas using a heated hut and steam.
- [Chacarera](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/chacarera), Argentina: A partner dance and folk music genre from Argentina's north-west, known for its distinctive rhythm and courtship steps.
- [Cure Salée](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/cure-salee), Niger: A yearly gathering of Tuareg and Wodaabe nomads in In-Gall to mark the end of the rainy season.
- [Jounen Kwéyòl](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/jounen-kweyol), Saint Lucia: A day of Creole food, music and dress in Saint Lucia and Dominica, kept each October
- [Apple bobbing](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/apple-bobbing), United Kingdom: A Halloween game where players try to catch floating apples with their teeth.
- [Samovar](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/samovar), Russia: A heated urn that brews tea for a slow, sociable pour, from Russia to Iran and Kashmir
- [Ka Mate](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ka-mate), New Zealand: A Māori haka of life and survival, composed by Te Rauparaha and performed by New Zealand teams.
- [Night markets in Taiwan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/night-markets-in-taiwan), Taiwan: Street markets that open at sunset across Taiwan, selling snacks, drinks and goods
- [Ngalawa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ngalawa), Tanzania: A traditional double-outrigger sailing canoe of the Swahili coast
- [Buekorps](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/buekorps), Norway: Youth marching groups of Bergen's neighbourhoods, with drums, banners and a May parade
- [Butter lamp](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/butter-lamp), China: A lit candle made from clarified yak butter, kept in Tibetan Buddhist temples to aid meditation and symbolize enlightenm
- [Jaanipäev](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/st-john-s-day-estonia), Estonia: An Estonian midsummer festival marking the shortest night with bonfires, songs and independence memories.
- [Yahrzeit](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/yahrzeit), Israel: A Jewish death anniversary marked by prayer and a burning candle to honour the departed.
- [Sawdust carpet](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sawdust-carpet), Mexico: Colored sawdust designs laid on streets to greet religious processions in Latin America and beyond.
- [Vodun Days](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/vodun-days), Benin: A Benin public holiday on January 10 honoring the Vodoun religion with rituals and community gatherings.
- [Mudik](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mudik), Indonesia: Indonesians head home to family before Lebaran, in the year's biggest journey
- [Ahidus](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ahidus), Morocco: A collective Berber dance and song tradition from the Atlas Mountains of Morocco.
- [Shadow play](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/shadow-play), China: A storytelling art using flat puppets and light to cast moving silhouettes on a screen.
- [St. Mary's Trumpet Call](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/st-mary-s-trumpet-call), Poland: A five-note bugle call played hourly from the tower of St. Mary's Church in Kraków, Poland.
- [Legong](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/legong), Indonesia: A refined Balinese dance of intricate finger movements and expressive gestures, kept in Indonesia.
- [Jack-o'-lantern](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/jack-o-lantern), Ireland: A carved pumpkin lantern lit with a candle to brighten and protect Halloween nights
- [Hygge](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/hygge), Denmark: A Danish word for unhurried time at home with others, kept with candles and cooking
- [Baião](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/baiao-music), Brazil: A syncopated folk rhythm and partnered dance from northeastern Brazil
- [Name day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/name-day), Greece: A calendar tradition where people celebrate the feast day of the saint after whom they are named.
- [Inti](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/inti), Peru: The Inca sun deity, honoured with temples, offerings and the June festival Inti Raymi
- [Stammtisch](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/stammtisch), Germany: A weekly gathering of regulars at a reserved table in a pub or restaurant for conversation and community.
- [Morenada](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/morenada), Bolivia: A Bolivian folk dance featuring heavy masks and rattling instruments, performed in festivals across the Andes.
- [Qawwali](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/qawwali), Pakistan: Devotional Sufi singing from South Asia, led by hereditary parties at shrines
- [Fête de la Musique](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/fete-de-la-musique), France: An annual celebration where people play music in public spaces on the summer solstice.
- [Haka](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/haka), New Zealand: A ceremonial dance of the Māori people in New Zealand, performed with vigorous movement and chant for welcome, mourning,
- [Bhangra](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bhangra), India: A Punjabi harvest dance, first kept by farmers and now performed worldwide
- [Bandura](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bandura), Ukraine: A Ukrainian plucked string instrument played to accompany epic songs and folk ballads
- [Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/rockefeller-center-christmas-tree), United States: A towering spruce lit annually in New York City to mark the start of the holiday season.
- [Vasaloppet](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/vasaloppet), Sweden: A 90 km cross-country ski race from Sälen to Mora, run every March since 1922
- [Spirit house](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/spirit-house), Thailand: A small roofed shrine on a pillar, kept in homes and villages across Southeast Asia to honour protective spirits.
- [Caffè](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/coffee-in-italy), Italy: Italy's daily coffee habit: espresso taken standing at the bar, and moka coffee at home
- [Kuduro](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kuduro), Angola: An energetic Angolan music and dance style born in Luanda that mixes African rhythms with electronic beats.
- [Zajal](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/zajal), Lebanon: Half-sung Arabic poetry in colloquial speech, traded as a duel between improvising poets
- [Forró](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/forro), Brazil: Music, dance and party from Brazil's Northeast, with accordion, triangle and zabumba drum
- [Maracatu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/maracatu), Brazil: A set of Afro-Brazilian performance traditions from Pernambuco and Ceará featuring drumming, dance, and royal pageantry.
- [Kizomba](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kizomba), Angola: A close, slow couple dance from Angola, named after a Kimbundu word for party
- [Lord Mayor's Show](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/lord-mayor-s-show), United Kingdom: An annual civic parade in London marking the inauguration of the Lord Mayor with a procession and pageantry.
- [Whakapapa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/whakapapa), New Zealand: Māori genealogy, recited to place a person among ancestors, land and tribe
- [Tisha B'Av](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tisha-b-av), Israel: A solemn fast day in July or August to mourn the destruction of the Jerusalem Temples and other Jewish tragedies.
- [Karyenda](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/karyenda), Burundi: A sacred drum of Burundi that symbolized the monarchy and announced royal events.
- [Divali Nagar](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/divali-nagar), Trinidad and Tobago: An annual cultural exposition in Trinidad and Tobago celebrating Hindu traditions during the Diwali season.
- [Paithani](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/paithani), India: A handwoven silk sari from Maharashtra, with a squared border and a peacock pallu
- [Marae](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/marae), New Zealand: A cleared, sacred gathering place at the heart of Māori and Polynesian community life
- [Ayni](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ayni), Peru: Giving and receiving as a duty, kept by Andean communities
- [Maculelê](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/maculele-stick-dance), Brazil: An Afro-Brazilian stick dance from Bahia that blends rhythm, mock combat, and song.
- [Mudhif](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mudhif), Iraq: A traditional reed guest house kept by the Ahwari people of southern Iraq for ceremonies and hospitality.
- [Habesha coffee ceremony](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/coffee-ceremony-of-ethiopia-and-eritrea), Ethiopia: A daily ritual of roasting, grinding and serving coffee to welcome guests in Ethiopia and Eritrea
- [Senegalese wrestling](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/senegalese-wrestling), Senegal: A striking folk wrestling sport from Senegal that blends combat with oral poetry and music.
- [Basque festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/basque-festival), United States: Gatherings of dance, sport and food that keep Basque culture alive far from home
- [Water lantern](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/water-lantern), India: Small lamps floated on water to honour the dead and ask for good fortune
- [ʻIe tōga](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ie-toga), Samoa: Precious woven mats exchanged in Samoan ceremonies to honor family ties and chiefly status.
- [Buraanbur](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/buraanbur), Somalia: A traditional Somali poetic form composed by women, recited with drums and dance at weddings and gatherings.
- [Coupé-décalé](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/coupe-decale), France: Ivorian dance music of club nights, flamboyant dress and money thrown to the crowd
- [Trunk-or-treating](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/trunk-or-treating), United States: A safer Halloween alternative where treats are handed out from decorated car trunks in parking lots.
- [Tinikling](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tinikling), Philippines: A Philippine folk dance where dancers step between clapping bamboo poles
- [Satsang](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/satsang), India: Sitting in the company of truth, to hear, sing and meditate in northern India
- [Picnic](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/picnic), France: A meal taken outdoors in a park or scenic spot, often shared with friends and family.
- [Chinese opera](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/chinese-opera), China: A sung, danced and acrobatic theatre from China, in over a hundred regional styles
- [Vejigante](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/vejigante), Puerto Rico: A masked folkloric character in Puerto Rican festivals, wearing ornate masks and performing a role of mischief or resist
- [Holy Fire](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/holy-fire), Israel: A fire ceremony in Jerusalem each year, kept by Orthodox Christians before Easter
- [Australian rules football](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/australian-rules-football), Australia: A fast, high-scoring code of football with 18 players a side, first played in Melbourne
- [Moriones Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/moriones-festival), Philippines: A Holy Week reenactment in Marinduque where masked participants search for the Roman centurion Longinus.
- [World Nomad Games](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/world-nomad-games), Kyrgyzstan: A two-yearly contest of Central Asian nomadic sports, first staged in Kyrgyzstan in 2014
- [Nazar battu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/nazar-battu), India: A protective custom in South Asia using deliberate flaws or charms to deflect the evil eye.
- [Jaanipäev](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/jaanipaev), Estonia: Estonia's midsummer night of bonfires, song and fortune-telling, on 23 and 24 June
- [Barn raising](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/barn-raising), United States: A communal tradition where neighbours assemble to erect a farm barn in a few days
- [Kandyan dance](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kandyan-dance), Sri Lanka: The sacred dance of Sri Lanka's hill country, kept in temple and on the stage
- [Mesoamerican ballgame](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mesoamerican-ballgame), Mexico: An ancient Mesoamerican ball game, struck with the hips on stone courts
- [World Eskimo-Indian Olympics](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/world-eskimo-indian-olympics), United States: An annual Arctic gathering of traditional survival games, athletics, and cultural arts
- [Mishloach manot](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mishloach-manot), Israel: Food parcels exchanged on Purim, so everyone has plenty for the day's festive meal
- [Giddha](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/giddha), India: A lively circle dance of women from the Punjab region, performed with clapping and call-and-response songs.
- [Celadon](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/celadon), China: Green-glazed pottery first made in China, valued for colours that echo jade
- [Fleadh Cheoil](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/fleadh-cheoil), Ireland: An annual gathering of Irish traditional music and dance, featuring competitions, public sessions, and concerts across I
- [Jongo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/jongo), Brazil: A nightlong dance and music gathering kept by Afro-Brazilian communities in the southeast of Brazil.
- [Tauʻolunga](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tau-olunga), Tonga: A Tongan dance of hand gestures and steady eyes, performed by young women at weddings
- [Dreidel](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dreidel), Israel: A four-sided top spun for small stakes, most often by Jewish families at Hanukkah
- [Up Helly Aa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/up-helly-aa), United Kingdom: A Shetland fire festival with torch processions and a burning Viking ship to close the winter season.
- [Adinkra symbols](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/adinkra-symbols), Ghana: Symbols of the Akan people, stamped on cloth, each one carrying a proverb
- [Kenduri](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kenduri), Indonesia: A communal prayer meal and gathering shared across Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei
- [Fortune-telling](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/fortune-telling), United States: Reading cards, palms or tea leaves to tell a client what may lie ahead
- [Pencak silat](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/pencak-silat), Indonesia: Indonesia's many schools of full-body fighting, with strikes, locks, throws and blades
- [Day of the Vow](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/day-of-the-vow), South Africa: A religious public holiday in South Africa kept by Afrikaners to honour a vow made before the Battle of Blood River.
- [Uma Lulik](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/uma-lulik), Timor-Leste: Sacred ancestral clan houses and ritual shrines in East Timor
- [Paraguayan harp](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/paraguayan-harp), Paraguay: Paraguay's national harp, strung with 32 to 46 strings and plucked with long fingernails
- [Wampum](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/wampum), United States: Shell beads woven into belts by Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands for record-keeping and ceremony.
- [Ewe drumming](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ewe-drumming), Ghana: The drum ensembles of the Ewe people, with iron bells, rattles and talking drums
- [Waka](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/waka-canoe), New Zealand: Traditional Māori canoes used for fishing, transport, and ceremony, built from single logs or stitched planks.
- [Rara](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/rara-music), Haiti: A Haitian street music of bamboo trumpets and drums, played in the Easter season
- [Songline](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/songline), Australia: A navigational and spiritual path across Australia that links ancestral stories to the physical landscape.
- [White Sunday](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/white-sunday), Samoa: A Samoan holiday honoring children with church services, white clothing, and family gatherings on the second Sunday of O
- [Greasy pole](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/greasy-pole), Italy: A slippery pole climbed, walked or crossed to win a prize at the top or the far end
- [State of the Union address](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/state-of-the-union), United States: The US president's yearly report to Congress and the nation, given in the House chamber
- [Miko](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/miko), Japan: A woman who serves at a Shinto shrine, dancing, cleansing and helping with rites
- [Agbadza](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/agbadza), Ghana: An Ewe music and dance, born of war songs and kept for funerals, weddings and festivals
- [Banush](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/banosh), Ukraine: A Carpathian cornmeal porridge cooked with sour cream and savoury toppings
- [Friday the 13th](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/friday-the-13th), United States: A Western folk superstition regarding the unluckiness of a Friday falling on the 13th.
- [Ulos](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ulos), Indonesia: A hand-woven textile of the Batak people in Indonesia, worn for warmth and ceremony.
- [Glove puppetry](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/glove-puppetry), China: A traditional theatre of cloth-bodied puppets with carved wooden heads and live music
- [Tzitzit](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tzitzit), Israel: Knotted ritual fringes worn on a four-cornered garment, a reminder of the commandments
- [Ghazal](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ghazal), India: A short rhyming poem of love and parting, recited and sung from Arabia to South Asia
- [Holmenkollen Ski Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/holmenkollen-ski-festival), Norway: An annual Nordic skiing festival at Holmenkollen in Oslo, held each March since 1892
- [Khareef](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/khareef), Oman: The monsoon season of Dhofar and Al Mahrah, welcomed with a festival in Salalah
- [Sauti za Busara](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sauti-za-busara), Tanzania: A February meeting of musicians in Zanzibar's Old Fort
- [Zaffa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/zaffa), Egypt: A musical wedding procession common in Arab cultures, featuring music and dancing.
- [Hunting with eagles](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/hunting-with-eagles), Mongolia: The Central Asian tradition of hunting foxes and hares from horseback with golden eagles.
- [Thai solar calendar](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/thai-solar-calendar), Thailand: The official solar calendar of Thailand, numbered in the Buddhist Era
- [Raslila](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/raslila), India: A traditional Indian dance and folk theatre performance depicting the divine love of Krishna and the gopis.
- [Yoruba naming ceremony](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/yoruba-name), Nigeria: A rite of passage where a newborn receives a destiny name through divination and family celebration.
- [Handshake](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/handshake), Greece: A brief clasp of hands to greet, part or seal a deal, with local rules on how it is done
- [Ihram](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ihram), Saudi Arabia: A sacred state and simple dress that Muslims enter for Hajj and Umrah
- [Jana Gana Mana](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/jana-gana-mana), India: India's national anthem, from a Bengali hymn of 1911, sung at civic occasions
- [Ñandutí](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/nanduti), Paraguay: Paraguayan needle lace named for a spider's web, worked in thread and cut free
- [Georgian polyphonic singing](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/music-of-georgia-country), Georgia: Several voices at once, sung without instruments at Georgian feasts and weddings
- [Dan mask](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dan-masks), Liberia: A sacred wooden mask worn by the Dan people of Liberia to embody forest spirits during masquerade.
- [Conclave](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/conclave), Vatican City: Cardinals sealed in the Sistine Chapel, voting until two thirds agree on a new pope
- [Linđo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/lin-o), Croatia: A circle dance from Dubrovnik played to the lijerica, where a leader sets the rhythm and calls the steps.
- [Pulikali](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/pulikali), India: Painted tigers and leopards dance through Thrissur on the fourth day of Onam
- [Chota Char Dham](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/chota-char-dham), India: Four Himalayan shrines in Uttarakhand, visited in one season each year
- [Garma Festival of Traditional Cultures](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/garma-festival-of-traditional-cultures), Australia: A four-day cultural gathering in northeast Arnhem Land celebrating Yolngu traditions and fostering two-way learning.
- [Rarájipari](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/rarajipari), Mexico: A traditional endurance running ball game of the Rarámuri people in northern Mexico
- [Bark painting](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bark-painting), Australia: Ochre pictures on flattened tree bark, an Aboriginal art form of northern Australia
- [Kgotla](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kgotla), Botswana: A village meeting and customary court in Botswana, led by the chief
- [Karuta](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/karuta), Japan: Japanese playing cards from the 16th century, still raced over poems each New Year
- [Zouglou](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/zouglou), Ivory Coast: A dance-led music style from Ivory Coast, sung in street slang and local languages
- [Minnesota State Fair](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/minnesota-state-fair), United States: Minnesota's twelve-day fair of farm animals, contests and food, ending on Labor Day
- [Tamalada](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tamalada), Mexico: A gathering where tamales are the main dish or a communal tamale-making party in Mexican and Hispanic cultures.
- [Talking stick](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/talking-stick), United States: A carved staff that shows who may speak at a Northwest Coast gathering
- [Hakata Gion Yamakasa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/hakata-gion-yamakasa), Japan: A July festival in Fukuoka featuring heavy float races through the streets of Hakata.
- [Combat de Reines](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/combat-de-reines), Switzerland: An annual Swiss pushing contest where Hérens cows compete for herd dominance
- [Vėlinės](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/velines), Lithuania: A Lithuanian remembrance day honouring deceased souls with cemetery prayers and candles
- [Dragon dance](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dragon-dance), China: A long dragon puppet on poles, danced by a team at Chinese New Year and other festivals
- [Penjor](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/penjor), Indonesia: A curved bamboo pole decorated with leaves and offerings, raised in Bali to mark Galungan and invite prosperity.
- [Second line](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/second-line-parades), United States: A New Orleans parade where clubs march and a crowd dances along behind the band
- [Theyyam](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/theyyam), India: A sacred ritual dance and divine invocation from North Malabar in India
- [Tush kyiz](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tush-kyiz), Kyrgyzstan: An embroidered wall hanging made for a child's wedding in Kyrgyz and Kazakh homes
- [Cueca](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/cueca), Chile: A courtship dance of Chile and the Andes where partners trace circles with handkerchiefs to mimic a rooster and hen.
- [Bomba](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bomba-puerto-rico), Puerto Rico: A Puerto Rican music and dance tradition where the drummer follows the dancer in a rhythmic dialogue.
- [Archery in Bhutan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/archery-in-bhutan), Bhutan: Bhutan's national sport, played with bamboo bows at targets 145 metres away
- [Batok](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/batok), Philippines: Indigenous Filipino tattooing, once worn as dress, rank and a rite of passage
- [Baci](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/baci), Laos: A Lao rite that calls the soul home and ties a thread on the wrist for good luck
- [Chaabi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/chaabi), Morocco: A North African music and dance tradition meaning 'of the people', played at weddings and festivals.
- [Khatam](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/khatam), Iran: A Persian inlay craft that builds geometric patterns from thousands of tiny cut pieces
- [Talchum](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/talchum), South Korea: A Korean mask dance drama in which masked actors sing, dance and mock the powerful
- [Ikebana](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ikebana), Japan: The Japanese art of arranging cut branches and flowers in a vessel
- [Talofa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/talofa), Samoa: The Samoan hello and goodbye, also heard in Tuvalu and on Lifou
- [Gombey](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/gombey), Bermuda: A Bermudian masquerade of dance and drumming with African and British roots
- [Chikankari](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/chikankari), India: Delicate hand embroidery from Lucknow, India, featuring white-on-white floral patterns and intricate shadow-work stitche
- [Sand pagoda](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sand-pagoda), Myanmar: Temporary sand or mud structures built by Theravada Buddhists to cultivate merit and honor the Buddha.
- [Nkisi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/nkisi), Republic of the Congo: Spiritual vessels and figures crafted to channel ancestral power, healing and justice
- [Gumboot dance](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/gumboot-dance), South Africa: A percussive South African dance born in the mines, performed in Wellington boots to communicate and celebrate.
- [Ema](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ema-shinto), Japan: Small wooden plaques left at Japanese shrines and temples for prayers and wishes.
- [South Asian truck art](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/truck-art-in-south-asia), Pakistan: The craft of painting and adorning cargo trucks and buses across India and Pakistan.
- [Morris dance](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/morris-dance), United Kingdom: A rhythmic English folk dance performed in costume with bells, sticks and handkerchiefs
- [Feast of the Seven Fishes](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/feast-of-the-seven-fishes), United States: An Italian-American Christmas Eve seafood dinner marking abstinence from meat.
- [Khordad Sal](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/khordad-sal), Iran: A Zoroastrian festival marking the birth of the prophet Zarathushtra with prayers and feasts.
- [Nakamal](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/nakamal), Vanuatu: A traditional meeting house in Vanuatu for community gatherings and the drinking of kava.
- [Jesa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/jesa), South Korea: A Korean ancestral memorial ceremony held on death anniversaries and major holidays.
- [Bihu dance](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bihu-dance), India: A folk dance from Assam that celebrates spring, fertility and the new year with energetic movement and music.
- [Jingle dress](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/jingle-dress), United States: A healing dance and regalia worn by First Nations women at pow wows across North America.
- [Kambala](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kambala), India: An annual traditional buffalo race across muddy paddy fields in southwestern India
- [Plena](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/plena), Puerto Rico: Puerto Rican folk songs and dance sharing community news with rhythmic frame drums
- [Yowlah](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/yowlah), United Arab Emirates: A traditional stick and sword dance of the UAE and Oman, performed at weddings and celebrations.
- [Rakugo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/rakugo), Japan: Japanese solo comic storytelling told from a cushion using a fan and a cloth
- [Semba](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/semba), Angola: A traditional style of music and partner dance from Angola
- [Cante jondo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/cante-jondo), Spain: A solemn and profound vocal tradition of Andalusian flamenco song.
- [Pub quiz](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/pub-quiz), United Kingdom: A weekly social trivia game played by teams at tables in pubs and bars
- [Horon](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/horon), Turkey: Line dances of Turkey's eastern Black Sea coast, danced with shaking shoulders
- [Kopitiam](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kopitiam), Malaysia: A neighbourhood coffee shop where Southeast Asians share meals, drinks and news
- [Glastonbury Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/glastonbury-festival), United Kingdom: A five-day summer performing arts festival held on Somerset farmland
- [Hanji](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/korean-paper), South Korea: The Korean craft of making durable paper from mulberry fiber and root mucilage.
- [Christmas carol](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/christmas-carol), United Kingdom: Festive songs and hymns sung during the Christmas season and door to door
- [Dewaniya](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dewaniya), Kuwait: An evening gathering and reception central to Kuwaiti social, business, and civic life
- [Kokeshi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kokeshi), Japan: Hand-turned Japanese wooden dolls painted with floral designs and slender faces
- [Wharenui](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/wharenui), New Zealand: A Māori carved communal meeting house at the centre of tribal life in New Zealand
- [Raivaru](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/raivaru), Maldives: Unaccompanied Maldivian singing built on intricate syllable and verse patterns
- [Traditional tattooing](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/history-of-tattooing), Egypt: The ancient custom of marking the skin for protection, healing, status and sacred rites
- [Music of Tuvalu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/music-of-tuvalu), Tuvalu: Rhythmic storytelling dances and choral singing from the Polynesian atolls of Tuvalu
- [Phulkari](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/phulkari), India: Geometric and floral threadwork embroidered by Punjabi women on handwoven cotton.
- [Sirtaki](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sirtaki), Greece: A Greek folk dance created for a 1964 film that blends slow and fast rhythms into a single performance.
- [Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kishiwada-danjiri-matsuri), Japan: A high-speed festival of wooden shrine floats pulled through Kishiwada, Japan
- [Ardah](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ardah), Saudi Arabia: A traditional Arabian group dance of facing lines, drums, poetry, and swords
- [Sean-nós singing](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sean-nos-singing), Ireland: An unaccompanied, highly ornamented style of traditional Irish folk singing
- [Zamba](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/zamba-artform), Argentina: A graceful Argentine couple dance of circling steps and fluttering white handkerchiefs
- [Gut](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/gut), South Korea: Sacred rites of song, dance, and spirit communion performed by Korean shamans
- [Vyshyvanka Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/vyshyvanka-day), Ukraine: An annual day for wearing traditional Ukrainian embroidered shirts across the world
- [April Fools' Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/april-fools-day), United Kingdom: An annual day of lighthearted pranks, hoaxes and teasing kept on the first of April
- [Irish traditional music](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/irish-traditional-music), Ireland: A living folk practice of dance tunes, airs, songs and communal pub sessions
- [Aomori Nebuta Matsuri](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/aomori-nebuta-matsuri), Japan: A summer festival in Aomori featuring large warrior floats and dancing participants.
- [Navajo weaving](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/navajo-weaving), United States: Handwoven wool textiles and rugs made on continuous warps by Navajo artisans
- [Faroese chain dance](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/faroese-chain-dance), Denmark: A living medieval chain dance guided by sung ballads in the Faroe Islands
- [Capoeira](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/capoeira), Brazil: An Afro-Brazilian martial art and musical game played inside a circle
- [Dandiya Raas](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dandiya-raas), India: A stick dance from Gujarat performed in pairs during the festival of Navaratri
- [Oberek](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/oberek), Poland: A rapid Polish spinning dance in triple metre with athletic lifts and jumps
- [Tivaevae](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tivaevae), New Zealand: A traditional Polynesian art of artistic quilting made by women for gifts and ceremonies.
- [Pindapata](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/pindapata), Japan: A Buddhist almsround where monks walk through towns to receive food and necessities from laypeople.
- [Sega](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sega-genre), Mauritius: A music and dance tradition from Mauritius and Réunion with Afro-Malagasy roots.
- [Punta rock](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/punta-rock), Belize: A fast-paced Garifuna dance music mixing traditional percussion with electric guitars
- [Calabar Carnival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/calabar-carnival), Nigeria: An annual December street festival and cultural gathering held in Calabar, Nigeria
- [Ngillatun](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ngillatun), Chile: A communal Mapuche rite of prayer, sacrifice and dance to maintain cosmic balance
- [Camino de Santiago](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/camino-de-santiago), Spain: A Christian walking pilgrimage across Europe to the shrine of Saint James in Spain
- [Manchu-Han Imperial Feast](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/manchu-han-imperial-feast), China: A grand multi-day banquet uniting Manchu and Han culinary traditions in China
- [Mokorotlo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mokorotlo), Lesotho: A conical straw hat that serves as the national symbol of Lesotho and a key element of Basotho traditional dress.
- [Siesta](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/siesta), Spain: A short afternoon rest or sleep taken after the midday meal
- [Krewe](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/krewe), United States: Carnival clubs that stage parades, balls, and pageantry along the Gulf Coast
- [Dhaanto](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dhaanto), Somalia: A Somali folk dance and music style used for morale and celebration in the Horn of Africa.
- [Andalusi classical music](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/andalusi-classical-music), Morocco: A classical suite of vocal and instrumental music shared across North Africa
- [Nat worship](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/nat-deity), Myanmar: Veneration of guardian spirits and nature deities alongside Buddhism in Myanmar
- [Face](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/face-sociological-concept), China: The shared social etiquette of honour, dignity and mutual respect across cultures
- [Dhrupad](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dhrupad), India: The foundational vocal and instrumental classical music tradition of northern India
- [Mongolian wrestling](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mongolian-wrestling), Mongolia: A traditional folk wrestling style of the Mongols, kept as a central part of Naadam festivals across Mongolia and neighb
- [Kendo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kendo), Japan: A Japanese martial art of swordsmanship using bamboo swords and protective armour
- [Surf lifesaving](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/surf-lifesaving), Australia: A volunteer beach rescue and ocean sports tradition originating on Australian coasts.
- [Pontifical Swiss Guard](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/swiss-guard), Vatican City: The Swiss military corps charged with guarding the Pope and the Apostolic Palace
- [Torii](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/torii), Japan: A traditional Japanese gate marking the entrance to a Shinto shrine and separating the sacred from the mundane.
- [Berber carpet](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/berber-carpet), Tunisia: Hand-woven wool rugs crafted by Amazigh communities across North Africa
- [Hiragasy](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/hiragasy), Madagascar: A day-long Malagasy highland tradition of song, dance, and poetic speech competitions
- [Cicchetti](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/cicchetti), Italy: A Venetian custom of small counter snacks enjoyed with a glass of local white wine
- [Ogoh-ogoh](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ogoh-ogoh), Indonesia: Giant handcrafted statues paraded and burned on the eve of the Balinese Saka New Year
- [Fire temple](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/fire-temple), India: A consecrated sanctuary where Zoroastrians tend sacred fires and gather for worship
- [Kora](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kora-instrument), Gambia: A 21-string West African harp-lute played by hereditary storytellers and bards
- [Salsa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/salsa-q189825), United States: A lively Latin partner dance rooted in Afro-Caribbean rhythms and social dance traditions
- [Cuju](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/cuju), China: An ancient Chinese kicking game played without hands using a stuffed or air-filled ball
- [Mumming](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mummers), United Kingdom: A medieval European custom of masked house-to-house visits, performances and seasonal revelry.
- [Fady](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/fady-taboo), Madagascar: A system of cultural taboos in Madagascar that regulate daily life and spiritual practice.
- [Finnish sauna](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/finnish-sauna), Finland: A weekly bathing ritual of steam and heat, central to Finnish life and wellbeing.
- [Tallit](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tallit), Israel: A four-cornered Jewish prayer shawl with ritual fringes worn during worship
- [Saint Patrick's Day in the United States](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/saint-patrick-s-day-in-the-united-states), United States: An annual celebration of Irish heritage across America with parades, feasts and green dye
- [Egungun](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/egungun), Nigeria: Yoruba ancestral masquerades bringing blessings, counsel and moral renewal
- [Armenian carpet](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/armenian-carpet), Armenia: A handwoven textile tradition of knotted pile rugs and sacred geometric symbols
- [Trobriand cricket](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/trobriand-cricket), Papua New Guinea: Cricket as played in the Trobriand Islands, with chants, dances and a feast
- [Taiwanese opera](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/taiwanese-opera), Taiwan: A Taiwanese theatrical art of Hokkien balladry, stylized staging, and expressive song.
- [Feng shui](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/feng-shui), China: The Chinese spatial practice of aligning homes and graves with natural energy
- [Kuba textiles](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kuba-textiles), Democratic Republic of the Congo: Elaborate raffia cloths from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, known for their complex geometric embroidery and velv
- [Mizmar](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mizmar-instrument), Egypt: A traditional double-reed instrument and drum ensemble for weddings and folk dances
- [Pandanggo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/pandanggo), Philippines: A lively Philippine folk dance of quick steps, clapping and balanced lights
- [Irish stepdance](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/irish-stepdance), Ireland: A percussive dance form with swift, intricate footwork and an upright torso
- [Charro tradition](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/charro), Mexico: The equestrian skills, formal attire and rodeo arts of the Mexican horseman.
- [Curanto](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/curanto), Chile: A traditional earth oven feast of seafood, meat, and potatoes from Chiloé, Chile
- [Coronation of the Thai monarch](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/coronation-of-the-thai-monarch), Thailand: A consecration ceremony blending Hindu and Buddhist rites to formally install the King of Thailand.
- [Arnis](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/arnis), Philippines: The national martial art of the Philippines using sticks, bladed weapons and open hands
- [Siva Samoa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/siva-samoa), Samoa: A graceful Samoan dance marked by subtle, expressive arm and hand movements
- [Yūzen](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/yuzen), Japan: A Japanese resist-dyeing craft that creates painterly patterns on fine kimono
- [Guanxi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/guanxi), China: A Chinese tradition of cultivating trusted networks and reciprocal obligations
- [Shell money](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/shell-money), Papua New Guinea: Traditional currency made from cowries, ground clam beads, and carved sea shells
- [Shehnai](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/shehnai), India: A traditional reed instrument played at weddings and temple festivals across India
- [Omikuji](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/o-mikuji), Japan: Paper fortunes drawn at Japanese shrines and temples to consult divine guidance
- [Kyūdō](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kyudo), Japan: The Japanese martial art of archery, practiced with an asymmetrical longbow
- [Super Bowl](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/super-bowl), United States: The annual championship game of American professional football, held every February.
- [Village Halloween Parade](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/new-york-s-village-halloween-parade), United States: An annual costumed puppetry march through Greenwich Village on Halloween night
- [Prayer wheel](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/prayer-wheel), China: A cylindrical wheel spun in Tibetan Buddhist practice to accumulate merit and wisdom
- [Indian national calendar](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/indian-national-calendar), India: India's official civil solar calendar, designed to bring unity to timekeeping
- [Danza de los Viejitos](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/danza-de-los-viejitos), Mexico: A Purépecha masked dance honouring the sun and the four elements in Michoacán
- [Kvæði](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kv-i), Iceland: Long narrative ballads sung during traditional chain dances in the Faroe Islands
- [Kyōgen](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kyogen), Japan: A traditional Japanese comic theatre of short farces, spoken dialogue and satire
- [Valiha](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/valiha), Madagascar: A bamboo tube zither from Madagascar, played for recreation and spirit rituals
- [Barong](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/barong-mythology), Indonesia: A sacred Balinese masked dance drama depicting the eternal struggle of good and evil
- [Chèo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/cheo), Vietnam: Satirical folk musical theatre performed by village troupes across northern Vietnam
- [Smoking ceremony](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/smoking-ceremony), Australia: An Aboriginal Australian ritual of burning native plants to cleanse, heal and welcome
- [Māori Language Week](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/te-wiki-o-te-reo-maori), New Zealand: An annual nationwide week promoting the learning and use of te reo across New Zealand
- [Pattachitra](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/pattachitra), India: A cloth scroll painting tradition from eastern India featuring mythological stories and folk tales.
- [Akhand Path](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/akhand-path), India: The unbroken, continuous reading of the entire Sikh scripture over two days
- [Medicine wheel](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/medicine-wheel), Canada: Sacred circular stone arrangements built across the plains of North America
- [Bay'ah](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bay-ah), Saudi Arabia: An Islamic oath of allegiance pledged to a ruler or spiritual guide
- [Steelpan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/steelpan), Trinidad and Tobago: A tuned percussion tradition forged from industrial steel containers in Trinidad
- [Tabua](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tabua), Fiji: A polished sperm whale tooth traded as a sacred gift in Fijian ceremonies and negotiations.
- [Warli painting](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/warli-painting), India: Sacred white rice paste murals made on red clay walls in western India
- [National Day Parade](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/national-day-parade), Singapore: Singapore's annual independence day celebration of parades, music and fireworks
- [Majlis](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/majlis), Saudi Arabia: A traditional sitting room and community assembly for hospitality and civic counsel
- [Flag Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/flag-day-united-states), United States: An annual American observance marking the 1777 adoption of the national flag
- [Tibetan prayer flag](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/prayer-flag), Nepal: Colorful cloth banners printed with mantras, hung in high places to spread blessings on the wind.
- [Lalbaugcha Raja](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/lalbaugcha-raja), India: A Mumbai Ganesha festival where millions seek blessings before ocean immersion
- [Stomp dance](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/stomp-dance), United States: A ceremonial night dance kept by Eastern Woodland tribes in the United States and Oklahoma.
- [Tais](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tais), Timor-Leste: Traditional hand-woven cloth of East Timor, worn as dress or used in ceremonies and exchange.
- [Papel picado](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/papel-picado), Mexico: A Mexican folk art of cutting intricate designs into tissue paper for festive and spiritual displays.
- [Vesak](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/vesak), Sri Lanka: A day to honor the birth, awakening, and passing of the Buddha, kept by Buddhists across Asia.
- [Shavuot](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/shavuot), Israel: A late-spring Jewish festival of the wheat harvest and the giving of the Torah
- [Namaste](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/namaste), India: A respectful greeting made with joined palms, spoken in South Asia and beyond
- [Mid-Autumn Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mid-autumn-festival), China: An annual harvest festival celebrating family reunions, full moons and mooncakes
- [Bastille Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bastille-day), France: France's national day marking the storming of the Bastille and the unity of the people on 14 July.
- [Hanami](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/hanami), Japan: A Japanese spring custom of gathering under blooming cherry trees to eat, drink, and celebrate the fleeting beauty of th
- [Isra and Mi'raj](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/isra-and-mi-raj), Indonesia: An Islamic observance marking the prophet Muhammad’s night journey and ascent through the heavens.
- [Maslenitsa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/maslenitsa), Russia: A seven-day Eastern Slavic festival of pancakes and bonfires marking the end of winter before Lent.
- [Our Lady of Guadalupe](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/our-lady-of-guadalupe), Mexico: A Marian apparition to Juan Diego in Mexico City in December 1531, celebrated on December 12.
- [Navaratri](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/navaratri), India: A nine-night Hindu festival honoring the goddess Durga and her nine forms through prayer, fasting, and dance.
- [Maha Shivaratri](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/maha-shivaratri), India: A Hindu night of fasting and vigil dedicated to Shiva, marking his divine union with Parvati.
- [Christmas market](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/christmas-market), Germany: A seasonal street market held during Advent in German-speaking regions and beyond, featuring stalls, food, and crafts.
- [Mardi Gras](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mardi-gras), United States: A festive day of parades and rich foods marking the final celebration before the Christian fasting season of Lent begins
- [Lipizzaner](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/lipizzan), Austria: A gray riding horse breed and centuries-old tradition of classical dressage kept by the Spanish Riding School.
- [Imbolc](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/imbolc), Ireland: A Gaelic festival heralding spring and honoring Saint Brigid with woven rush crosses
- [Presentation of Jesus at the Temple](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/presentation-of-jesus), Israel: A February feast of candles and welcome, kept forty days after Christmas
- [Harissa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/harissa), Tunisia: A spicy chili pepper paste from Tunisia, used as a condiment and ingredient across North Africa.
- [Tapas](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tapas), Spain: Small Spanish snacks or appetizers served hot or cold, often shared among friends.
- [Boxing Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/boxing-day), United Kingdom: A public holiday on 26 December in Commonwealth nations for gifts and shopping.
- [Raksha Bandhan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/raksha-bandhan), India: A Hindu festival where sisters tie a protective thread on their brothers' wrists to honour their bond.
- [Dirndl](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dirndl), Austria: A fitted dress with apron from the German-speaking Alps, worn for festivals and weddings.
- [Yaldā Night](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/yalda-night), Iran: A solstice night of poetry, fruit and family, kept from Iran through Central Asia
- [Advent calendar](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/advent-calendar), Germany: A daily countdown to Christmas using doors, images, or small gifts.
- [St John's Eve](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/saint-john-s-eve), Spain: Bonfires, feasting and worship on the short night before John the Baptist's feast
- [Ganesh Chaturthi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ganesh-chaturthi), India: A Hindu festival celebrating the arrival of Ganesha, marked by clay idols, sweets, and public processions.
- [Canada Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/canada-day), Canada: A national holiday on July 1 that marks the 1867 union of Canadian colonies into a single dominion.
- [Hinamatsuri](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/hinamatsuri), Japan: A March festival in Japan where families display ornamental dolls to pray for the health and happiness of young girls.
- [St. Martin's Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/st-martin-s-day), Germany: A November feast of lantern walks, bonfires, roast goose and new wine
- [Mariachi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mariachi), Mexico: A Mexican string and trumpet music tradition featuring charro attire and communal singing.
- [Kwanzaa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kwanzaa), United States: A seven-day African American celebration of heritage, family and community values
- [Castell](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/castell), Spain: A Catalan tradition of building multi-level human towers at festivals, requiring strength, balance, and community solida
- [Durga Puja](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/durga-puja), India: A ten-day autumn festival honouring the goddess Durga and her victory over evil, kept across eastern India and Banglades
- [Carnival of Venice](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/carnival-of-venice), Italy: A historic festival in Italy famous for elaborate masks and anonymous social gatherings.
- [Qingming Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/qingming-festival), China: A spring custom of sweeping family graves and honouring ancestors across East Asia.
- [Krishna Janmashtami](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/krishna-janmashtami), India: A Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Krishna with fasting, singing and night vigils
- [Buddha's Birthday](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/buddha-s-birthday), India: A festival marking the birth of Siddhartha Gautama, observed across Asia with temple rituals and community gatherings.
- [Festival of San Fermín](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/festival-of-san-fermin), Spain: An annual nine-day festival in Pamplona featuring bull runs, parades, and street music.
- [Pongal](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/pongal), India: Three or four days of boiling rice, garlanded cattle and thanks to the sun
- [Rama Navami](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/rama-navami), India: A Hindu spring festival marking the birth of Rama with prayer, fasting and processions
- [Tanabata](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tanabata), Japan: A Japanese summer star festival of written wishes hung on leafy bamboo.
- [Groundhog Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/groundhog-day), United States: A February ritual where communities watch a groundhog emerge to predict the length of winter.
- [Jiaozi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/jiaozi), China: Crescent Chinese dumplings filled with meat or vegetables, eaten for fortune and feasts
- [Onam](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/onam), India: A ten-day harvest festival in Kerala celebrating the return of King Mahabali with feasts, flower carpets and boat races.
- [Vijayadashami](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/vijayadashami), India: A Hindu festival marking the end of Navaratri, celebrating the victory of good over evil across India and Nepal.
- [Advent wreath](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/advent-wreath), Germany: An evergreen ring of candles lit week by week in the lead-up to Christmas
- [Sabantuy](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sabantuy), Russia: A summer festival of folk sports and feasting celebrated by Tatar, Bashkir, Chuvash, and Kazakh communities.
- [Rite of passage](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/rite-of-passage), United States: A ceremony that marks leaving one group and entering another, with a new status
- [Martin Luther King Jr. Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/martin-luther-king-jr-day), United States: An American federal holiday honouring the civil rights leader with service and remembrance
- [Saint Lucy's Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/saint-lucy-s-day), Sweden: A December festival of light and song held across Scandinavia and Italy to honour a Christian martyr.
- [Vaisakhi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/vaisakhi), India: A spring harvest and new year festival kept across India and Pakistan by Hindus and Sikhs.
- [Makar Sankranti](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/makar-sankranti), India: A mid-winter harvest festival marking the sun's northward journey, celebrated across South and Southeast Asia with fairs
- [Naengmyeon](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/naengmyeon), North Korea: Long buckwheat noodles in icy broth, born in North Korea and eaten most in summer
- [Naadam](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/naadam), Mongolia: A midsummer festival of wrestling, horse racing, and archery kept by Mongols in Mongolia and neighboring regions.
- [Losar](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/losar), Bhutan: The Tibetan Buddhist New Year festival of renewal, offerings, and family feasts
- [King's Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/koningsdag), Netherlands: A Dutch national holiday celebrating the monarch's birthday with street markets and orange attire.
- [Loy Krathong](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/loy-krathong), Thailand: A Thai festival of floating leaf baskets on rivers to honor water and release negativity.
- [Defender of the Fatherland Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/defender-of-the-fatherland-day), Russia: A national holiday honouring military service and male relatives, observed across several post-Soviet states.
- [Ghost Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ghost-festival), China: A full-moon night in the seventh lunar month for feeding ghosts and guiding souls home
- [Qixi Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/qixi-festival), China: A Chinese night of romance, needlecraft wishes and stargazing for two mythic lovers
- [White Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/white-day), Japan: A day on 14 March when men give a return gift to the women who gave them chocolate
- [Kupala Night](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kupala-night), Ukraine: A summer solstice folk festival marked by bonfires, water rituals and herbal gatherings across Eastern Europe.
- [Fat Thursday](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/fat-thursday), Poland: A Thursday before Lent when doughnuts, grilled meat and Carnival take over
- [Saint Nicholas Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/saint-nicholas-day), Belgium: The feast day of Saint Nicholas, kept in Advent with gifts, shoes and church services
- [Constitution Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/constitution-day-norway), Norway: A national public holiday in Norway marked by children's parades, flags, and traditional food.
- [Pohela Boishakh](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/pohela-boishakh), Bangladesh: The Bengali New Year festival marking the spring harvest and the start of the agricultural year.
- [Haenyeo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/haenyeo), South Korea: Female free-divers of Jeju Island who harvest seafood from the ocean.
- [Wake](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/wake), Ireland: A gathering before a funeral, where family and friends keep watch over the dead
- [Ratha Yatra](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ratha-yatra), India: An annual Hindu festival where deities travel through the streets in towering carriages
- [Arabic coffee](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/arabic-coffee), Yemen: A bitter, spiced brew served as a gesture of hospitality across the Arab world.
- [Passover Seder](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/passover-seder), Israel: A ritual meal opening Passover, told over wine, matzah and symbolic foods
- [Fest noz](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/fest-noz), France: A Breton night festival of group dancing and live acoustic music, kept in Brittany and its diaspora.
- [Chaharshanbe Suri](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/chaharshanbe-suri), Iran: An Iranian festival of fire and renewal celebrated on the eve of the final Wednesday before spring.
- [Labor Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/labor-day), United States: A national American holiday honouring the working class with parades and picnics
- [Sama](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sama-sufism), Turkey: A Sufi rite of listening, music and turning, kept by Mevlevi and other Sufi orders
- [Ohi Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ohi-day), Greece: A Greek national holiday on October 28 that marks the refusal of an Italian ultimatum in 1940.
- [National Day of Sweden](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/national-day-of-sweden), Sweden: A public holiday on 6 June marking the election of King Gustav Vasa in 1523.
- [Saint Stephen's Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/saint-stephen-s-day), Ireland: A Christian feast day celebrating the first martyr with feasts, rides and folk customs.
- [Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/armenian-genocide-remembrance-day), Armenia: An annual day of mourning and remembrance for the victims of the 1915 Armenian Genocide.
- [Inti Raymi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/inti-raymi), Peru: A major Andean festival honoring the sun god Inti and marking the winter solstice in Cusco.
- [Pysanka](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/egg-decorating-in-slavic-culture), Ukraine: A wax-resist egg decorating tradition kept by Slavic communities for Easter and spring renewal.
- [Ugadi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ugadi), India: A South Indian New Year feast celebrating life with sweet, sour, and bitter tastes
- [Bloomsday](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bloomsday), Ireland: A celebration of James Joyce and his novel Ulysses, observed on 16 June in Dublin and worldwide.
- [Vidovdan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/vidovdan), Serbia: A Serbian church feast on 28 June, kept in memory of those who died at Kosovo
- [Palio di Siena](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/palio-di-siena), Italy: A bareback horse race held twice a year in Siena's Piazza del Campo, representing the city's historic wards.
- [Sapporo Snow Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sapporo-snow-festival), Japan: A week-long winter festival in Sapporo featuring hundreds of large snow and ice sculptures.
- [Naga Panchami](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/naga-panchami), India: A day of worship for serpent deities and cobras, observed by Hindus, Jains, and Buddhists across South Asia.
- [Ferragosto](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ferragosto), Italy: A public holiday on 15 August marking the Assumption of Mary and the traditional start of the Italian summer break.
- [Slava](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/slava), Serbia: An annual Serbian family feast honouring their patron saint with blessed bread and wine
- [Hogmanay](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/hogmanay), United Kingdom: The Scottish celebration of New Year's Eve and the first days of the new year.
- [Upanayana](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/upanayana), India: A Hindu rite of passage that begins a child's study and marks a second birth
- [Michaelmas](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/michaelmas), Ireland: A Christian festival honouring the archangels, marked by autumn harvest foods and legal terms in the British Isles.
- [Joik](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/joik), Norway: A Sámi song that evokes a person, animal or place instead of telling about them
- [May Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/may-day), Ireland: A traditional European festival welcoming summer with greenery, dances and bonfires
- [Potlatch](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/potlatch), Canada: A ceremonial feast of gift-giving and wealth distribution among First Nations on the Northwest Coast.
- [Independence Day of Finland](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/independence-day-finland), Finland: Finland's national day on 6 December, marked with window candles and a presidential ball
- [Shichi-Go-San](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/shichi-go-san), Japan: A Japanese festival celebrating the growth of three-year-old girls, five-year-old boys, and seven-year-old girls.
- [Veterans Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/veterans-day), United States: A U.S. federal holiday honoring all who have served in the armed forces.
- [Hıdırellez](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/h-d-rellez), Turkey: A spring festival marking the meeting of two prophets, celebrated across Turkey and the Balkans.
- [Setsubun](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/setsubun), Japan: A Japanese ritual of throwing roasted soybeans to banish evil spirits and welcome spring.
- [Sun Dance](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sun-dance), United States: A days-long dance of fasting and sacrifice among the Plains peoples
- [Children's Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/children-s-day-japan), Japan: A Japanese holiday on May fifth celebrating the happiness and growth of children
- [Notting Hill Carnival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/notting-hill-carnival), United Kingdom: An annual London street carnival celebrating British Caribbean culture and music
- [Mehregan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mehregan), Iran: An Iranian autumn festival honoring Mithra, friendship, and the harvest
- [Trooping the Colour](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/trooping-the-colour), United Kingdom: The annual British military parade marking the official birthday of the monarch.
- [Karva Chauth](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/karva-chauth), India: A fasting festival kept by married women in North India and Nepal for the safety of their husbands.
- [Thaipusam](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/thaipusam), India: A Tamil Hindu festival honoring Murugan through devotional burdens and pilgrimage
- [Călușari](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/calusari), Romania: An acrobatic Romanian spring dance and ritual brotherhood tied to folklore and healing
- [Ganggangsullae](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ganggangsullae), South Korea: A Korean harvest dance where women hold hands and sing in circles under the full moon
- [Lohri](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/lohri), India: A northern Indian midwinter festival of evening bonfires, folk songs and harvest foods
- [Golden Week](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/golden-week-japan), Japan: A major Japanese holiday period from late April to early May featuring four public holidays and widespread travel.
- [Chovgan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/chovgan), Iran: An equestrian team sport played with mallets and horses across Iran and Azerbaijan
- [Festa della Repubblica](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/festa-della-repubblica), Italy: Italy's national day marking the 1946 public vote to establish a democratic republic
- [Pakistan Independence Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/independence-day-pakistan), Pakistan: A nationwide summer holiday commemorating the birth of Pakistan on 14 August 1947
- [Gävle goat](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/gavle-goat), Sweden: A towering straw Yule goat built each Advent in the central square of Gävle
- [Highland games](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/highland-games), United Kingdom: A series of Scottish athletic and cultural competitions held in Scotland and across the diaspora.
- [Guru Purnima](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/guru-purnima), India: A sacred South Asian festival honouring spiritual guides, teachers, and mentors
- [Mid-Sha'ban](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mid-sha-ban), Iran: An Islamic night of prayer, remembrance, and seeking divine forgiveness.
- [Chhath Puja](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/chhath), India: A four-day Hindu festival honouring the sun and Chhathi Maiya along riverbanks
- [Whit Monday](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/whit-monday), Germany: The Christian feast and public holiday held on the day after Pentecost
- [Chinese tea culture](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/chinese-tea-culture), China: A centuries-old practice of cultivating, brewing, and sharing tea as a social and spiritual ritual in China.
- [Busójárás](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/busojaras), Hungary: A six-day winter carnival of carved wooden masks, folk music, and parades in Mohács
- [Yule goat](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/yule-goat), Sweden: A straw goat of northern Christmas, once a harvest spirit, now a tree ornament
- [Shemini Atzeret](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/shemini-atzeret), Israel: The eighth day of assembly, kept right after Sukkot with a prayer for rain
- [Christmas in Ukraine](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/christmas-in-ukraine), Ukraine: A Ukrainian Christmas celebration with a twelve-dish vegan supper on Christmas Eve and observance on January 6 or Decemb
- [Nyepi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/nyepi), Indonesia: A Balinese Hindu day of silence, fasting and stillness marking the Saka new year
- [Shraddha](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sraddha), India: Rituals of faith for the ancestors, kept yearly and through Pitru Paksha
- [Yule log](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/yule-log), United Kingdom: A log kept burning on the hearth through the twelve days of Christmas, for luck
- [Bihu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bihu), India: Three annual festivals in Assam marking the new year, crop cycles and harvest with dance, music and feasts.
- [Christkind](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/christkind), Germany: The traditional Christmas Eve gift-bringer across Central Europe and Latin America
- [Saint David's Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/saint-david-s-day), United Kingdom: The national feast day of Wales, marked with parades, poetry contests and daffodils
- [Pitri Paksha](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/pitru-paksha), India: A sixteen-day Hindu period for honoring ancestors through food offerings and rites.
- [Kaiseki](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kaiseki), Japan: A multi-course Japanese dining tradition shaped by tea ceremonies and the seasons
- [Day of the Sun](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/day-of-the-sun), North Korea: North Korea's principal holiday, marking the birth anniversary of Kim Il Sung
- [Hanuman Jayanti](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/hanuman-jayanti), India: A Hindu festival marking the birth of Hanuman with prayers, readings and offerings
- [Ta'ziyeh](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ta-ziyeh), Iran: A ritual drama from Iran that retells the Karbala mourning each Muharram
- [Arirang Mass Games](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/arirang-mass-games), North Korea: A massive civic spectacle of gymnastics, dance, and card stunts in Pyongyang
- [Presidents' Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/presidents-day), United States: An annual American holiday honouring George Washington and the nation's past leaders
- [Heritage Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/heritage-day-south-africa), South Africa: A nationwide South African public holiday honouring the country's diverse cultures
- [Opet Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/opet-festival), Egypt: An ancient Egyptian festival in Thebes celebrating divine kingship and the Nile flood
- [Waitangi Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/waitangi-day), New Zealand: New Zealand's national day remembering the 1840 founding agreement.
- [Double Ninth Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/double-ninth-festival), China: An autumn festival of mountain walks, chrysanthemum wine and ancestor remembrance
- [Mărțișor](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/martisor), Romania: A spring custom of wearing intertwined red and white strings to welcome the new season.
- [Yom HaZikaron](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/yom-hazikaron), Israel: Israel's national day of mourning for fallen soldiers and victims of terrorism.
- [Twelfth Night](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/twelfth-night), United Kingdom: The closing evening of the Christmas season, kept with cake, carols and wassail
- [Tsagaan Sar](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tsagaan-sar), Mongolia: The Mongolian Lunar New Year festival of peace, elders, white foods and renewal
- [Burns supper](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/burns-supper), United Kingdom: A Scottish celebratory meal of haggis, poetry and toasts in honour of Robert Burns
- [Calgary Stampede](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/calgary-stampede), Canada: A ten-day July festival of rodeo, racing, and community breakfasts in Alberta.
- [Pahlevani and zurkhaneh rituals](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/pahlevani-and-zoorkhaneh-rituals), Iran: A traditional Iranian martial art blending calisthenics, wrestling, music and ethics
- [Hatsumōde](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/hatsumode), Japan: The first shrine or temple visit of the Japanese New Year to pray for good fortune
- [Thanksgiving](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/thanksgiving-united-states), United States: An annual American holiday of gratitude, family gatherings and an autumn harvest feast
- [Barranquilla Carnival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/barranquilla-carnival), Colombia: A four-day street festival of music, masquerade and dance in coastal Colombia
- [Dziady](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dziady), Belarus: A Slavic tradition of feeding and welcoming the spirits of ancestors to ensure family fertility and peace.
- [Hoʻoponopono](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ho-oponopono), United States: A Hawaiian family ritual of prayer, confession and forgiveness that sets wrongs right
- [Coming of Age Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/coming-of-age-day), Japan: A Japanese public holiday welcoming new adults with municipal rites and celebrations
- [Gelede](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/gelede), Nigeria: A Yoruba masked dance festival honoring the spiritual power of mothers and social harmony.
- [Rtveli](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/rtveli), Georgia: A Georgian harvest festival marking the grape picking season with feasts and folk songs.
- [Sinjska Alka](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sinjska-alka), Croatia: An annual jousting tournament in Sinj where galloping riders strike a hanging ring
- [Egg rolling](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/egg-rolling), United Kingdom: A spring game of rolling decorated hard-boiled eggs down hills or along lawns
- [Famadihana](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/famadihana), Madagascar: A Malagasy reburial custom where families gather to rewrap and honour their ancestors
- [Antyesti](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/antyesti), India: The traditional Hindu funeral ceremony and final rite of passage
- [Kraków szopka](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/krakow-szopka), Poland: Elaborate Christmas cribs modelled on historic Polish architecture in Kraków
- [Akshaya Tritiya](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/akshaya-tritiya), India: A spring festival of lasting prosperity observed by Hindus and Jains in India.
- [Haft-sin](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/haft-sin), Iran: Seven symbolic items whose Persian names begin with S, set out for Nowruz
- [Hadaka Matsuri](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/hadaka-matsuri), Japan: Japanese festivals where participants clad in loincloths seek luck and purification
- [Christmas cracker](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/christmas-cracker), United Kingdom: A decorative paper tube pulled apart with a bang during Christmas dinner
- [Matariki](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/matariki), New Zealand: The Māori New Year marked by the midwinter rising of the Pleiades cluster
- [Festivity of Saint Blaise](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/festivity-of-saint-blaise-the-patron-of-dubrovnik), Croatia: An annual patron saint festival in Dubrovnik with processions, relics and doves
- [Māgha Pūjā](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/magha-puja), Thailand: A Buddhist holy day honoring monastic unity, moral guidance and spiritual fellowship
- [Kali Puja](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kali-puja), India: A Hindu festival of midnight worship and illuminated shrines honoring the goddess Kali
- [Vardavar](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/vardavar), Armenia: An Armenian midsummer festival where people playfully douse each other with water
- [Midnight Mass](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/midnight-mass), Spain: The first service of Christmas, kept late on Christmas Eve in many Western churches
- [Jidai Matsuri](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/jidai-matsuri), Japan: An autumn costume procession celebrating Kyoto's imperial heritage and history
- [Kartika Purnima](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kartika-purnima), India: A full moon festival of lights and holy baths celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, and Jains across South Asia.
- [Rosenmontag](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/rosenmontag), Germany: The peak of German carnival, celebrated with satirical street parades and sweets
- [Yeondeunghoe](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/yeondeunghoe), South Korea: A Korean lantern festival celebrating the Buddha's birthday with glowing lotus lights
- [Dhanteras](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dhanteras), India: The first day of Diwali, a festival of lamps, health and wealth kept across India and Nepal.
- [Thingyan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/thingyan), Myanmar: A four-day water festival marking the Myanmar New Year, celebrated in April with merit-making and playful splashing.
- [Kathina](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kathina), Thailand: A Buddhist season of offering new robes and gifts to monks after the rains retreat
- [Risalamande](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/risalamande), Denmark: A chilled Danish Christmas rice dessert with cream, chopped almonds and cherry sauce
- [Anthesteria](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/anthesteria), Greece: An ancient Greek three-day spring festival of Dionysus, new wine, and the dead
- [Bhai Dooj](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bhai-dooj), India: A Hindu festival of sibling bonds marked by forehead markings, feasts and blessings
- [Mimouna](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mimouna), Morocco: A Maghrebi Jewish celebration marking the end of Passover with sweets and open doors
- [Meskel](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/meskel), Ethiopia: A celebration in Ethiopia and Eritrea marking the discovery of the True Cross with a large bonfire.
- [Qatar National Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/national-day-qatar), Qatar: A national holiday in Qatar marking the unification of the peninsula under Sheikh Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani.
- [Fastelavn](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/fastelavn), Denmark: A pre-Lenten carnival in Northern Europe where children dress up, sing for treats, and break candy-filled barrels.
- [Saudi National Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/saudi-national-day), Saudi Arabia: An annual public holiday in Saudi Arabia marking the 1932 unification of the kingdom.
- [Dashain](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dashain), Nepal: A fifteen-day festival of family gatherings, blessings, and feasts across Nepal
- [Sizdah Bedar](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sizdah-be-dar), Iran: An open-air picnic holiday concluding the Iranian New Year celebrations
- [Double Ten Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/national-day-of-the-republic-of-china), Taiwan: The national holiday of Taiwan marking the start of the 1911 revolution.
- [Koliada](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/koliada), Ukraine: A traditional winter caroling and solstice festival kept across Slavic Europe
- [Hùng Kings' Temple Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/hung-kings-festival), Vietnam: A Vietnamese national festival honoring the legendary founding kings with temple worship and processions.
- [Holika Dahan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/holika-dahana), India: A Hindu ritual bonfire lit on the eve of Holi to welcome the spring.
- [Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/saint-jean-baptiste-day), Canada: An annual civic and cultural celebration observed across Quebec every June 24
- [Ride of the Kings](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ride-of-the-kings), Czechia: A Moravian spring procession where horsemen escort a silent boy king holding a rose
- [Wagah Border Ceremony](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/attari-wagah-border-ceremony), India: A daily flag-lowering ritual at the India-Pakistan border featuring high kicks and synchronized drills.
- [Gudi Padwa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/gudi-padwa), India: A spring festival marking the new year for Marathi and Konkani Hindus in Maharashtra and Goa.
- [Vishu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/vishu), India: The Malayali new year, kept on 14 or 15 April with an auspicious first sighting
- [Ketikoti](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ketikoti), Suriname: An annual Emancipation Day marking the end of slavery in Suriname and the Netherlands
- [Golden Week](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/golden-week-china), China: Seven- or eight-day national holiday periods in China for travel and family visits
- [Argungu Fishing Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/argungu-fishing-festival), Nigeria: A four-day gathering in Nigeria where thousands compete to land giant river fish
- [Carnival of Oruro](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/carnaval-de-oruro), Bolivia: A Bolivian festival of masked pilgrimage dances honoring the Virgin of the Mineshaft
- [Victoria Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/victoria-day), Canada: A Canadian public holiday celebrating the monarch and welcoming the return of summer
- [Tsukimi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tsukimi), Japan: A Japanese autumn festival honoring the harvest moon with seasonal foods and pampas grass decorations.
- [Teej](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/teej), India: A monsoon festival where women fast and sing to celebrate the union of Shiva and Parvati.
- [Water Tribunal of the plain of Valencia](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/water-tribunal-of-the-plain-of-valencia), Spain: A weekly outdoor gathering of Valencian farmers settling irrigation disputes by word of mouth
- [Mahavir Janma Kalyanak](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mahavira-janma-kalyanaka), India: A Jain festival of temple worship, street processions and acts of charity
- [Molybdomancy](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/molybdomancy), Finland: Pouring molten lead or tin into water, then reading the shape as an omen
- [Easter whipping](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/easter-whip), Czechia: An Easter Monday custom of tapping women with braided willow switches for vitality
- [Tihar](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tihar), Nepal: A five-day Nepalese festival honoring animals, deities, and the bond between siblings
- [Sharad Purnima](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sharada-purnima), India: A Hindu autumn full moon festival of night vigils, moonlit sweets and sacred dances
- [Blacks and Whites' Carnival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/blacks-and-whites-carnival), Colombia: A week of street games, parades and music held every January in Pasto, Colombia
- [Tea culture](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tea-culture), China: How tea is prepared, shared and served, from Chinese tea houses to Tibetan butter tea
- [Tulasi Vivaha](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tulasi-vivaha), India: A ritual wedding of the tulasi plant to Vishnu, kept in homes and temples across India
- [Clean Monday](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/clean-monday), Greece: The Monday that opens Great Lent, kept with fasting, forgiveness and kite-flying
- [Day of the Shining Star](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/day-of-the-shining-star), North Korea: A two-day national holiday in North Korea honouring the birth of Kim Jong Il.
- [Chichilaki](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/chichilaki), Georgia: A shaved hazelnut branch crafted as a Georgian Christmas tree and burned at Epiphany
- [Didukh](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/didukh), Ukraine: A wheat sheaf kept at Christmas to honour ancestors and pray for a bountiful harvest
- [Scarlet Sails](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/scarlet-sails), Russia: A summer graduation celebration on the Neva River in Saint Petersburg
- [Royal Ploughing Ceremony](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/royal-ploughing-ceremony), Cambodia: A royal agricultural rite opening the rice season across mainland Southeast Asia
- [Daeboreum](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/daeboreum), South Korea: A Korean festival of the first lunar full moon, marked by fires, wishes and feasts
- [Sadeh](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sadeh), Iran: An ancient midwinter festival of fire, light, and the approach of spring
- [Dragobete](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dragobete), Romania: A Romanian festival of young love and spring, celebrated with early flowers and courtship
- [Namakarana](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/namakarana), India: A Hindu rite that gives a baby its name, kept in the days after a birth
- [Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/royal-edinburgh-military-tattoo), United Kingdom: An annual military music and performance show held on the Esplanade of Edinburgh Castle in August.
- [Chinese New Year's Eve](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/chinese-new-year-s-eve), China: A reunion day for ethnic Chinese families before the Lunar New Year, marked by feasts, rituals, and staying up late.
- [Zanzibar International Film Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/zanzibar-international-film-festival), Tanzania: An annual ten-day arts, music and cinema gathering held across Zanzibar.
- [Russefeiring](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/russefeiring), Norway: A spring graduation rite of passage for Norwegian secondary school students
- [Lao New Year](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/lao-new-year), Laos: A mid-April water festival and Buddhist celebration marking the Lao new year
- [Sinulog Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sinulog), Philippines: An annual Philippine dance festival and Catholic devotion honouring the Santo Niño
- [Tirgan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tirgan), Iran: An ancient Iranian summer festival of water, poetry and rainbow bands, kept on the thirteenth day of Tir.
- [National Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/national-day-singapore), Singapore: Singapore's annual civic holiday celebrating its national sovereignty on 9 August
- [Hindu wedding](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/hindu-wedding), India: A traditional Hindu marriage ceremony involving sacred rituals and vows witnessed by fire.
- [Congolese rumba](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/congolese-rumba), Democratic Republic of the Congo: An African dance music and guitar tradition born along the Congo River
- [Jāņi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/jani), Latvia: An annual Latvian summer solstice celebration of bonfires, singing and woven wreaths
- [Hola Mohalla](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/hola-mohalla), India: A three-day Sikh festival of martial arts, poetry, shared meals and grand processions
- [Tshechu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tshechu), Bhutan: Annual Bhutanese Buddhist festivals of sacred Cham dances and colossal cloth scrolls
- [Novruz](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/novruz-in-azerbaijan), Azerbaijan: The Azerbaijani spring equinox festival of bonfires, sweets and sprouted wheat
- [Angam Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/angam-day), Nauru: A national holiday in Nauru celebrating the survival and recovery of its people
- [Almabtrieb](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/almabtrieb), Austria: An Alpine autumn custom of leading decorated cattle from high pastures to valley barns
- [Cambodian New Year](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/cambodian-new-year), Cambodia: A three-day harvest festival marking the traditional solar new year across Cambodia
- [Prešeren Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/preseren-day), Slovenia: A national celebration of arts and literature observed across Slovenia on 8 February
- [Laba Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/laba-festival), China: A winter porridge festival marking the start of the Chinese New Year season
- [Gangaur](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/gangaur), India: A North Indian spring festival honouring Shiva and Gauri with clay idols and processions
- [Goychay Pomegranate Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/goychay-pomegranate-festival), Azerbaijan: An annual gathering in Azerbaijan honouring regional pomegranates, crafts and music
- [Mysore Dasara](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mysore-dasara), India: Karnataka's ten-day Dasara, with the lit Mysuru Palace and a Vijayadashami procession
- [Mexican Independence Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/independence-day-mexico), Mexico: An annual Mexican national holiday marking the 1810 uprising against Spanish rule
- [Sechseläuten](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sechselauten), Switzerland: Zurich's spring festival marked by guild parades and the burning of a snowman effigy
- [Cologne Carnival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/cologne-carnival), Germany: A street festival in Cologne with parades, masquerades and a ruling trio
- [La Mercè](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/la-merce), Spain: Barcelona’s main annual city festival, honoring the Virgin of Mercy each September.
- [Processional giants](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/processional-giant), Spain: Towering costumed figures carried through town streets during communal festivals
- [Holy Week in Spain](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/holy-week-in-spain), Spain: Annual Catholic penitential processions across Spain featuring floats, robes and music to mark the Passion of Christ.
- [Lakshmi Puja](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/lakshmi-puja), India: A Hindu festival of lamps, prayers and offerings welcoming the goddess of prosperity
- [Uttarayana](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/uttarayana), India: The Sun's six-month journey north, kept as an auspicious Hindu season and festival
- [Homowo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/homowo), Ghana: A harvest festival of the Ga people in Ghana to remember surviving famine
- [Las Posadas](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/las-posadas), Mexico: A nine-night Christmas pageant remembering Mary and Joseph seeking shelter
- [Gai Jatra](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/gai-jatra), Nepal: A Newar festival in the Kathmandu Valley to honor relatives who died that year through processions and satire.
- [Naraka Chaturdashi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/naraka-chaturdashi), India: The dawn festival of oil baths, ancestor lamps, and harvest foods during Diwali
- [Indra Jatra](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/indra-jatra), Nepal: An eight-day street festival in Nepal featuring masked dances, chariot processions, and sacred pole ceremonies.
- [Sigd](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sigd), Ethiopia: An Ethiopian Jewish holiday of covenant renewal, fasting, and longing for Zion
- [Lord of Miracles](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/lord-of-miracles), Peru: An October Catholic festival in Lima honouring a miraculous mural of Christ
- [Jenadriyah](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/jenadriyah), Saudi Arabia: A two-week Saudi cultural festival of camel racing, folk dance, poetry, and crafts
- [Govardhan Puja](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/govardhan-puja), India: A Hindu festival of piled vegetarian foods and sculpted earth, honouring Krishna
- [Celebration of the Greek Revolution](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/celebration-of-the-greek-revolution), Greece: An annual civic holiday of parades and church services marking Greek independence
- [Qoyllur Rit'i](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/quyllurit-i), Peru: An Andean mountain pilgrimage uniting indigenous star lore and Catholic devotion
- [Kaamatan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kaamatan), Malaysia: An annual May harvest celebration of thanksgiving and community across Sabah, Malaysia
- [Damba festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/damba-festival), Ghana: A Ghanaian celebration of royal authority, ancestral memory, music and dance
- [Mummers' play](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mummers-play), United Kingdom: A comic folk drama of staged combat, death, and revival by an eccentric doctor
- [Diada de Sant Jordi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/saint-george-s-day-in-catalonia), Spain: A Catalan feast day of literature and love, marked by giving books and red roses
- [Melon Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/melon-day), Turkmenistan: A nationwide summer holiday in Turkmenistan honoring the country's prized melons
- [Galičnik Wedding Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/galicnik-wedding-festival), North Macedonia: An annual village wedding festival celebrated every July in North Macedonia
- [Enkutatash](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/enkutatash), Ethiopia: The Ethiopian New Year festival of song, yellow daisies and family feasts
- [Yennayer](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/yennayer), Algeria: The Amazigh New Year celebrated across North Africa with feasts and blessing rites
- [Lebaran](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/lebaran), Indonesia: Indonesia's festive season of homecoming, seeking forgiveness and shared feasts
- [Feast of San Gennaro](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/feast-of-san-gennaro), United States: A patronal festival of parades, street food and prayer honouring Saint Januarius
- [Bathukamma](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bathukamma), India: A nine-day floral festival celebrated by women across Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
- [Boryeong Mud Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/boryeong-mud-festival), South Korea: A summer festival of mud baths, slides and music on the coast of South Korea
- [Cheti Chand](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/cheti-chand), India: The Sindhi New Year festival celebrating the arrival of spring and Jhulelal
- [Chaturmasya](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/chaturmasya), India: A four-month sacred monsoon season of fasting, vows, and monastic retreat in India
- [Karthika Deepam](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/karthika-deepam), India: A Tamil and Malayali Hindu festival of lights honouring Shiva, Kartikeya and Parvati
- [Bon Om Touk](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bon-om-touk), Cambodia: A three-day Cambodian festival of dragon boat races, floating lanterns and moon offerings
- [Esala Perahera](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kandy-esala-perahera), Sri Lanka: A Sri Lankan procession of sacred relics, drummers and elephants honouring the Buddha
- [Sham Ennessim](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sham-ennessim), Egypt: An Egyptian spring festival of picnics, salted fish, green onions and painted eggs
- [Jul](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/christmas-in-sweden), Sweden: A midwinter holiday of feast tables, doorstep gift givers, and candlelit mornings
- [Ayudha Puja](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ayudha-puja), India: A Hindu festival blessing the tools, vehicles, books and instruments of daily work
- [Golu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/golu), India: An autumn festival display of stepped dolls and figurines in South Indian homes
- [Bali Jatra](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bali-jatra), India: An Odia festival and vast open fair commemorating ancient voyages across the sea
- [Thanksgiving](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/thanksgiving-canada), Canada: An annual Canadian autumn holiday celebrating the harvest with family feasts
- [Dol Purnima](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dol-purnima), India: A Hindu spring festival honouring Radha and Krishna with swing processions and colour
- [Durbar festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/durbar-festival), Nigeria: An equestrian gathering marking Muslim holidays across northern Nigerian emirates
- [Sohrai](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sohrai), India: A harvest and cattle observance kept by indigenous communities in eastern India
- [Norigae](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/norigae), South Korea: A Korean pendant of knots and tassels, worn with hanbok and kept for luck
- [Durga Puja in Kolkata](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/durga-puja-in-kolkata), India: The grand annual autumn festival honouring the mother goddess Durga across Kolkata
- [Fête des Vignerons](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/fete-des-vignerons), Switzerland: A once-in-a-generation wine festival and arena spectacle in Vevey, Switzerland
- [Bohag Bihu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bohag-bihu), India: A multi-day Assamese New Year festival of cattle rites, music, gifts and feasts
- [Nuakhai](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/nuakhai), India: An agricultural festival in Western Odisha welcoming the first rice of the season
- [Sho Dun Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sho-dun-festival), China: A summer festival in Lhasa where a monks' retreat ends with yogurt and all-day opera
- [Raja](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/raja), India: A three-day festival of womanhood and earth in Odisha, celebrating the monsoon and fertility.
- [Hornbill Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/hornbill-festival), India: A ten-day December gathering of Nagaland's ethnic groups, held at Kisama near Kohima
- [Galungan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/galungan), Indonesia: A Balinese Hindu festival welcoming ancestral spirits and honouring good over evil
- [Dita e Verës](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dita-e-veres), Albania: An Albanian spring festival of bonfires, sweets and nature renewal on March 14
- [Paryushana](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/paryushana), India: An annual Jain holy period of intense fasting, reflection, and asking for forgiveness
- [Tbilisoba](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tbilisoba), Georgia: An annual October festival celebrating the culture, harvest, and history of Tbilisi
- [Tartan Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tartan-day), Canada: An annual celebration of Scottish culture, clan tartans, and diaspora heritage
- [Handfasting](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/handfasting), Ireland: A couple's promise made with joined or bound hands, kept from betrothal to wedding
- [Fetu Afahye](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/fetu-afahye), Ghana: A harvest festival of cleansing, boat races and royal durbars in Cape Coast, Ghana
- [Eyo Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/eyo-festival), Nigeria: A Yoruba masquerade procession honouring departed leaders and royalty in Lagos
- [Thiruvathira](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/thiruvathira), India: A Hindu festival celebrating Shiva's cosmic dance, observed in Tamil Nadu and Kerala with fasting, processions, and danc
- [Walkabout](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/walkabout), Australia: A rite of passage involving travel through the Australian landscape to learn ancestral lore.
- [National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/national-thanksgiving-turkey-presentation), United States: An annual White House ceremony in which the American president spares a holiday turkey.
- [International Festival of the Sahara](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/international-festival-of-the-sahara), Tunisia: A four-day gathering celebrating desert life, horse racing and poetry in Douz, Tunisia
- [Ati-Atihan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ati-atihan), Philippines: A week of drumbeats, street dancing, and devotion to the Infant Jesus in Aklan
- [Incwala](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/incwala), Eswatini: The national kingship and first-fruits ritual of Eswatini, held at the summer solstice
- [Sango Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sango-festival), Nigeria: An annual Yoruba gathering in Nigeria honoring the deity of thunder and lightning
- [Akwasidae Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/akwasidae-festival), Ghana: A Sunday gathering of the Ashanti people to honour ancestors and the king
- [Odwira Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/odwira-festival), Ghana: An annual harvest and purification festival celebrated by the Akuapem in Ghana
- [Ambubachi Mela](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ambubachi-mela), India: An annual gathering at Kamakhya Temple marking the earth's seasonal fertility.
- [Panagbenga Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/panagbenga-festival), Philippines: A month-long flower festival and parade in the mountain city of Baguio
- [Slametan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/slametan), Indonesia: A short communal meal on Java where neighbours share food, prayer and a wish for peace
- [Ngondo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ngondo), Cameroon: An annual coastal water festival celebrated by the Sawa people in Cameroon
- [Dipo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dipo), Ghana: An annual Ghanaian coming-of-age ceremony welcoming Krobo girls into womanhood
- [Igbo New Yam Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/igbo-yam-festivals), Nigeria: A harvest thanksgiving and feast marking the first yam crop among the Igbo of Nigeria
- [Navruz](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/navruz-in-uzbekistan), Uzbekistan: The spring equinox festival celebrated across Uzbekistan with sumalak and family visits.
- [Magh Bihu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/magh-bihu), India: A harvest festival of bonfires, feasts and winter games in Assam
- [Wangala](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/wangala), India: A post-harvest thanksgiving festival of drums, dance and song among the Garo people
- [Swan Upping](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/swan-upping), United Kingdom: An annual five-day royal census and health check of swans along the River Thames
- [Sekaten](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sekaten), Indonesia: A week-long Javanese royal festival and market honouring the birth of the Prophet
- [Bau Nyale](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bau-nyale), Indonesia: An annual night-time gathering on Lombok to collect spawning sea worms from the shore
- [Réveillon](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/reveillon), France: A luxurious late-night feast that stretches until dawn across the winter holidays
- [Gawai Dayak](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/gawai-dayak), Malaysia: An annual harvest and thanksgiving festival of the Dayak peoples in Borneo
- [Gaye holud](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/gaye-holud), India: A Bengali pre-wedding ceremony where turmeric paste is applied to the bride and groom
- [Cremà](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/crema), Spain: The ceremonial burning of large artistic street monuments across the Valencian community
- [Jirtig](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/jirtig), Sudan: A Sudanese wedding ritual of regal adornment, protection, and blessings of fertility
- [Sorcova](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sorcova), Romania: Children tap people with a flowered twig on New Year's morning, wishing health and luck
- [Mummers Parade](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mummers-parade), United States: An annual New Year's Day street parade in Philadelphia featuring music and costumed clubs
- [Jambiya](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/jambiya), Yemen: A short curved dagger worn at the waist by Yemeni men, its handle a sign of status
- [Outdooring](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/outdooring), Ghana: A Ghanaian ceremony eight days after birth, when a baby is brought outdoors and named
- [Sherwani](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sherwani), India: A long buttoned coat for men, worn at weddings and state occasions in South Asia
- [Moutya](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/montea), Seychelles: A Seychellois evening dance of drum, song and bolder movement, listed by UNESCO in 2021
- [Sadya](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sadya), India: A vegetarian feast from Kerala, served on a banana leaf at Onam, Vishu and weddings
- [Mardi Gras Indians](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mardi-gras-indians), United States: A New Orleans carnival tradition where Black revelers wear elaborate Native American-inspired suits to honor historical 
- [Vikram Samvat](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/vikram-samvat), India: A lunisolar Hindu calendar of Nepal and India, its years counted 57 ahead of the Gregorian
- [Shikoku Pilgrimage](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/shikoku-pilgrimage), Japan: A long circuit of 88 temples on Japan's Shikoku island, kept by pilgrims called henro
- [Jamdani](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/jamdani), Bangladesh: A fine handwoven cotton cloth of Bengal, patterned with motifs worked in by hand
- [Kvevri](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kvevri), Georgia: A buried clay jar, and the Georgian way of making wine inside it
- [Nativity Fast](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/nativity-fast), Ethiopia: A forty-day Christian period of abstinence and prayer observed in preparation for Christmas.
- [Palio](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/palio), Italy: Traditional Italian competitions where local districts race horses, donkeys, or boats to win prizes and pride.
- [Confirmation](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/confirmation), France: A Christian rite of laying on of hands that completes baptism and strengthens faith
- [Lacemaking in Croatia](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/lacemaking-in-croatia), Croatia: Hand-worked lace in three styles, kept in Croatian towns from the coast to the north
- [Taʻovala](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ta-ovala), Tonga: A waist mat worn in Tonga for weddings, funerals and formal days
- [Prostration](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/prostration), India: Bowing the whole body to the ground, in prayer and as a sign of respect
- [Turkish breakfast](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/turkish-breakfast), Turkey: A long, shared Turkish morning meal of many small dishes, sweet and savoury, with tea
- [Beltane](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/beltane), Ireland: A Gaelic first-of-summer festival of bonfires, May flowers and feasting on 1 May
- [Jul](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/christmas-in-norway), Norway: An eight-week Norwegian midwinter season of feasts, family gatherings, and gift-giving
- [Flying Fish Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/flying-fish-festival-taiwan), Taiwan: A months-long seasonal fishing observance kept by the Tao people of Orchid Island
- [Táncház](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tanchaz), Hungary: A Hungarian folk dance gathering where anyone can learn the steps and dance to live music
- [Via Dolorosa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/via-dolorosa), Israel: A pilgrim walk through Jerusalem's Old City, marking the last journey of Jesus
- [Rehearsal dinner](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/rehearsal-dinner), United States: A meal the night before a US wedding, when the wedding party gathers to toast and thank
- [Cheongsam](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/qipao), China: A fitted one-piece Chinese dress with a high collar and side slits, worn since the 1920s
- [Tuvan throat singing](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tuvan-throat-singing), Russia: A style of singing from Tuva where one voice sounds a drone and a melody at once
- [Pehlwani](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/pehlwani), India: A traditional discipline of clay-pit wrestling across the Indian subcontinent.
- [Doppa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/doppa), Uzbekistan: An embroidered cap, square or round, that Uyghurs and Uzbeks wear across Central Asia
- [Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/cooper-s-hill-cheese-rolling-and-wake), United Kingdom: A round of cheese, a steep hill, and runners chasing it down for the prize
- [Zoroastrian wedding](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/zoroastrian-wedding), India: A multi-day Zoroastrian ceremony uniting two people through prayers, rituals and a shared meal.
- [Zardozi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/zardozi), Iran: Heavy gold and silver embroidery on silk or velvet, worked in Iran, India and beyond
- [Libyan tea](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/libyan-tea), Libya: A strong boiled tea in small glasses, served in three foam-topped rounds
- [Plough Sunday](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/plough-sunday), United Kingdom: An English church blessing of the land and farm tools at the start of the year
- [Yuzu bath](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/yuzu-bath), Japan: A winter solstice soak in hot water with whole yuzu citrus, kept across Japan
- [Kurash](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kurash), Uzbekistan: Central Asian traditional upright folk wrestling using cloth belts or towels
- [Chienbäse](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/chienbase), Switzerland: A Swiss carnival night parade of blazing pinewood brooms and carts of fire
- [Twmpath](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/twmpath), United Kingdom: The Welsh word for a village dancing green, now used for a social dance evening
- [Mangalasutra](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mangalasutra), India: A necklace tied by the groom at a wedding, worn through married life
- [Khokhloma](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/khokhloma), Russia: Russian folk painting of red, black and gold flowers and berries on wooden tableware
- [Kwita Izina](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kwita-izina), Rwanda: Rwanda's yearly ceremony naming newborn mountain gorillas, after a baby-naming custom
- [Saffron bun](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/saffron-bun), United Kingdom: A golden, spiced yeast roll flavoured with saffron, baked for festive and holy days
- [Þjóðhátíð](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/jo-hati), Iceland: An annual outdoor island festival of concerts, bonfires and hillside singing in Iceland
- [Mexican hat dance](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mexican-hat-dance), Mexico: Mexico's national courtship dance, in which a dancer's steps circle the brim of a hat
- [Chingay Parade](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/chingay-parade), Singapore: A lively street procession of floats, giant flags, and performing arts in Southeast Asia
- [Alasitas](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/alasitas), Bolivia: A month-long Bolivian fair where people exchange miniatures to invite good fortune
- [Calcio storico fiorentino](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/calcio-storico-fiorentino), Italy: A fierce Renaissance ball game played on sand between four Florentine districts
- [Banitsa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/banitsa), Bulgaria: A layered Bulgarian cheese pastry baked for morning meals and holiday fortunes
- [Haitian Carnival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/haitian-carnival), Haiti: Haiti's annual street festival of music, satirical plays and costumed parades
- [Pohela Falgun](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/pohela-falgun), Bangladesh: A Bangladeshi festival welcoming the first day of spring with music and flowers
- [Langar](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/langar-sikhism), India: The free kitchen at a gurdwara, where all sit and eat together as equals
- [Intore](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/intore), Rwanda: A men's dance of Rwanda and Burundi, once for war, now for ceremony and celebration
- [Cali Fair](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/cali-fair), Colombia: A six-day Colombian celebration of salsa music, street parades, and regional culture
- [Bank holiday](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bank-holiday), United Kingdom: Official days of rest and financial closure across the British Isles
- [Kumbh Mela](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kumbh-mela), India: A major Hindu riverside pilgrimage held across four rotating holy cities in India
- [Dahi Handi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dahi-handi), India: A Hindu festival sport where teams build human towers to break suspended curd pots
- [Rose Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/rose-festival-bulgaria), Bulgaria: An annual harvest celebration of damask roses across the Rose Valley of Bulgaria
- [Liechtenstein National Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/liechtenstein-national-day), Liechtenstein: Liechtenstein's national holiday celebrated with castle speeches, bonfires and fireworks
- [Święconka](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/swieconka), Poland: The Polish Holy Saturday blessing of baskets filled with Easter morning food
- [Pchum Ben](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/pchum-ben), Cambodia: A fifteen-day Cambodian Buddhist festival honouring ancestors with food and prayers
- [German Carnival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/carnival-in-germany-switzerland-and-austria), Germany: Pre-Lenten street parades, costume balls and local revels across German-speaking lands.
- [Simit](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/simit), Turkey: A sesame-encrusted ring bread sold by street vendors across Turkey and the former Ottoman lands.
- [Ziemassvētki](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ziemassvetki), Latvia: Latvia's midwinter festival of solstice customs, mumming and tree decoration
- [Buergbrennen](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/buergbrennen), Luxembourg: A bonfire festival marking the end of winter on the first Sunday of Lent in Luxembourg
- [Umuganda](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/umuganda), Rwanda: A monthly morning of mandatory communal work and civic gathering across Rwanda
- [Reggae Sumfest](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/reggae-sumfest), Jamaica: An annual week-long reggae and dancehall music festival in Montego Bay, Jamaica
- [Mha Puja](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mha-puja), Nepal: A Newar New Year ritual of self-worship, mandalas and renewal in Nepal
- [Besa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/besa-albanian-culture), Albania: A pledge of honour that an Albanian gives once and must never break
- [Carnival in Uruguay](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/uruguayan-carnival), Uruguay: An extended festival of drum processions, stage satire, and dance across Uruguay.
- [Crop Over](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/crop-over), Barbados: A Barbadian harvest festival marking the end of the sugar cane season with music and parades.
- [Chaand Raat](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/chaand-raat), Pakistan: The South Asian night of moon-sighting and celebration before Eid
- [Tết Trung Thu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tet-trung-thu), Vietnam: A mid-autumn festival of lanterns, mooncakes and folklore celebrated across Vietnam
- [Pwo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/pwo), Micronesia: An initiation that turns students of Caroline Islands wayfinding into navigators
- [Easter egg tree](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/easter-egg-tree), Germany: A German springtime custom of dressing living trees and branches with blown eggs
- [Junkanoo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/junkanoo), Bahamas: A Caribbean masquerade festival of masked dancing, goatskin drumming, and cowbells
- [Mama Negra](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mama-negra), Ecuador: A twice-yearly festival in Latacunga blending Andean, Spanish and African heritage
- [Malanka](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/malanka), Ukraine: A Ukrainian folk celebration of masked mummers, feasting and New Year blessings
- [Birria](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/birria), Mexico: A rich, seasoned meat stew from western Mexico, cooked for gatherings and holidays
- [Poson](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/poson), Sri Lanka: A Sri Lankan Buddhist festival marking the ancient arrival of Buddhism on the island
- [Magiritsa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/magiritsa), Greece: A Greek lamb offal soup eaten after the midnight Easter service to break the fast
- [Festa Junina](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/festa-junina), Brazil: A Brazilian midwinter celebration marked by bonfires, folk dances and countryside games
- [Fantasia](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/fantasia-performance), Morocco: A North African equestrian display of synchronized charging and simultaneous rifle fire
- [Beautiful Festival of the Valley](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/beautiful-festival-of-the-valley), Egypt: An ancient Egyptian festival honouring the dead with river processions across Thebes
- [Negafa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/negafa), Morocco: The woman who dresses a bride and guards the customs of a Moroccan wedding
- [Hosay](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/hosay), Trinidad and Tobago: An Indo-Caribbean Muharram commemoration with ornate floats, drumming and processions
- [Chinese funeral rituals](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/chinese-funeral-rituals), China: Traditional rites of mourning, vigils, offerings, and ancestor veneration across China
- [Kalevala Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kalevala-day), Finland: A Finnish national flag day celebrating the country's epic poetry and living arts
- [Korean traditional funeral](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/korean-traditional-funeral), South Korea: A multi-day ritual blending Confucian rites and shamanic practices to guide the deceased to the afterlife.
- [Bodhi Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bodhi-day), Japan: A Buddhist observance marking the enlightenment of Gautama Buddha under the Bodhi Tree
- [Mawlid in Algeria](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mawlid-in-algeria), Algeria: The Prophet Muhammad's birthday celebration in Algeria with family feasts and prayers
- [Goroka Show](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/goroka-show), Papua New Guinea: An annual cultural gathering and sing-sing in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea
- [Berikaoba](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/berikaoba), Georgia: An improvised Georgian folk theatre and masquerade of fertility, satire and drama
- [Novy God](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/novy-god), Russia: A secular winter celebration of decorated trees, family feasts and midnight gifts
- [Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ratu-sir-lala-sukuna-day), Fiji: An annual Fijian civic observance commemorating statesman Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna
- [Emaischen](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/emaischen), Luxembourg: An Easter Monday market in Luxembourg known for small bird-shaped clay whistles
- [Christmas in Finland](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/christmas-in-finland), Finland: A quiet midwinter festival of saunas, grave candles and table casseroles across Finland
- [Lavagem do Bonfim](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/lavagem-do-bonfim), Brazil: An annual inter-religious procession and cleansing ritual in Salvador, Brazil
- [Yule Lads](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/icelandic-christmas-folklore), Iceland: Thirteen mischievous brothers who visit Icelandic homes in the nights leading to Yule.
- [Užgavėnės](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/uzgavenes), Lithuania: A Lithuanian winter-ending festival of masks, mock battles and pancakes
- [Evil eye](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/evil-eye), Greece: A belief in harm cast by envious glares, met with protective charms and spoken blessings
- [Festival of the Flowers](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/festival-of-the-flowers), Colombia: An annual week-long celebration of floral craft and regional culture in Medellín
- [Dajia Mazu Pilgrimage](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dajia-mazu-pilgrimage), Taiwan: A nine-day walking procession across central Taiwan honouring the sea goddess Mazu
- [Shashmaqam](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/shashmaqam), Uzbekistan: A classical song cycle of Central Asia, built on six modes and Sufi love poetry
- [Lamba](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/lamba-garment), Madagascar: A rectangular cloth wrapped around the body, worn across Madagascar and at burials
- [Biska Jatra](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bisket-jatra), Nepal: An annual solar new year festival in Nepal with chariot pulls and tall wooden poles.
- [Moors and Christians](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/moros-y-cristianos), Spain: Theatrical parades and mock battles staging historic clashes across Spain and beyond
- [Makahiki](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/makahiki), United States: A four-month Hawaiian new year season of peace, harvest gifts, feasts and games
- [Shandur Polo Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/shandur-polo-festival), Pakistan: A three-day mountain polo competition played with freestyle rules in northern Pakistan
- [Diablada](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/diablada), Bolivia: An Andean masked dance depicting a battle between devils and the Archangel Michael
- [Procession of the Holy Blood](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/procession-of-the-holy-blood), Belgium: An annual sacred parade and historical pageant through the streets of Bruges, Belgium.
- [Carnival of Santiago de Cuba](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/carnival-of-santiago-de-cuba), Cuba: A summer street celebration of percussion troupes, dancing, and parades in eastern Cuba
- [Festival of Lights](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/festival-of-lights-lyon), France: A four-day festival in Lyon marking December 8 with illuminated windows and light art
- [Muharram](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/muharram), Iraq: The sacred opening month of the Islamic year, observed through remembrance and fasting
- [Lefkara lace](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/lefkara-lace), Cyprus: Cut-and-stitch needle lace from two villages in Cyprus, once made for brides' dowries
- [Mascletà](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mascleta), Spain: A daytime sound and rhythm pyrotechnic display typical of the Valencian Community
- [Mass games](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mass-games), North Korea: Disciplined, large-scale gymnastic spectacles celebrating unity and national pride
- [Flamenco](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/flamenco), Spain: The song, guitar and dance of Andalusia, kept by gitano and other Spanish families.
- [Sinhala New Year](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sinhalese-new-year), Sri Lanka: The April solar New Year and harvest festival celebrated across Sri Lanka
- [Guča Trumpet Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/guca-trumpet-festival), Serbia: A weekend brass band competition and folk festival in western Serbia
- [Funeral](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/funeral), India: The ceremony a community holds when someone dies, from burial to cremation
- [Plăcintă](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/placinta), Romania: A traditional thin, filled pastry baked across Romania, Moldova, and parts of Ukraine.
- [Carnival of Mazatlán](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/carnaval-de-mazatlan), Mexico: An annual five-day festival of parades, fireworks, poetry and dance in coastal Mexico
- [Saint Patrick's Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/saint-patrick-s-day), Ireland: An annual Irish holiday of parades, church services, green dress and shamrocks
- [Saint Jonas's Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/saint-jonas-s-festival), Lithuania: A Lithuanian midsummer night of bonfires, wreaths, song and morning dew
- [Sed festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sed-festival), Egypt: An ancient Egyptian royal jubilee marking thirty years of a pharaoh's rule
- [Día de la Tradición](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dia-de-la-tradicion), Argentina: An annual Argentine day celebrating gaucho customs on poet José Hernández's birthday
- [Hanbok](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/hanbok), South Korea: Korea's customary dress: a short jacket, a skirt or trousers, and a bow-tied ribbon
- [Quebec Winter Carnival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/quebec-winter-carnival), Canada: A midwinter celebration of snow, outdoor sports and caribou in Quebec City.
- [Abissa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/abissa), Ivory Coast: A week-long New Year festival of the Nzema people in Ivory Coast and Ghana, marked by sacred drums, dance, and forgivene
- [Palm Sunday](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/palm-sunday), Russia: A Christian Sunday feast marking Jesus's entry into Jerusalem with blessed branches.
- [Lent](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/lent), Egypt: Forty days of prayer, fasting and giving that lead Christians towards Easter
- [Murga](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/murga), Uruguay: A lively Carnival musical theatre of chorus, percussion and social satire
- [Easter parade](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/easter-parade), United States: A festive Easter Sunday stroll featuring stylish clothes and elaborate bonnets
- [Flores de Mayo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/flores-de-mayo), Philippines: A month-long Philippine festival of daily Marian prayers, flower offerings and pageants
- [Saint Casimir's Fair](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kaziuko-muge), Lithuania: A spring craft market and folk celebration across the historic streets of Vilnius
- [Chilam Joshi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/chilam-joshi-festival), Pakistan: A spring festival of music, dance, and prayers celebrated by the Kalash people
- [Swiss National Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/swiss-national-day), Switzerland: Switzerland's annual national holiday, celebrated with bonfires, fireworks, and lanterns
- [Jul](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/yule-and-christmas-in-denmark), Denmark: Winter feasts, carols around the tree, and family gatherings across Denmark
- [Latvian Song and Dance Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/latvian-song-and-dance-festival), Latvia: A grand gathering of choirs, dancers and folk artists held every five years in Latvia
- [Ohrid Summer Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ohrid-summer-festival), North Macedonia: A summer season of concerts and theatre in Ohrid, running from mid-July to late August
- [Montreal International Jazz Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/montreal-international-jazz-festival), Canada: A ten-day summer jazz festival filling downtown Montreal with free and ticketed concerts
- [Fiesta Nacional de la Vendimia](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/fiesta-nacional-de-la-vendimia), Argentina: Argentina's national grape harvest festival, celebrated each year in Mendoza
- [Timkat](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/timkat), Ethiopia: The Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Epiphany celebrating the baptism of Jesus
- [Puck Fair](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/puck-fair), Ireland: An annual Kerry gathering centred on the crowning of a mountain goat.
- [Aalst Carnival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/carnival-of-aalst), Belgium: A three-day street carnival of satire, costumed parades and folk rituals in Aalst
- [Seville Fair](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/seville-fair), Spain: A week-long spring festival in Seville of carriage parades, marquee tents and dancing
- [Nadur Carnival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/nadur-carnival), Malta: An unscripted five-day costume festival filling the streets of Nadur before Lent
- [Parrandas](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/parrandas), Cuba: Central Cuban street festivals featuring district rumba music, floats and fireworks
- [Fandroana](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/fandroana), Madagascar: The Merina new year of Madagascar's highlands, with zebu feasting and a royal bath
- [Nice Carnival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/nice-carnival), France: A two-week winter festival of papier-mâché floats and flower battles in Nice, France
- [Aoi Matsuri](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/aoi-matsuri), Japan: A classical Kyoto festival with an imperial procession and ancient shrine rituals
- [Canboulay](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/canboulay), Trinidad and Tobago: An early Trinidadian celebration that shaped modern Carnival and calypso music
- [Kanun](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kanun-albania), Albania: Albanian customary law kept by word of mouth, centred on honour and the given word
- [Bánh mì](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/banh-mi), Vietnam: A Vietnamese baguette sandwich filled with meats, pickles, herbs, and condiments.
- [Chale Wote Street Art Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/chale-wote-street-art-festival), Ghana: An annual street art festival in Accra featuring murals, theater, and music.
- [Thai funeral](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/thai-funeral), Thailand: Buddhist rites in Thailand featuring water blessings, temple chanting and cremation.
- [Julebord](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/julebord), Norway: A Scandinavian Christmas banquet of traditional dishes, festive drinks and celebration
- [Ethiopian Christmas](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ethiopian-christmas), Ethiopia: The Christian Nativity feast, marked by night vigils, white garments and field hockey
- [Fêtes de Bayonne](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/fetes-de-bayonne), France: A five-day summer feria in Bayonne featuring parades, dances and white-and-red dress
- [Mawsim](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mawsim), Algeria: An annual regional festival and pilgrimage across Northwest Africa
- [Koinobori](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/koinobori), Japan: Carp-shaped windsocks flown across Japan for Children's Day in spring
- [Persian miniature](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/persian-miniature), Iran: A tradition of small, brightly coloured paintings created for books and albums.
- [Samhain](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/samhain), Ireland: A Gaelic festival marking the start of winter with bonfires and ancestor feasts
- [Lezginka](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/lezginka), Russia: A fast dance of the North Caucasus, solo or in pairs, named for the Lezgin people
- [Trinidad and Tobago Carnival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/trinidad-and-tobago-carnival), Trinidad and Tobago: An annual festival of street parades, masquerade bands, steelpan music and dance
- [Eid il-Burbara](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/eid-il-burbara), Lebanon: A winter feast of costumes, sweet boiled wheat, and sprouting seeds across the Levant
- [Tết](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tet), Vietnam: The Vietnamese festival of the lunar new year, welcoming spring with family gatherings
- [Þorrablót](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/orrablot), Iceland: An Icelandic midwinter feast of dinner, speeches and poetry
- [Mashramani](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mashramani), Guyana: Guyana's national republic celebration filled with street pageantry, music and dance.
- [Alaverdoba](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/alaverdoba), Georgia: A harvest and saint's feast celebrated at Alaverdi Cathedral in eastern Georgia
- [Patras Carnival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/patras-carnival), Greece: A winter carnival of parades, street games and satirical floats in western Greece
- [Nowruz](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/nowruz-in-afghanistan), Afghanistan: The Afghan spring new year, celebrated with picnics, wheat pudding and dried fruit.
- [Ashenda](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ashenda), Ethiopia: An Ethiopian festival celebrating women and girls with song, dance and tall grass attire
- [Kurentovanje](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kurentovanje), Slovenia: A rite of spring and carnival in Ptuj with masked bell-ringers chasing winter away
- [Meyboom](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/meyboom), Belgium: An annual Brussels parade and ceremonial tree planting held every August
- [Mela Chiraghan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mela-chiraghan), Pakistan: A three-day Lahore festival honouring the sixteenth-century Sufi poet Shah Hussain.
- [Ash Wednesday](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ash-wednesday), United Kingdom: A solemn Christian holy day of prayer, fasting, and the placing of ashes
- [Galway International Oyster Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/galway-international-oyster-festival), Ireland: An annual autumn gathering in Galway honouring native oysters with shucking contests
- [Colindă](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/colinda), Romania: A Romanian and Moldovan Christmas carol tradition where village groups sing Nativity songs door to door.
- [Madaraka Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/madaraka-day), Kenya: Kenya's annual public holiday marking the start of self-governance on 1 June 1963
- [Fiestas Patrias](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/fiestas-patrias-chile), Chile: Chile's homeland festivities celebrating national identity with music, dance, and food
- [Carnival of Basel](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/carnival-of-basel), Switzerland: A 72-hour masked carnival of drums, flutes and satire in northern Switzerland
- [Dinagyang Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dinagyang), Philippines: An annual festival of drumming, street dance and devotion to the Santo Niño in Iloilo.
- [Lithuanian Song Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/lithuanian-song-and-dance-festival), Lithuania: A periodic national festival of choral singing, dance and folklore in Lithuania
- [Glögg](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/glogg), Sweden: A spiced, warm winter wine served across Nordic countries around Christmas
- [Adae Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/adae-festival), Ghana: A sacred day of rest and ancestral rites observed across the Ashanti Region in Ghana
- [Turrón](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/turron), Spain: A festive Mediterranean nut-and-honey confection shared at Christmas and local feasts
- [Korean New Year](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/korean-new-year), South Korea: A three-day Korean festival celebrating the lunisolar new year with family and feasts
- [Third Month Fair](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/third-month-fair), China: A mountain-foot bazaar, festival, and sports gathering among the Bai in Yunnan
- [Takayama Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/takayama-festival), Japan: Twin seasonal shrine festivals in Japan famed for elaborate lantern-lit floats
- [Merengue](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/merengue-music), Dominican Republic: A fast-paced folk dance and music tradition born in the Dominican Republic
- [Passion Play of Iztapalapa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/passion-play-of-iztapalapa), Mexico: A community passion play staged across Iztapalapa during Holy Week
- [Turban](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/turban), India: Cloth wound around the head, worn for faith, rank, shade and identity
- [West Indian Day Parade](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/west-indian-day-parade), United States: A lively Caribbean street procession held every September in Brooklyn, New York
- [Carnival of Binche](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/carnival-of-binche), Belgium: A Belgian pre-Lenten festival known for masked dancers and orange tossing
- [Festa de São João do Porto](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/festa-de-sao-joao-do-porto), Portugal: Porto's midsummer festival of street feasts, fireworks and playful hammer taps
- [Vallenato Legend Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/vallenato-legend-festival), Colombia: An annual gathering in Valledupar celebrating Colombian vallenato music and verse
- [Sheetala Ashtami](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/shitala-ashtami), India: A day for the goddess Shitala, kept eight days after Holi with food cooked in advance
- [Bloemencorso Bollenstreek](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bloemencorso-bollenstreek), Netherlands: An annual mid-April parade of flower-covered floats across the Dutch bulb region
- [Yunnori](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/yunnori), South Korea: A Korean board and stick-tossing game played with tokens during the Lunar New Year
- [Sweet sixteen](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sweet-sixteen-birthday), United States: A North American coming-of-age celebration marking a sixteenth birthday
- [Little Christmas](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/little-christmas), Ireland: A January feast day marking the close of the twelve days of Christmas
- [Panafest](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/panafest), Ghana: A biennial Ghanaian festival uniting Africans and the diaspora through arts and healing
- [Umkhosi Wokweshwama](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/umkhosi-wokweshwama), South Africa: The annual Zulu first fruits and harvest festival held around the December solstice
- [Torch Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/torch-festival), China: A summer fire holiday celebrated by Yi and neighbouring communities in southwest China
- [Gion Matsuri](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/gion-matsuri), Japan: A month-long Kyoto festival of grand floats, evening markets and purifying rituals
- [Dancing procession of Echternach](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dancing-procession-of-echternach), Luxembourg: A Roman Catholic hopping pilgrimage honouring Saint Willibrord in eastern Luxembourg
- [Powwow](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/powwow), United States: A communal gathering of dancing, singing and fellowship across Native North America
- [Olentzero](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/olentzero), Spain: A Basque Christmas tradition of a charcoal burner bringing presents in midwinter
- [Yi Peng](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/yi-peng-festival), Thailand: A northern Thai Buddhist festival of sky lanterns, clay lamps and temple sermons
- [Christmas in Russia](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/christmas-in-russia), Russia: An Orthodox winter feast marked by church vigils, fasting suppers and festive meals
- [Maltese Carnival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/maltese-carnival), Malta: A lively week of costumed parades, dancing, satirical floats and sweets across Malta.
- [Golden Eagle Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/golden-eagle-festival), Mongolia: An annual gathering in western Mongolia celebrating Kazakh eagle hunting and horsemanship
- [Caganer](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/caganer), Spain: A defecating figurine placed in Catalan nativity scenes to bring good luck and fertilize the earth.
- [Chuseok](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/chuseok), South Korea: A Korean harvest festival of ancestral rites, seasonal rice cakes, and folk games
- [Lajkonik](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/lajkonik), Poland: An annual hobby-horse pageant through the streets of Kraków each June
- [Independence Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/independence-day-haiti), Haiti: A national celebration of liberation, freedom, and unity observed every New Year's Day.
- [Buhe](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/buhe), Ethiopia: An Orthodox feast day celebrated with neighborhood torches, songs, and gifts of bread
- [Sarafan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sarafan), Russia: A long, flared Russian dress, the everyday wear of peasant women for centuries
- [Basant](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/basant), Pakistan: A Punjabi spring festival marked by rooftop kite flying, yellow clothing and fairs
- [Columbus Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/columbus-day), United States: An annual autumn holiday marking the 1492 arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Americas
- [Grand Magal of Touba](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/grand-magal-of-touba), Senegal: An annual pilgrimage to the holy city of Touba in Senegal, kept by followers of the Mouride Sufi order.
- [Dutar](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dutar), Iran: A long-necked lute crafted from wood and played across Iran and Central Asia
- [Bloemencorso](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bloemencorso), Netherlands: Annual parades of flower-covered floats and boats in the Netherlands and Belgium
- [Klezmer](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/klezmer), United States: An Ashkenazi Jewish instrumental tradition of lively dance tunes and ritual melodies
- [Garifuna Settlement Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/garifuna-settlement-day), Belize: An annual Belizean holiday marking the arrival and heritage of the Garifuna people
- [Easter in Poland](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/easter-in-poland), Poland: A spring holiday of family breakfasts, blessed baskets, decorated eggs, and water games.
- [Adloyada](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/adloyada), Israel: A humorous Purim parade in Israel featuring giant puppets and satirical floats.
- [Asalha Puja](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/asalha-puja), Thailand: A Theravada festival marking the Buddha's first sermon and the monastic order
- [Vassa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/vassa), Thailand: A three-month rainy-season retreat of meditation, study, and discipline for Buddhists
- [Dubrovnik Summer Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dubrovnik-summer-festival), Croatia: An annual summer celebration of theatre, music and dance held in the historic streets of Dubrovnik.
- [Onbashira Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/onbashira), Japan: A rite in Nagano where massive fir logs are dragged down mountains and raised at shrines
- [Holy Week in the Philippines](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/holy-week-in-the-philippines), Philippines: An eight-day observance of the Passion, death, and resurrection of Christ in the Philippines.
- [Bridal shower](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bridal-shower), United States: A gift-giving party for a bride before her wedding, best known in North America
- [Nabi Musa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/nabi-musa), Palestine: An annual Palestinian Muslim pilgrimage and festival honoring the prophet Moses
- [Dominican Carnival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/carnival-in-the-dominican-republic), Dominican Republic: A February street festival of masks, music and parades across the Dominican Republic.
- [Cherokee National Holiday](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/cherokee-national-holiday), United States: An annual gathering in Oklahoma marking the signing of the Cherokee Constitution
- [Schueberfouer](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/schueberfouer), Luxembourg: An annual late-summer funfair and historic fair held in Luxembourg City
- [Throne Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/throne-day-morocco), Morocco: Morocco's annual national holiday marking the enthronement of the reigning king
- [Fasika](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/fasika), Ethiopia: The celebration of Easter and the end of Lent across Ethiopia and Eritrea
- [Gilles](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/gilles), Belgium: Costumed carnival figures of Binche and surrounding Belgian towns
- [Payada](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/payada), Uruguay: Improvised ten-line verses traded by guitar-playing payadores in the Río de la Plata
- [Awa Dance Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/awa-dance-festival), Japan: A summer street dance festival held in Tokushima during the Buddhist season of Obon
- [Rocket Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/rocket-festival), Laos: A rainy-season festival of merit-making, music, parades and homemade rockets
- [Serbian Christmas](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/christmas-in-serbia), Serbia: A three-day midwinter observance focused on oak logs, floor straw and family gatherings
- [Fiji Week](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/fiji-week), Fiji: A week of national celebration in Fiji marking independence and colonial history with cultural performances.
- [Tió de Nadal](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tio-de-nadal), Spain: A Catalan Christmas tradition where a decorated log is fed and beaten to produce small gifts for children.
- [Jumping the broom](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/jumping-the-broom), United States: A wedding ritual where newlyweds leap over a broom to mark their union
- [Jazz funeral](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/jazz-funeral), United States: A New Orleans funeral march led by brass music, moving from mourning to joyful dance
- [Songkran](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/songkran-thailand), Thailand: The three-day Thai New Year festival marked by water rituals and blessings for elders
- [Persian carpet](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/persian-carpet), Iran: Hand-woven knotted rugs and flat textiles crafted across the towns and tribes of Iran
- [Kofar Mata Dye Pits](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kofar-mata-dye-pits), Nigeria: Hand-dyed indigo cloth from centuries-old earthen pits in the heart of Kano
- [Immortal Regiment](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/immortal-regiment), Russia: A civic procession where people carry portraits of relatives who served in the Second World War.
- [Mummering](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mummering), Canada: A festive midwinter custom of disguised visits, music and playful guessing games
- [Vertep](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/vertep), Ukraine: A two-tiered Ukrainian puppet theatre that mixes the nativity story with satirical comedy and folk music.
- [Night of the Radishes](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/night-of-the-radishes), Mexico: An annual festival of intricate sculptures carved from oversized radishes in Oaxaca
- [Adowa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/adowa-dance), Ghana: A Ghanaian Akan dance where hands and feet carry the mood of the occasion
- [MassKara Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/masskara-festival), Philippines: A street festival of smiling masks, parades and music in Bacolod, Philippines
- [Rose Parade](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/rose-parade), United States: A New Year's Day floral parade of natural floats, bands and horses in California
- [Wren Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/wren-day), Ireland: A Saint Stephen's Day custom where groups parade a stuffed wren on a decorated pole through their community.
- [Dongzhi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dongzhi), China: A midwinter festival celebrating the return of light with family feasts and dumplings
- [Poya](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/poya), Sri Lanka: A monthly full moon Buddhist holiday of observance and fasting in Sri Lanka
- [Mexican Revolution Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/revolution-day-mexico), Mexico: A Mexican civic holiday marking the 1910 uprising with parades and public ceremonies
- [Ducasse de Mons](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ducasse-de-mons), Belgium: An eight-day festival in Mons featuring a golden carriage and a dragon combat
- [Bonfires of Saint John in Alicante](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/fogueres-d-alacant), Spain: A midsummer festival of towering satirical monuments, music and fire in Alicante
- [Lughnasadh](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/lughnasadh), Ireland: A Gaelic festival marking the start of harvest with feasts, fairs and mountain walks
- [Scoppio del Carro](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/scoppio-del-carro), Italy: An Easter Sunday fireworks display ignited by a flying dove in Florence
- [Maundy Thursday](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/maundy-thursday), Philippines: A Christian feast marking the start of Easter observances with foot washing and communion services.
- [Higan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/higan), Japan: A Japanese Buddhist week of reflection and ancestor remembrance at the equinoxes
- [Piñata](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/pinata), Mexico: A festive decorated container broken open with a stick to scatter treats and fruit
- [Cinco de Mayo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/cinco-de-mayo), Mexico: May 5 observance honoring the 1862 Mexican victory over French troops near Puebla.
- [Tenjin Matsuri](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tenjin-matsuri), Japan: A major Shinto festival in Osaka featuring a street procession and a river boat parade on the Okawa River.
- [Sanja Matsuri](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sanja-matsuri), Japan: A loud three-day Shinto festival in Tokyo honoring the founders of Sensō-ji temple.
- [Lammas](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/lammas), United Kingdom: A harvest festival marking the blessing of the first baked bread from the new wheat crop
- [United States presidential inauguration](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/united-states-presidential-inauguration), United States: The formal swearing-in ceremony and celebrations for a new United States president
- [Gimjang](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/gimjang), South Korea: Korea's late-autumn work of making enough kimchi to last the winter
- [Mothering Sunday](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mothering-sunday), United Kingdom: A mid-Lent Christian observance and family celebration of mothers and mother churches
- [Chichibu Night Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/chichibu-night-festival), Japan: A December shrine gathering in Chichibu featuring historic Japanese festival floats.
- [Guelaguetza](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/guelaguetza), Mexico: An annual Oaxacan festival of indigenous dance, music, costumes and communal sharing
- [Gozan no Okuribi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/gozan-no-okuribi), Japan: Five giant bonfires lit across Kyoto's hills to bid farewell to ancestor spirits.
- [Kanda Matsuri](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kanda-matsuri), Japan: A major Shinto festival with massive parades through the streets of central Tokyo
- [Perchta](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/perchta), Austria: A midwinter Alpine figure who checks spinning and tests good behaviour
- [Japanese New Year](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/japanese-new-year), Japan: An annual celebration of renewal, seasonal foods, and bell ringing across Japan
- [Carol service](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/carol-service), United Kingdom: A Christmas church service of seasonal hymns, scripture readings and candlelight
- [Baul tradition](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/baul), Bangladesh: A Bengali devotional minstrel path uniting mystic poetry, music and dance
- [Joya no Kane](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/joya-no-kane), Japan: A Japanese Buddhist New Year's Eve ritual where temple bells are struck to cleanse the year of worldly desires.
- [Remembrance Sunday](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/remembrance-sunday), United Kingdom: A day of solemn remembrance for military and civilian service members in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth.
- [Obon](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/obon), Japan: A Japanese Buddhist festival honoring the spirits of ancestors through dance, light, and family reunion.
- [Tashlikh](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tashlikh), Germany: A Jewish new year rite of casting sins into flowing water, kept by the waterside
- [Sitalsasthi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sitalsasthi), India: A festival in western Odisha re-enacting the divine wedding of Shiva and Parvati
- [Chapchar Kut](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/chapchar-kut), India: A spring festival of dance and food kept by the Mizo people in Mizoram, India.
- [Pushkar Fair](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/pushkar-fair), India: An annual camel and livestock fair with lake pilgrimage rites in Rajasthan, India
- [Thimithi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/thimithi), India: A South Indian firewalking festival honouring Draupadi Amman before Deepavali
- [Pandal](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/pandal), India: Temporary decorated pavilions and arches built for festivals and gatherings
- [Sanjhi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sanjhi), India: Autumn devotion honoring a mother goddess and sacred floor art of Radha and Krishna
- [Garba](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/garba), India: A Gujarati circle dance performed around a sacred flame during the festival of Navratri
- [Koodiyattam](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/koodiyattam), India: An ancient Sanskrit temple drama and dance tradition from Kerala, India
- [Lathmar Holi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/lathmar-holi), India: A playful spring festival in two Uttar Pradesh towns where women strike men with sticks to reenact a divine legend.
- [Pushkaram](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/pushkaram), India: A river worship festival rotating across twelve sacred Indian rivers over twelve years
- [Ganga Dussehra](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ganga-dussehra), India: A ten-day Hindu river festival celebrating the descent of the Ganges to earth
- [Vat Purnima](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/vata-purnima), India: An annual Hindu festival where married women fast and pray around a banyan tree
- [Shinbyu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/shinbyu), Myanmar: A Burmese Buddhist rite in which a boy goes forth as a novice monk, often at New Year
- [Bonalu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bonalu), India: An annual festival of thanksgiving to Goddess Mahakali across Telangana, India
- [Christmas dinner](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/christmas-dinner), United Kingdom: The festive family meal of Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, with roast meats and puddings
- [Vallam Kali](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/vallam-kali), India: A traditional canoe racing festival held across the waters of Kerala during Onam
- [Jallikattu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/jallikattu), India: A traditional bull-embracing event held during harvest celebrations in Tamil Nadu
- [Kabaddi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kabaddi), India: A fast South Asian contact sport where solo raiders tag defenders on a single breath
- [Panguni Uthiram](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/panguni-uthiram), India: A Tamil Hindu festival celebrating divine weddings and the virtues of married life
- [Sand drawing](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sand-drawing), Vanuatu: One unbroken line drawn in sand with a finger, used to tell stories in Vanuatu
- [Meenakshi Tirukalyanam](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/meenakshi-tirukalyanam), India: A two-week festival in Madurai celebrating the divine wedding of Meenakshi and Shiva.
- [Nabakalebara](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/nabakalebara), India: A rare ritual in Puri where the wooden idols of four Hindu deities are replaced with new carvings every twelve to ninete
- [Sarhul](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sarhul), India: A spring new year festival honoring nature and Sal blossoms across Jharkhand
- [Ramlila](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ramlila), India: Open-air community plays staged across autumn nights, recounting the journey of Rama.
- [Bandi Chhor Divas](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bandi-chhor-divas), India: A Sikh festival of liberation marking the release of Guru Hargobind and fifty-two princes from Mughal imprisonment.
- [Hanfu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/hanfu), China: The dress of the Han Chinese, named for the Han dynasty and worn again today
- [All Souls' Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/all-souls-day), Italy: A Christian observance on 2 November for prayer and remembrance of those who have died.
- [Abbots Bromley Horn Dance](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/abbots-bromley-horn-dance), United Kingdom: A September folk dance in an English village featuring dancers with reindeer antlers and a hobby horse.
- [Muqam](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/muqam), China: A Uyghur modal system of melody types, and the twelve long cycles built on it
- [Russian tea culture](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/russian-tea-culture), Russia: The everyday cup of Russia, brewed strong and diluted to taste, with jam and sweets
- [Reggae](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/reggae), Jamaica: A Jamaican music of the late 1960s: a slow beat, a deep bass line and Rastafari roots
- [Jagaddhatri Puja](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/jagaddhatri-puja), India: A Hindu festival for the world-bearing goddess, kept in West Bengal each autumn
- [Klapa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/klapa), Croatia: Unaccompanied harmony singing from Dalmatia, built by groups of friends
- [Mano](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mano-gesture), Philippines: A Filipino greeting where a younger person bows and asks an elder for a blessing
- [Ojkanje](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ojkanje), Croatia: A throat-shaking style of folk singing from Croatia's Dinaric highlands
- [Boishakhi Mela](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/boishakhi-mela), United Kingdom: A Bengali New Year fair in London each May, with a parade, music and food stalls
- [Kitenge](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kitenge), Kenya: A printed cloth tied at the waist or chest, worn as a wrap, head cover or baby sling
- [Maypole](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/maypole), Germany: A tall wooden pole, garlanded and danced around, raised at May Day, Whitsun or Midsummer
- [Elevenses](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/elevenses), United Kingdom: A short mid-morning pause for a drink and a small bite, kept in many countries
- [National day of mourning](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/national-day-of-mourning), United States: A day a government sets aside for national grief, often marked by flags at half-mast
- [Daijō-sai](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/daijosai), Japan: The emperor's once-in-a-reign Shinto rite of thanks for the rice harvest
- [Olympic flame](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/olympic-flame), Greece: A flame kindled in Greece, carried by torch to light the cauldron of each Games
- [Great Lent](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/great-lent), Egypt: The forty-day fast before Easter, kept by Eastern Christians as a season of prayer
- [Bharatanatyam](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bharatanatyam), India: A South Indian temple dance of set poses, hand gestures and rhythm, now danced on stage
- [Pentecost](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/pentecost), Hungary: The Christian feast of the Holy Spirit, kept fifty days after Easter
- [Martenitsa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/martenitsa), Bulgaria: Red and white yarn dolls worn from 1 March until spring shows itself
- [Irreecha](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/irreechaa), Ethiopia: A thanksgiving festival at sacred lakes in Oromia, Ethiopia, at the end of the rains
- [Morna](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/morna-music), Cape Verde: Cape Verde's guitar-and-voice song, danced in pairs, listed by UNESCO in 2019
- [Niqab](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/niqab), Saudi Arabia: A face veil worn by some Muslim women, hiding all but the eyes
- [Kalpak](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kalpak), Turkey: A tall cap of Turkic peoples, thick for winter and wide and light for summer
- [Rooster of Barcelos](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/rooster-of-barcelos), Portugal: A Portuguese tale of a roast rooster that crowed to clear an innocent man
- [Weddings in India](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/weddings-in-india), India: Weddings across India, each shaped by faith, region and family
- [Super Bowl Sunday](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/super-bowl-sunday), United States: The day the NFL championship is played, kept with gatherings and buffet food
- [Aleppo soap](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/aleppo-soap), Syria: A hard olive-oil and laurel soap, hand-made in Aleppo and aged for months
- [Boxing Day Test](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/boxing-day-test), Australia: Cricket's annual Test match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, starting each 26 December
- [Chullo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/chullo), Peru: An earflapped Andean hat in alpaca or llama wool, worn against the cold
- [Vienna New Year's Concert](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/vienna-new-year-s-concert), Austria: A morning of waltzes and polkas on 1 January, played by the Vienna Philharmonic
- [Compadre](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/compadre), Spain: A ritual kinship made at a child's baptism, binding parents and godparents for life
- [Taiko](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/taiko), Japan: Japanese drums, and the ensemble style of playing them
- [Trndez](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/trndez), Armenia: An Armenian fire feast forty days after Christmas, kept with bonfires and shared sweets
- [Chokha](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/chokha), Georgia: A high-collared wool coat of the Caucasus, worn by men for battle and ceremony
- [Laba congee](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/laba-congee), China: A ceremonial Chinese porridge of rice, beans and dried fruit, eaten at the Laba Festival
- [Lakalaka](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/lakalaka), Tonga: A formal group dance of Tonga where singers stand in rows and move their arms to express songs.
- [Kebaya](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kebaya), Indonesia: A front-opening blouse and wrapped cloth, worn by women across Southeast Asia
- [Poruwa ceremony](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/poruwa-ceremony), Sri Lanka: A Sinhalese wedding rite held on a decorated wooden platform called a Poruwa
- [Hakafot](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/hakafot), Israel: Circling the synagogue platform with the Torah scrolls, at Sukkot and Simchat Torah
- [Pōwhiri](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/powhiri), New Zealand: A formal Māori welcome onto a marae, with calls, speeches, song and the hongi
- [Jereed](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/jereed), Turkey: Riders on horseback throw blunt wooden javelins at rivals in this Turkish team sport
- [Fujara](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/fujara), Slovakia: A tall Slovak flute played by shepherds, with a deep voice built from overtones
- [Simchat Torah](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/simchat-torah), Israel: The day Jewish communities finish the Torah reading and start it again, with dancing
- [Koulourakia](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/koulourakia), Greece: Sweet butter pastries baked for Greek Easter and shaped into rings and braids
- [Shogi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/shogi), Japan: Japan's two-player strategy game, where captured pieces change sides and return
- [Reunion dinner](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/reunion-dinner), China: A family gathering meal on lunar new year's eve, kept in China and Vietnam
- [Torah reading](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/torah-reading), Israel: The public reading of the Torah scroll in synagogue, chanted to a special tune
- [Bachelor party](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bachelor-party), United States: A send-off for a groom-to-be, kept in the days and weeks before a wedding
- [Smorgasbord](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/smorgasbord), Sweden: A Swedish table of hot and cold dishes where guests serve themselves
- [Lithuanian folk songs](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/folk-songs-of-lithuania), Lithuania: Songs of love, weddings, work and war, sung in unison or in harmony across Lithuania
- [Tango no sekku](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tango-no-sekku), Japan: A Japanese seasonal festival for children marked with carp streamers and iris leaves.
- [Pho](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/pho), Vietnam: A Vietnamese noodle soup of broth and rice noodles, served hot with beef or chicken.
- [Kurta](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kurta), India: A loose collarless tunic from South Asia, worn plain or embroidered over pyjamas or jeans
- [Kırkpınar](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/k-rkp-nar), Turkey: A three-day Turkish oil wrestling contest near Edirne, held each June since 1360
- [Japanese tea ceremony](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/japanese-tea-ceremony), Japan: The formal serving of powdered matcha, shaped by Zen, Shinto and wabi
- [Schuhplattler](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/schuhplattler), Germany: An Alpine folk dance of stomps, claps and flat-hand slaps on shoes, knees and thighs
- [Korovai](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/korovai), Ukraine: A round wedding bread of Eastern Europe, baked with songs and shared by all the guests
- [Bunad](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bunad), Norway: Norway's festive dress, tied to a home district and worn from weddings to 17 May
- [Turkish folk dance](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/turkish-folk-dance), Turkey: Regional line and circle dances of Turkey, each with its own step and rhythm
- [Vision quest](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/vision-quest), India: A coming-of-age fast and vigil, kept by some Native American peoples
- [Bonfire Night](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bonfire-night), United Kingdom: Yearly nights of bonfires and fireworks, kept in Britain, Ireland and beyond
- [Umrah](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/umrah), Saudi Arabia: A pilgrimage to Mecca that Muslims may make at most times of year, unlike the Hajj
- [Hora](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/hora), Romania: A circle dance from Southeast Europe, danced at weddings and festivals
- [Pavlovo Posad shawl](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/pavlovo-posad-shawl), Russia: A woolen Russian shawl printed with flowers, made in the town of Pavlovsky Posad
- [Shamrock](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/shamrock), Ireland: A small three-leaved clover, worn in Ireland on St Patrick's Day as a national emblem
- [Merrie Monarch Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/merrie-monarch-festival), United States: A spring week of hula in Hilo, closing with three nights of competition
- [Keffiyeh](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/keffiyeh), Palestine: A square cotton headscarf worn by men in arid parts of the Middle East and North Africa
- [Iomante](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/iomante), Japan: An Ainu rite that sends a hand-raised bear cub's spirit home to the god-world
- [Irish dance](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/irish-dance), Ireland: Ireland's traditional solo and group dances, from social halls to world competitions
- [Narasimha Jayanti](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/narasimha-jayanti), India: A one-day Hindu festival marking Vishnu's man-lion avatar and the rescue of Prahlada
- [Babinden](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/babinden), Bulgaria: A Bulgarian feast honoring midwives and new mothers with rituals of bathing, feasting, and blessing.
- [Pollera](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/pollera), Panama: A handmade skirt and outfit worn in Panama, Bolivia and Peru, and a marker of identity
- [Iftar](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/iftar), Iran: The sunset meal that breaks the Ramadan fast, eaten with family and community
- [Wedding reception](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/wedding-reception), United States: The party after a wedding, where the couple greet guests over food, cake and dancing
- [Meshrep](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/meshrep), China: A Uyghur gathering of music, poetry, dance and moral counsel at harvest and weddings
- [Challah](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/challah), Israel: A braided Jewish bread, blessed and shared at Shabbat and holiday tables
- [Henna ceremony](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/henna-ceremony), Saudi Arabia: A night of henna patterns on a bride's hands and feet, kept before the wedding
- [Hanukkah menorah](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/hanukkah-menorah), Israel: A nine-branched lamp that gains one more flame on each of Hanukkah's eight nights
- [Shalwar kameez](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/shalwar-kameez), Pakistan: Loose trousers and a long tunic, worn as one outfit across South Asia
- [Pansori](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/pansori), South Korea: A Korean art of sung storytelling, with one singer, one drummer and a listening crowd
- [Traditional Vietnamese wedding](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/traditional-vietnamese-wedding), Vietnam: A Vietnamese wedding: two families joined through proposal, engagement and ceremony
- [Cantu a tenore](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/cantu-a-tenore), Italy: Four men singing in a tight circle, a vocal art of Sardinia's Barbagia hills
- [High Holy Days](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/high-holy-days), Israel: The Jewish year's ten days of repentance, from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur
- [Kukeri](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kukeri), Bulgaria: Masked and belled figures who tour Bulgarian villages at New Year to drive off harm
- [Baile folklórico](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/baile-folklorico), Mexico: Staged folk dances of Mexico and Central America, with regional dress and mariachi music
- [Straw bear](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/straw-bear), Germany: A carnival figure wrapped in straw, paraded through German towns to mark the end of winter.
- [Doina](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/doina), Romania: A free-rhythm Romanian song of longing, sung alone or played to open a dance
- [La Tomatina](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/la-tomatina), Spain: A one-hour tomato fight in Buñol on the last Wednesday of August
- [Cheung Chau Bun Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/cheung-chau-bun-festival), Hong Kong: A week of vegetarian days, bun towers and a midnight scramble on a Hong Kong island
- [Ngaben](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ngaben), Indonesia: A Balinese Hindu cremation rite held to free the soul of the dead
- [Costa Rican oxcarts](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/costa-rican-oxcarts), Costa Rica: Oxen-drawn carts, hand-painted in bright patterns, kept as a national symbol of Costa Rica
- [Kintsugi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kintsugi), Japan: Mending broken pottery with lacquer and gold, so the repair stays visible
- [Zaduszki](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/zaduszki), Poland: A Polish day of prayer for the dead on 2 November, kept with candles at the graves
- [Wigilia](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/wigilia), Poland: Poland's meatless Christmas Eve supper, begun when the first star appears
- [Ahoi Ashtami](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ahoi-ashtami), India: A day of fasting by Hindu mothers before Diwali, for their children's wellbeing
- [Bush ballad](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bush-ballad), Australia: Verse and song that tell stories of life in the Australian bush
- [Kecak](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kecak), Indonesia: A circle of men chanting chak as they dance the Ramayana epic in Bali
- [Filipino wedding customs](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/marriage-and-wedding-customs-in-the-philippines), Philippines: A blend of indigenous rituals and Christian traditions marking the union of two families in the Philippines.
- [Gule Wamkulu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/gulewamkulu), Malawi: A masked Chewa dance of the Nyau society, danced at funerals and chief installations
- [Kiddush](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kiddush), Israel: A blessing over wine or grape juice that marks Shabbat and festivals as holy
- [Dymkovo toys](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dymkovo-toys), Russia: Painted clay people, animals and whistles, shaped by women in Dymkovo near Kirov
- [Tangzhuang](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tangzhuang), China: A Chinese jacket with a Mandarin collar, worn for formal occasions and holidays
- [Gamosa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/gamosa), India: A white Assamese cloth with a red border, worn, gifted and laid under sacred texts
- [Long sword dance](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/long-sword-dance), United Kingdom: A Yorkshire winter sword dance kept by village teams at Christmas and Plough Monday
- [Twelve Grapes](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/twelve-grapes), Spain: A grape for every chime at midnight on 31 December, welcoming the new year
- [Bread and salt](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bread-and-salt), Russia: Bread and salt offered to a guest: a welcome kept from Russia to Albania
- [Baba Marta](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/baba-marta), Bulgaria: A Bulgarian day on 1 March, when red and white martenitsi are given and worn
- [Chinese paper cutting](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/chinese-paper-cutting), China: Chinese cut paper pictures, pasted on windows and doors for luck at New Year
- [Praxe](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/praxe), Portugal: A set of student initiation rituals and traditions in Portuguese universities.
- [Dhoti](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dhoti), India: A long unstitched cloth men wrap like trousers, for worship and formal days
- [Calennig](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/calennig), United Kingdom: Welsh children carry a decorated apple door to door and sing for New Year gifts
- [Bar and bat mitzvah](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bar-and-bat-mitzvah), Israel: A Jewish rite of passage marking when youth reach adulthood and take responsibility for their own actions.
- [Ulwaluko](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ulwaluko), South Africa: A Xhosa rite that takes a boy into manhood through seclusion and teaching
- [Kira](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kira-bhutan), Bhutan: Bhutan's national dress for women, an ankle-length woven cloth wrapped and pinned
- [Moon rabbit](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/moon-rabbit), China: A hare seen in the Moon's dark patches, pounding rice cakes or the elixir of life
- [Worry doll](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/worry-doll), Guatemala: Hand-made dolls from highland Guatemala that children tell their worries to at night
- [Kiribath](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kiribath), Sri Lanka: Rice cooked in coconut milk, the dish of Sinhalese New Year and family beginnings
- [Festa del Redentore](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/festa-del-redentore), Italy: Venice's July festival of fireworks over the water, kept in thanks for the plague's end
- [Yule](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/yule), Iceland: The Germanic midwinter festival that Christmas grew out of, kept today by Heathens
- [Butter tea](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/butter-tea), China: A salted tea churned with yak butter, served to guests across the Himalaya
- [Djellaba](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/djellaba), Morocco: A long, loose hooded robe worn by men and women across North Africa
- [Longyi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/longyi), Myanmar: A tube of cloth worn from waist to feet in Myanmar, folded shut with no knot
- [Sufi whirling](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sufi-whirling), Turkey: A Sufi meditation in which dervishes spin in circles to turn toward God
- [Kilt](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kilt), United Kingdom: A pleated knee-length skirt in tartan wool, worn as Scottish Highland dress
- [Lederhosen](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/lederhosen), Germany: Leather breeches that began as work wear and now belong to Alpine festivals
- [Yodeling](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/yodeling), Switzerland: A singing style switching between chest voice and falsetto, kept as a folk tradition across the Alps and globally.
- [Inuksuk](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/inuksuk), Canada: Stone markers raised by Inuit across the Arctic to guide, hunt and remember
- [Las arras](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/las-arras), Spain: Thirteen gold coins, blessed at a wedding and given by the groom to the bride
- [Frevo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/frevo), Brazil: A fast, brass-driven dance and music of Recife's Carnival, danced with a small umbrella
- [Kolo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kolo), Serbia: A South Slavic circle dance of linked hands, kept at weddings and gatherings
- [Sampot](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sampot), Cambodia: A length of cloth wrapped at the waist, the everyday and ceremonial dress of Cambodia
- [Doljanchi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/doljanchi), South Korea: A Korean first-birthday rite where a baby picks an object that hints at the years ahead
- [Mak yong](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mak-yong), Malaysia: A dance-drama of Kelantan and Patani, told in song, music and improvised speech
- [Xiangqi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/xiangqi), China: A two-player game of armies and cannons, played on the points of a nine-by-ten board
- [Afternoon tea](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tea-meal), United Kingdom: A late-afternoon spread of tea, small sandwiches and cakes, kept across Britain
- [Oil wrestling](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/oil-wrestling), Turkey: Oiled wrestlers in leather trousers: Turkey's national sport, centred on Kırkpınar
- [Nativity scene](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/nativity-scene), Italy: A seasonal set of figures showing Jesus's birth, put up by Christians at Christmas
- [Marinera](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/marinera), Peru: A courtship dance from Peru's coast, with handkerchiefs and bare feet
- [Giostra della Quintana](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/giostra-della-quintana), Italy: A June and September joust in Foligno, where ten knights spear rings
- [Zwarte Piet](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/zwarte-piet), Netherlands: Saint Nicholas's companion in the Low Countries, who hands out sweets to children
- [Correfoc](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/correfoc), Spain: Devil-costumed fire runs through the streets of Catalan and Valencian festival towns
- [Jongmyo jerye](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/jongmyo-jerye), South Korea: Ancestral rite for Korea's Joseon kings, with court music and a line dance, held in Seoul
- [Krampus](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/krampus), Austria: Saint Nicholas's horned companion, who comes for misbehaving children on 5 December
- [Azulejo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/azulejo), Spain: Painted, tin-glazed ceramic tiles that cover walls and floors across Portugal and Spain
- [Dim sum](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dim-sum), China: Small dishes shared with tea, eaten as brunch in Cantonese teahouses and restaurants
- [Russian wedding traditions](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/russian-wedding-traditions), Russia: A Russian wedding runs two days to a week, with ransom games, crowns and toasts
- [Kallikantzaros](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kallikantzaros), Greece: A malevolent goblin of Greek and Balkan folklore, active in the Christmas season.
- [Sky burial](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sky-burial), China: A Tibetan funeral in which the dead are laid out on a rock for vultures
- [Vyshyvanka](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/vyshyvanka), Ukraine: An embroidered shirt of Ukraine and Belarus, its patterns marking region and family
- [Sichuan opera](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sichuan-opera), China: A Chinese opera from Sichuan, known for split-second mask changes and a central clown
- [Supra](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/supra-feast), Georgia: A Georgian feast led by a toastmaster, where toasts, wine and food carry the meal
- [Kochari](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kochari), Armenia: A circle dance from the Armenian Highlands, danced at weddings and gatherings
- [Tango](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tango), Uruguay: A social partner dance of the Río de la Plata, improvised step by step
- [Khorovod](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/khorovod), Russia: A Slavic circle dance with singing, danced with linked hands or little fingers
- [ʻAva ceremony](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ava-ceremony), Samoa: A solemn ritual of shared drink and oratory in Samoa and Tonga to mark chiefly titles and important gatherings.
- [Zakuski](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/zakuski), Russia: A laid-out table of cold small dishes that opens a Russian festive meal
- [Shyrdak](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/shyrdak), Kyrgyzstan: A hand-stitched felt rug of contrasting colour, made by Kyrgyz and Kazakh families
- [Pashmina](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/pashmina-material), India: Ultra-fine wool of Himalayan goats, hand-woven in Kashmir into shawls of rank
- [Albanian iso-polyphony](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/albanian-iso-polyphony), Albania: Multi-part Albanian singing with a held drone, kept across the south
- [Kurdish dance](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kurdish-dance), Iran: Circle dances of the Kurds, led by handkerchief twirlers, for weddings and Newroz
- [Green Corn Ceremony](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/green-corn-ceremony), United States: A Southeastern harvest and new year ceremony of fasting, dancing and renewal
- [Yum cha](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/yum-cha), China: A Cantonese breakfast of dim sum and tea, eaten slowly in large groups
- [Kente cloth](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kente-cloth), Ghana: Hand-woven Ghanaian cloth of silk and cotton strips, worn for ceremonies and graduations
- [Red envelope](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/red-envelope), China: Money in a red packet, given at Lunar New Year, weddings and other big days
- [Gomesi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/gomesi), Uganda: A floor-length, brightly coloured dress tied with a sash, worn by women in Uganda
- [Lūʻau](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/lu-au), United States: A Hawaiian feast of kālua pig and poi, eaten by hand outdoors with music and hula
- [Topping out](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/topping-out), United Kingdom: A builders' rite for the day the last beam goes up, marked with a tree, a flag and a toast
- [Keening](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/keening), Ireland: A sung mourning cry at Gaelic funerals, once led by hired women singers
- [Crayfish party](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/crayfish-party), Sweden: Boiled crayfish, snaps and paper lanterns at a late-summer party in Sweden and Finland
- [Tailgate party](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tailgate-party), United States: Grilling, sharing and drinking beside a car before the game, mostly in North America
- [Asado](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/asado), Argentina: A slow fire, a grill and a shared table: how people gather to cook and eat meat
- [Polterabend](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/polterabend), Germany: Guests smash porcelain the night before a wedding to wish the couple luck
- [Lewes Bonfire](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/lewes-bonfire), United Kingdom: A Sussex town marks 5 November with torchlit processions, burning crosses and bonfires
- [Ala kiyiz](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ala-kiyiz), Kyrgyzstan: Patterned felt carpets pressed by hand for the tents of Central Asian herders
- [Eid al-Ghadir](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/eid-al-ghadir), Iran: A Shia Muslim festival of prayer, gifts and shared meals, kept on 18 Dhu al-Hijjah
- [Sanni Yakuma](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sanni-yakuma), Sri Lanka: A Sinhalese rite where masked dancers summon eighteen illness demons and banish them
- [Ancestor veneration](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/veneration-of-the-dead), China: Honouring dead relatives with offerings, meals and prayers, kept in cultures worldwide
- [Miyamairi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/miyamairi), Japan: A first visit to a Shinto shrine, about a month after a baby is born
- [Plough Monday](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/plough-monday), United Kingdom: England's old start of the farming year, kept with ploughs, straw bears and sword dances
- [Wedding cord](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/wedding-cord), Mexico: A loop of white cord laid over a kneeling bride and groom in Catholic weddings
- [Willkakuti](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/willkakuti), Bolivia: An Aymara new year at the June solstice, marking the sun's return
- [Adumu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/adumu), Kenya: A Maasai warrior dance of high jumps from a circle, done at weddings and rites
- [Parranda](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/parranda), Puerto Rico: A Puerto Rican Christmas custom of night-time visits with songs, food and drink
- [Lunar New Year](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/lunar-new-year), China: New year festivals dated by the moon, kept from East Asia to the Middle East
- [Kagura](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kagura), Japan: A sacred Shinto dance tradition in Japan that invites deities to descend and perform through human dancers.
- [Rijsttafel](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/rijsttafel), Indonesia: Many small dishes around rice: a colonial-era banquet still served in the Netherlands
- [Khachkar](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/khachkar), Armenia: A carved stone cross raised as a memorial, a grave marker and a prayer in stone
- [Clambake](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/clambake), United States: Shellfish steamed over seaweed in a pit, eaten outdoors along the New England coast
- [Wayang](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/wayang), Indonesia: A night-long puppet theatre from Java, where a dalang tells epics behind a lit screen
- [Mahjong](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mahjong), China: A tile game from China, played by two to four people at a table
- [Nhã nhạc](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/nha-nhac), Vietnam: Vietnam's royal court music, played for palace rites from the Trần dynasty onward
- [Kapa haka](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kapa-haka), New Zealand: Māori group song and dance, from tribal and school groups to the national stage
- [Ca trù](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ca-tru), Vietnam: A Vietnamese art of sung poetry, led by a woman singer with lute and praise drum
- [Sari](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sari), India: An unstitched length of cloth that women drape around the body, worn across South Asia
- [Tracht](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tracht), Germany: Traditional dress of the German-speaking regions, from lederhosen to the dirndl
- [Joss paper](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/joss-paper), China: Paper money burned for ancestors and gods, folded and offered in Chinese worship
- [Licitar](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/licitar), Croatia: A hand-painted honey biscuit given as a gift at weddings and on Valentine's Day
- [Bandhani](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bandhani), India: Tie-dye cloth from India, knotted by hand and dipped in dye to leave dot patterns
- [Go](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/go), China: Two players surround territory with black and white stones on a lined board
- [We Tripantu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/we-tripantu), Chile: The Mapuche new year, kept on the June solstice as the sun turns back
- [Bush dance](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bush-dance), Australia: An Australian social dance style, usually with a live bush band
- [Azerbaijani carpet](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/azerbaijani-carpet), Azerbaijan: Handwoven floor and wall coverings from Azerbaijan, made by women in regional designs
- [Ancestor worship](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ancestor-worship), China: Honouring dead relatives with offerings and prayers, kept in many cultures worldwide
- [Ekeko](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ekeko), Bolivia: A small figurine of abundance kept in Andean homes and carried at the Alasitas fair to invite prosperity.
- [Throat singing](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/throat-singing), Mongolia: Several deep, guttural singing styles, each named and kept by its own people
- [Mischief Night](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mischief-night), United Kingdom: An evening of pranks and tricks, kept before Halloween or Guy Fawkes Night
- [Japanese funeral](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/japanese-funeral), Japan: A Buddhist farewell in Japan: a wake, cremation, bone-gathering and a family grave
- [Daruma doll](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/daruma-doll), Japan: A round Japanese wishing doll: fill one eye to set a goal, the other to mark it done.
- [Nayrouz](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/nayrouz), Egypt: A Coptic feast marking the new year and honoring martyrs, kept in Egypt and Ethiopia.
- [Danza de los Voladores](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/danza-de-los-voladores), Mexico: A Mesoamerican rite of dance and rope, flown from a tall pole to ask for rain
- [Burqa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/burqa), Afghanistan: A garment covering the body and face, worn by some Muslim women
- [Jegichagi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/jegichagi), South Korea: A paper shuttlecock kicked and kept in the air, a winter game for Korean children
- [Jwibullori](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/jwibullori), South Korea: A Korean New Year game of whirling fire-cans to clear fields and wish good luck
- [Ancient Egyptian funerary practices](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ancient-egyptian-funerary-practices), Egypt: Rites for the dead in ancient Egypt: preserving the body, spells and grave goods
- [Kimono](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kimono), Japan: Japan's national dress: a wrapped robe with square sleeves, tied with a wide sash
- [Tilaka](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tilaka), India: A forehead mark worn by Hindus and Jains, at home, at temple and on special days
- [Fijiri](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/fijiri), Bahrain: Songs of the Gulf pearl divers: one lead voice, a chorus, a hand drum and a clay pot
- [New Yam Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/new-yam-festivals-in-nigeria), Nigeria: A yearly harvest thanksgiving across Nigeria, when the first new yams may be eaten
- [Baju Melayu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/baju-melayu), Malaysia: The long-sleeved Malay man's shirt and trousers, formal national dress in Malaysia and Brunei
- [Taarof](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/taarof), Iran: An Iranian code of ritual politeness, where offers and refusals are traded with grace
- [Palekh miniature](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/palekh-miniature), Russia: Tiny tempera paintings on lacquered papier-mâché, made in the Russian town of Palekh
- [Maximón](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/maximon), Guatemala: A folk saint of the Guatemalan highlands, asked for health, crops and protection
- [Four species](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/four-species), Israel: A ritual waving of four plants during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.
- [Girivalam](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/girivalam), India: A barefoot walk of about 14 km around Arunachala hill, most of all on full moon nights
- [Qudud Halabiya](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/qudud-halabiya), Syria: Syrian songs of love and longing, shaped in Aleppo and set to old melodies
- [Pyebaek](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/pyebaek), South Korea: A Korean wedding rite where newlyweds bow to elders and share dates, chestnuts and wine
- [Nisse](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/nisse-folklore), Denmark: A small farm spirit of Nordic folklore, given porridge at midwinter
- [Bowing in Japan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bowing-in-japan), Japan: The Japanese bow, used to greet, thank, apologise and show respect
- [Times Square Ball](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/times-square-ball), United States: A ball of light slides down a pole in Times Square to mark the start of the new year
- [Turkish tea culture](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tea-in-turkey), Turkey: Two stacked pots, tulip glasses, and a choice of strong or weak tea in Turkey
- [Fanesca](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/fanesca), Ecuador: Ecuador's Holy Week soup of grains, beans and salt cod, made for Good Friday
- [Ceinture fléchée](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ceinture-flechee), Canada: A fingerwoven woollen sash tied at the waist, worn by Québécois and Métis peoples
- [Viennese coffee house culture](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/viennese-coffee-house-culture), Austria: A Viennese social ritual where patrons linger for hours with a single coffee and newspapers.
- [Cham dance](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/cham-dance), China: A masked monastery dance of Tibetan Buddhism, staged at festivals to teach and bless
- [Sinterklaas](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sinterklaas), Netherlands: A Dutch winter feast on 5 and 6 December, when Saint Nicholas brings gifts to children
- [Noh](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/noh), Japan: Japanese masked dance-drama, staged since the 14th century in family schools
- [Maneki-neko](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/maneki-neko), Japan: A lucky cat figurine, paw raised, kept by shop doors and in homes across Japan
- [Morin khuur](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/morin-khuur), Mongolia: Mongolia's two-string horsehead fiddle, played with a horsehair bow
- [Tartan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tartan), United Kingdom: The checked woollen cloth of Scotland, woven from crossing stripes into named patterns
- [Parol](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/parol), Philippines: A Filipino star lantern of bamboo and paper, hung at Christmas from September to January
- [Wedding customs in Ethiopia](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/wedding-customs-in-ethiopia), Ethiopia: Weddings across Ethiopia's many peoples, arranged by families and sealed in local rites
- [Ommegang](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ommegang), Belgium: Medieval town processions of the Low Countries, with giants, guilds and horses
- [Samanu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/samanu), Iran: A sweet sprouted-wheat paste stirred through the night for Nowruz
- [Bunraku](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bunraku), Japan: Osaka's puppet theatre, with chanters, shamisen players and puppeteers in plain sight
- [Fanous](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/fanous), Egypt: An Egyptian lantern of metal and glass, hung in streets and homes through Ramadan
- [Shofar](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/shofar), Israel: A ram's horn blown in synagogue to mark the Jewish new year and the end of Yom Kippur
- [Batik](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/batik), Indonesia: A Javanese wax-resist way of patterning cloth, and the textiles made that way
- [Shinto wedding](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/shinto-wedding), Japan: A short purification ceremony before the kami, sealed by three cups of sake
- [Ofrenda](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ofrenda), Mexico: A home altar of food, flowers and candles that welcomes the dead home at Día de Muertos
- [Bento](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bento), Japan: A single-portion packed meal in a lidded box, carried to school, work or on a train
- [Silent Night](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/silent-night), Austria: A Christmas carol composed in Austria in 1818, now sung worldwide as a symbol of peace.
- [Tumpeng](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tumpeng), Indonesia: A tall cone of rice ringed with side dishes, central to Javanese ceremonies and parties
- [Lord's Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/lord-s-day), Israel: Sunday, the weekly day of Christian worship, kept as a memory of the resurrection
- [Fado](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/fado), Portugal: Portugal's song of fate and longing, sung in Lisbon and Coimbra
- [Swabian-Alemannic Fastnacht](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/swabian-alemannic-fastnacht), Germany: A late-winter carnival of masks and jesters kept before Lent in the Alemannic lands
- [Harvest festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/harvest-festival), United Kingdom: A thanks for the gathered crop, kept with church meals, songs and shared food
- [Chhau dance](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/chhau), India: A masked dance of eastern India, blending martial steps with epic stories
- [Assumption of Mary](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/assumption-of-mary), Italy: A feast on 15 August, when Christians remember Mary taken up into heaven
- [Royal Maundy](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/royal-maundy), United Kingdom: A Church of England service where the monarch gives silver Maundy coins to older people
- [Beshbarmak](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/beshbarmak), Kyrgyzstan: Boiled meat and noodles, eaten by hand from one platter, with a set cut for each guest
- [Calaca](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/calaca), Mexico: Skull and skeleton figures made for the Day of the Dead, joyful rather than sad
- [Epiphany](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/epiphany), Greece: A January feast of the Magi, the Jordan baptism and the Cana miracle, kept by Christians
- [Seharane](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/seharane), Israel: A Kurdish Jewish festival of campfires, circle dances and shared food
- [Vasilopita](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/vasilopita), Greece: A New Year bread or cake with a coin baked inside, shared out slice by slice
- [Korean tea ceremony](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/korean-tea-ceremony), South Korea: Tea served in Korea as a rite of courtesy, now mostly grain and herbal brews
- [Seto leelo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/seto-leelo), Estonia: Polyphonic folk singing of the Setos, led by women in traditional dress
- [Potluck](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/potluck), United States: A shared meal where every guest brings a dish, kept by churches, clubs and neighbors
- [Traditional Ukrainian wedding](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/traditional-ukrainian-wedding), Ukraine: A wedding spread over many days, with matchmaking, bread, wreaths and song
- [Peking opera](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/peking-opera), China: China's main opera form: song, dance and acrobatics tell the story on a bare stage
- [Wai khru](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/wai-khru), Thailand: A Thai ceremony of thanks to teachers, held in schools and in the arts
- [Eid prayers](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/eid-prayers), Bangladesh: The yearly festival prayer of the two Eids, offered in the morning by Muslims
- [Eisteddfod](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/eisteddfod), United Kingdom: A Welsh festival of poetry and music competitions, featuring the chairing and crowning of winning bards.
- [Baby shower](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/baby-shower), United States: A gift-giving party for a new or expected baby, kept in many countries
- [Aso ebi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/aso-ebi), Nigeria: Matching cloth worn by family and friends at Yoruba weddings, funerals and parties
- [Songket](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/songket), Indonesia: A hand-woven cloth threaded with gold or silver, worn at weddings and royal courts
- [Sukkah](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sukkah), Israel: A temporary hut with a branch roof, lived in for the seven days of Sukkot
- [Tatreez](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tatreez), Palestine: Palestinian cross-stitch embroidery, stitched onto dresses and read for its region
- [Tereré](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/terere), Paraguay: Paraguay's cold yerba mate drink, passed around in one cup with a metal straw
- [Dala horse](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dala-horse), Sweden: A carved painted wooden horse from Dalarna, a children's toy that became a national symbol
- [Suhur](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/suhur), Bangladesh: The pre-dawn meal Muslims eat before a day of fasting in Ramadan
- [Karagöz and Hacivat](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/karagoz-and-hacivat), Turkey: A Turkish shadow play of two quarrelling friends, acted on a lit screen behind a curtain
- [Fallas](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/fallas), Spain: Valencia's five-day March fiesta of giant paper figures and bonfires
- [Yarkhushta](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/yarkhushta), Armenia: A men's row dance from Sasun, where pairs clap palms as the lines advance
- [Gorsedd Cymru](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/gorsedd-cymru), United Kingdom: A Welsh society of poets and writers that holds ceremonies at the National Eisteddfod to honour cultural achievements.
- [Cantonese opera](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/cantonese-opera), China: One of the major forms of Chinese opera, sung in Cantonese in southern China
- [Ushanka](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ushanka), Russia: An ear-flapped fur hat from Russia, tied up or under the chin against the cold
- [Sardana](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sardana), Spain: A Catalan circle dance, danced hand in hand to an eleven-player cobla band
- [Ukrainian embroidery](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ukrainian-embroidery), Ukraine: A stitched folk art of Ukraine, worked into shirts, cloths and church furnishings
- [Easter](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/easter), Italy: The day Christians mark the resurrection, kept with vigils, feasts and eggs
- [Safseri](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/safseri), Tunisia: A cream cloth wrapped around a woman's whole body, worn by Tunisian women for modesty
- [Batlejka](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/batlejka), Belarus: A two-level puppet booth from Belarus, playing Nativity and folk scenes at Christmas
- [Mazu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mazu), China: A sea goddess of the Chinese coast, asked for calm water and a safe return
- [Cape Town Minstrel Carnival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kaapse-klopse), South Africa: Cape Town's 2 January parade of minstrel troupes, ghoema drums and bright umbrellas
- [Newroz](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/newroz-as-celebrated-by-kurds), Turkey: A Kurdish spring festival and new year celebration marked by bonfires, dance, and the lighting of fires.
- [Carnival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/carnival), Italy: A season of parades, masks and feasting in the days before Lent
- [Rosh Chodesh](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/rosh-chodesh), Israel: The start of each Hebrew month, marked by the new moon and kept with prayer
- [Tumba francesa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tumba-francesa), Cuba: An Afro-Cuban art of dance, song and drumming kept by societies in eastern Cuba
- [Barong tagalog](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/barong-tagalog), Philippines: The Philippine national shirt for men: embroidered, worn loose and never tucked in
- [Valenki](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/valenki), Russia: Russian winter boots of felted wool, worn on dry snow and often paired with galoshes
- [Last Post](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/last-post), United Kingdom: A bugle call sounded at military funerals and remembrance services across the Commonwealth to honour those who died in s
- [Winter solstice](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/winter-solstice), Iran: The shortest day and longest night of the year, marked with fire, feasting and poetry
- [Iranian wedding](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/iranian-wedding), Iran: A wedding with courtship visits, a henna night and a spread of symbols, kept across Iran
- [Koothu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/koothu), India: Tamil street theatre with dance, music and epic stories, staged at temple festivals.
- [Kavadi Aattam](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kavadi-aattam), India: Tamil devotees of Murugan carry burdens as a vow during Thaipusam
- [Rangoli](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/rangoli), India: Floor patterns of rice flour, sand or petals, drawn at the doorstep for festivals
- [Dhunachi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dhunachi), India: A Bengali incense burner, swung in worship and danced with at Durga Puja
- [Bindi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bindi), India: A dot worn between the eyebrows, red for marriage and devotion, worn daily by many women
- [Sattriya](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sattriya), India: A classical dance from Assam, kept in monasteries and performed on stages worldwide
- [Odissi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/odissi), India: A classical dance of Odisha, told through bends, gestures and sung poetry
- [Barmbrack](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/barmbrack), Ireland: A sweet Irish fruit loaf with charms baked in, eaten at Halloween and on New Year's Eve
- [Manipuri dance](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/manipuri-dance), India: A classical dance from Manipur, danced as an offering to Radha and Krishna
- [Kathakali](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kathakali), India: A classical dance-drama from Kerala featuring elaborate makeup and costumes to tell epic stories.
- [Ahimsa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ahimsa), India: A daily Indian discipline of doing no harm, in deed, word and thought
- [Sindoor](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sindoor), India: A red powder worn in the hair parting by many married Hindu women
- [Kathak](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kathak), India: A north Indian classical dance of stories, footwork and spins, from temples and courts
- [Panchamrita](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/panchamrita), India: Five sacred foods mixed and poured over temple images in Hindu and Jain worship
- [Traditional Chinese marriage](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/traditional-chinese-marriage), China: A wedding rite that joins two families, arranged by a go-between and sealed with gifts
- [Mohiniyattam](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mohiniyattam), India: A gentle solo dance from Kerala, once a temple art and now taught in dance schools
- [Rudraksha](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/rudraksha), India: Seeds of the Elaeocarpus tree, worn as prayer beads by devotees of Shiva
- [Bhajan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bhajan), India: Devotional songs of South Asia, sung alone or together with drums and cymbals
- [Hanuman Chalisa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/hanuman-chalisa), India: A forty-stanza Awadhi hymn praising Hanuman, said by Hindus each day
- [Coffee culture](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/coffee-culture), Turkey: The habits and etiquette of drinking coffee, and the cafés built around it
- [Roskilde Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/roskilde-festival), Denmark: A week-long Danish music festival south of Roskilde, run by volunteers since 1971
- [Kashrut](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kashrut), Israel: The Jewish dietary laws: what may be eaten, and how it is prepared
- [Puja](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/puja-hinduism), India: Hindu worship: light, flowers and food offered to a deity or a guest
- [Pinkpop](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/pinkpop-festival), Netherlands: A three-day pop and rock festival in the Netherlands, held on the Pentecost weekend
- [Kuchipudi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kuchipudi), India: A classical dance-drama from Andhra Pradesh, with roots in temple and bhakti performance.
- [Marriage in Korea](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/marriage-in-korea), South Korea: Weddings in Korea, from Goryeo matchmaking to Confucian rites and modern chapel vows
- [Lingam](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/lingam), India: The pillar-shaped image of Shiva, kept in temples and home shrines
- [Hijab](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/hijab), Saudi Arabia: A Muslim practice of modesty and dress, worn by women as a headscarf or more covering
- [Pakistani wedding](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/marriage-in-pakistan), Pakistan: Weddings across Pakistan: a match is found, a contract signed, two families joined
- [Yakshagana](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/yakshagana), India: A night-long dance-drama from coastal Karnataka, with sung dialogue and drumming
- [Kolam](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kolam), India: A rice-flour floor drawing made at South Indian doorsteps before sunrise
- [Ital](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ital), Jamaica: A Rastafari way of eating: food from the earth, kept to raise livity
- [Labour Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/labour-day), United States: A day honouring workers, kept on 1 May in most countries and on other dates elsewhere
- [Father's Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/father-s-day), United States: A day to honour fathers and fatherhood, kept on many different dates worldwide
- [Night of Power](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/night-of-power), Bangladesh: The night Muslims believe the Quran first came down, sought in Ramadan's last ten nights
- [Annunciation](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/annunciation), Lebanon: A Christian feast marking the angel Gabriel's message to Mary about bearing Jesus, kept on 25 March.
- [Burial](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/burial), Kenya: Placing the dead in the ground or a structure to honor them and guide their journey.
- [Holy Saturday](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/holy-saturday), Israel: The closing day of Holy Week, a Saturday of waiting, fasting and vigil before Easter
- [Ancient Olympic Games](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ancient-olympic-games), Greece: A quadrennial athletic festival held in ancient Greece to honor the god Zeus
- [Feria del Sol](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/feria-del-sol-merida), Venezuela: Mérida's February fair: bullfights, parades, concerts and the Queen of the Sun
- [Oud](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/oud), Egypt: A fretless, pear-shaped Middle Eastern lute, plucked with a plectrum called a risha
- [Wudu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/wudu), Mali: The Islamic ritual washing with water before prayer and sacred acts
- [Beatification](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/beatification), Canada: A Catholic rite conferring the title Blessed and allowing local public veneration
- [Nativity of Mary](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/nativity-of-mary), India: A Christian feast day honouring the birth of Mary, the mother of Jesus
- [Independence Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/independence-day-india), India: A public holiday on 15 August marking the end of British rule in India in 1947
- [Saturnalia](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/saturnalia), Italy: A December festival of ancient Rome, with feasting, gifts, gambling and role reversal
- [Eleusinian Mysteries](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/eleusinian-mysteries), Greece: Secret annual initiations in ancient Greece dedicated to Demeter and Persephone, promising a blessed afterlife.
- [Yajna](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/yajna), India: A Hindu ritual of offering items into a sacred fire to honor deities and ancestors.
- [Bacchanalia](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bacchanalia), Italy: An ancient Roman mystery festival dedicated to the god of wine and ecstasy
- [Day of Arafah](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/day-of-arafah), Saudi Arabia: A holy day of prayer, repentance, and vigil on the second day of the Hajj pilgrimage
- [Symposium](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/symposium-ancient-greece), Greece: An ancient Greek post-meal gathering for diluted wine, debate, music and lively games
- [Dormition of the Mother of God](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dormition-of-the-mother-of-god), Russia: A major feast in Eastern Christianity marking the death and heavenly ascent of Mary.
- [Towel Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/towel-day), United Kingdom: An annual worldwide celebration on 25 May honouring the author Douglas Adams.
- [Victory in Europe Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/victory-in-europe-day), France: The day Nazi Germany's surrender was accepted, marking the end of the war in Europe
- [German Unity Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/german-unity-day), Germany: Germany's national day, marking reunification on 3 October 1990
- [Matchmaking](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/matchmaking), Singapore: The custom of using a trusted intermediary to introduce partners for marriage
- [Cosmonautics Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/cosmonautics-day), Russia: Russia's yearly day for Yuri Gagarin's 1961 flight, kept on 12 April with memorial walks
- [Saint George's Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/saint-george-s-day), United Kingdom: A saint's feast on 23 April, kept by churches and patron nations from England to Georgia
- [Visitation](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/visitation-christianity), Germany: A Christian feast commemorating Mary's journey to visit her cousin Elizabeth
- [Arabic calligraphy](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/arabic-calligraphy), Iraq: Artistic handwriting of the Arabic script, practiced as a sacred craft and a living visual tradition.
- [Libation](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/libation), Egypt: The ceremonial gift of drink given to deities, ancestors, and the earth
- [Reformation Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/reformation-day), Germany: An annual Christian observance marking the start of the Protestant Reformation
- [Trinity Sunday](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/trinity-sunday), United States: A Christian feast honouring the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit after Pentecost
- [Gandhi Jayanti](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/gandhi-jayanti), India: India's annual holiday on 2 October, for Mahatma Gandhi's birth and nonviolence
- [Programmer's Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/programmer-s-day), Ukraine: A professional day for programmers, fixed to the 256th day of the year
- [Independence Day of Ukraine](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/independence-day-of-ukraine), Ukraine: Ukraine's national day, kept every 24 August with parades and flags
- [Cyber Monday](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/cyber-monday), United States: An annual online shopping observance held on the Monday following American Thanksgiving.
- [Hangul Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/hangul-day), South Korea: South Korea's public day for Hangul, the Korean alphabet, kept on 9 October
- [Tayammum](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tayammum), Mali: A dry ritual purification using clean earth or stone when water is unavailable or harmful.
- [Marriage proposal](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/marriage-proposal), United States: A ritual where one partner asks another to marry them, marking the start of engagement.
- [Presentation of Mary](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/presentation-of-mary), Italy: A Christian feast on November 21 marking a child's dedication to God in Jerusalem.
- [Khums](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/khums), Mali: The Islamic practice of giving a one-fifth share of certain wealth to designated causes
- [Saint Andrew's Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/saint-andrew-s-day), United Kingdom: The feast of Andrew the Apostle, kept on 30 November and Scotland's national day
- [Singles' Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/singles-day), China: A day for people without a partner that grew into the world's biggest shopping event
- [Sworn virgin](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/balkan-sworn-virgins), Albania: A vow of chastity that lets a woman of the northern Balkans live as a man
- [Buy Nothing Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/buy-nothing-day), Canada: An annual 24-hour pause on shopping to protest consumerism and overconsumption
- [Knucklebones](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/knucklebones), Greece: An ancient hand game of tossing, catching, and scooping small bones or stones
- [Star Wars Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/star-wars-day), Canada: An annual worldwide celebration of the Star Wars universe on May 4
- [Wikipedia Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/wikipedia-wikipedia-day), United States: An annual gathering and birthday party for the Wikipedia community every January
- [Cenobitic monasticism](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/cenobitic-monasticism), Egypt: A communal way of monastic life where monks live, pray, and follow a shared rule
- [Old New Year](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/old-new-year), Russia: An informal holiday marking the start of the Julian calendar year, celebrated on 14 January in the Gregorian calendar.
- [Intercession of the Theotokos](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/intercession-of-the-theotokos), Ukraine: An Eastern Christian autumn feast honoring the protective veil of the Virgin Mary
- [National Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/national-day-of-the-people-s-republic-of-china), China: China's national day on 1 October, marking the republic's founding in 1949
- [National Liberation Day of Korea](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/national-liberation-day-of-korea), South Korea: A public holiday on 15 August marking Korea's liberation from Japanese rule in 1945
- [National Independence Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/national-independence-day-poland), Poland: Poland's national day on 11 November, marking the 1918 return of a sovereign Polish state
- [Heraean Games](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/heraean-games), Greece: An ancient Greek festival of running races for unmarried young women at Olympia
- [Vigil](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/vigil), United States: A purposeful watch of prayer, mourning, or reflection kept through the night
- [Beheading of John the Baptist](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/beheading-of-john-the-baptist), Russia: A Christian holy day of strict fasting that marks the death of John the Baptist
- [Yuri's Night](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/yuri-s-night), Russia: An annual global celebration on April 12 marking milestones in space exploration
- [Opening of the mouth ceremony](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/opening-of-the-mouth-ceremony), Egypt: An ancient Egyptian rite to awaken a spirit's senses for the afterlife
- [Kakava](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kakava), Turkey: A Romani night by the river in Edirne: bonfire, candles and pilaf
- [Workers' Memorial Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/workers-memorial-day), Canada: An annual day remembering people killed, injured, or made ill by their work
- [Culture Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/culture-day), Japan: Japan's 3 November holiday for the arts, learning and the Order of Culture
- [Solemnity](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/solemnity), Ireland: The highest rank of celebration in the Roman Catholic liturgical calendar
- [Radonitsa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/radonitsa), Russia: A spring day when Orthodox families visit graves, share Easter food and greet the dead
- [First Communion](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/first-communion), Philippines: A Christian rite of passage marking a person's initial reception of the Eucharist.
- [Nativity of John the Baptist](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/nativity-of-john-the-baptist), Lithuania: A Christian feast day on June 24 that marks the birth of John the Baptist and anticipates Christmas.
- [Holy Tuesday](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/holy-tuesday), Armenia: A day of church services in Holy Week that remembers biblical parables about vigilance and readiness.
- [Land Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/land-day), Israel: A yearly day of remembrance for Palestinians marking the 1976 protests against land seizures.
- [Svayamvara](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/svayamvara), India: An ancient Indian noble assembly where a bride chose her husband among suitors
- [Bacha posh](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bacha-posh), Afghanistan: An Afghan custom of dressing and raising a daughter as a son
- [Marian feast days](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/marian-feast-days), Italy: Holy days across the liturgical year celebrating the life and veneration of Mary.
- [Kowtow](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kowtow), China: A traditional Chinese prostration of deep respect by kneeling and bowing to the ground
- [Erzya Language Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/erzya-language-day), Russia: A yearly day for the Erzya language, held on 16 April, the birthday of Anatoli Ryabov
- [Grandparents' Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/grandparents-day), Poland: A single-day holiday kept on different dates in many countries to honour grandparents
- [Parents' Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/parents-day), South Korea: Days set aside in several countries to thank mothers and fathers
- [Alaska Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/alaska-day), United States: Alaska's 18 October holiday marking the 1867 transfer from Russia to the United States
- [Jerusalem Film Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/jerusalem-film-festival), Israel: Ten summer days of films from around the world, held in Jerusalem since 1984
- [Statehood Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/statehood-day-slovenia), Slovenia: Slovenia's one-day public holiday on 25 June, marking the 1991 move to independence
- [Xhubleta](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/xhubleta), Albania: A rippling bell-shaped skirt made by Albanian women of the northern highlands
- [Yulin Dog Meat Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dog-meat-festival), China: A ten-day June festival in Yulin, China, where dog meat is eaten with lychees
- [Kiel Week](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kiel-week), Germany: A week of yacht racing, tall ships and waterfront music on the Kiel Fjord
- [Independence Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/independence-day-malaysia), Malaysia: Malaysia's national day, marking the end of British rule on 31 August 1957
- [Bokator](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bokator), Cambodia: Cambodia's battlefield martial art of strikes, locks and weapons, now a ring sport
- [Mushroom hunting](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mushroom-hunting), Sweden: Gathering wild fungi for food and other uses, relying on careful identification to ensure safety.
- [Couvade](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/couvade), Papua New Guinea: Childbirth rituals where fathers take to bed and mimic the labor of childbirth
- [Mid-Sha'ban](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/shab-e-barat), Iran: An Islamic night of prayer, forgiveness, ancestral remembrance and sweet offerings
- [Dionysian Mysteries](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dionysian-mysteries), Greece: Ancient Greek and Roman initiation rites of wine, ecstatic dance and spiritual rebirth
- [Twelve Days of Christmas](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/twelve-days-of-christmas), United Kingdom: A festive Christian liturgical season linking Christmas Day to the eve of Epiphany
- [Puthandu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/puthandu), India: The first day of the Tamil solar calendar, celebrated by Tamils with family feasts and auspicious trays.
- [Epiclesis](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/epiclesis), Greece: The liturgical calling upon the Holy Spirit to bless the bread and wine during communion
- [Europeade](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/europeade), Estonia: An annual gathering of folk dancers, musicians and singers across Europe
- [Independence Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/independence-day-philippines), Philippines: The Philippines' national day, marked each 12 June with flags and parades
- [Day of the Holy Innocents](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/day-of-the-holy-innocents), Spain: A 28 December day of pranks and fake news, kept in the Spanish-speaking world
- [Pakistan Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/pakistan-day), Pakistan: Pakistan's national day on 23 March: the 1940 Lahore Resolution and the 1956 constitution
- [Marine Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/marine-day), Japan: A Japanese summer holiday to thank the ocean and mark the country's ties to the sea
- [Dozhinki](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dozynki), Poland: A Slavic harvest festival of the last sheaf, a woven wreath and a shared meal
- [Goodwood Festival of Speed](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/goodwood-festival-of-speed), United Kingdom: A yearly British motorsport festival where cars and bikes race up a hill in West Sussex
- [Festivus](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/festivus), United States: A secular December observance marked by bare poles, voiced grievances, and wrestling
- [Breastfeeding in public](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/breastfeeding-in-public), United States: The custom of nursing an infant openly in shared and public spaces
- [Quinquagesima](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/quinquagesima), Denmark: The last Sunday before Lent in Western Christianity, marking the start of Carnival and Shrovetide.
- [Anastenaria](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/nestinarstvo), Greece: A barefoot firewalking and dance rite honouring Saint Constantine and Saint Helen
- [Afghan Independence Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/afghan-independence-day), Afghanistan: Afghanistan's national day, kept on 19 August for the treaty of 1919
- [Victory Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/victory-day-bangladesh), Bangladesh: Bangladesh's national day on 16 December, marking the 1971 surrender that made the state
- [Adelphopoiesis](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/adelphopoiesis), Greece: A historical Christian church ceremony creating a spiritual bond of brotherhood
- [Rogation days](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/rogation-days), United Kingdom: Springtime Christian days of prayer, fasting, and parish boundary walks.
- [Translation of relics](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/translation-relics), Italy: The ceremonial transfer of holy remains or relics to a new church or shrine
- [Children's Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/international-children-s-day), Turkey: An international observance supporting youth welfare, education and children's rights
- [Asperges](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/asperges), Russia: The Christian liturgical ceremony of sprinkling the faithful with blessed water
- [Youth Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/youth-day), India: A commemorative holiday honoring young people and youth movements worldwide
- [International Masturbation Month](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/international-masturbation-month), United States: An annual May observance promoting sexual health, pleasure, and open dialogue
- [Mourning of Muharram](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mourning-of-muharram), Iraq: Annual rites of grief and remembrance for Imam Husayn and his companions
- [Independence Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/independence-day-georgia), Georgia: Georgia's national holiday marking the 1918 declaration of sovereignty from the Russian Empire.
- [Victory Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/victory-day-azerbaijan), Azerbaijan: Azerbaijan's day off on 8 November, marking the 2020 taking of Shusha
- [Cavalcade of Magi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/cavalcade-of-magi), Spain: A parade of the Three Magi through town on Epiphany Eve, with sweets thrown to the crowd
- [Liberation Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/liberation-day-netherlands), Netherlands: A Dutch national holiday on 5 May marking the end of German occupation in 1945
- [Independence Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/independence-day-albania), Albania: Albania's national day on 28 November, marking the 1912 declaration of independence
- [Shoe throwing](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/shoe-throwing), United Kingdom: The act of hurling footwear for sport, wedding luck, protest or overhead display.
- [Ambarvalia](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ambarvalia), Italy: An ancient Roman agricultural rite to purify farmland and ensure fertile crops
- [Head shaving in Hinduism](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/head-shaving-in-hinduism), India: Ritual tonsure for spiritual renewal, life transitions, and devotion in Hinduism
- [Line-crossing ceremony](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/line-crossing-ceremony), United States: A naval initiation rite marking a sailor's first voyage across the equator
- [Fast of the Firstborn](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/fast-of-the-firstborn), Israel: A Jewish fast day kept by firstborns on the eve of Passover
- [Lustratio](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/lustratio), Greece: An ancient Greek and Roman cleansing rite using processions and animal sacrifice.
- [Koledari](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/koledari), Bulgaria: A Slavic winter caroling custom of visiting homes with songs, masks and blessings
- [Vessantara Jataka](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/vessantara-jataka), Thailand: A Buddhist festival celebrating the last life of the Buddha as a generous prince.
- [Dongzhi Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dongzhi-festival), China: A winter solstice festival of family reunions, ancestor rites and sweet rice balls
- [Dodola](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dodola-and-perperuna), Albania: A Balkan rainmaking ritual where children dressed in greenery lead processions to call for summer showers.
- [Saint Joseph's Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/saint-joseph-s-day), Italy: A 19 March feast honouring Jesus' earthly father, kept with altars and processions
- [Consualia](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/consualia), Italy: Ancient Roman harvest festivals honoring the god of stored grain with chariot races and decorated draft animals.
- [Hindi Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/hindi-day), India: An annual Indian observance on 14 September marking the adoption of Hindi as an official language.
- [Vinalia](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/vinalia), Italy: Ancient Roman festivals honoring Jupiter and Venus with wine libations to bless the harvest and ensure good weather.
- [Feast of the Holy Name of Mary](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/most-holy-name-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary), Spain: A Catholic feast day honouring the name and intercession of the Virgin Mary
- [King's Official Birthday](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/king-s-official-birthday), United Kingdom: A day when Commonwealth realms mark the monarch's birthday, seldom the real date
- [Huaconada](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/huaconada), Peru: A three-day January ritual dance in Mito, Peru, led by masked men called huacones
- [Kargil Vijay Diwas](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kargil-vijay-diwas), India: An annual Indian observance honouring soldiers and the end of the Kargil War.
- [Mos Teutonicus](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mos-teutonicus), France: A medieval European funerary custom of boiling bones to return nobles home for burial
- [No Bra Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/no-bra-day), Canada: An annual October observance promoting breast cancer awareness and bodily autonomy
- [Bujlood](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bujlood), Morocco: A masked carnival of animal skins held in Morocco just after Eid al-Adha
- [Reunification Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/reunification-day), Vietnam: A public holiday in Vietnam on 30 April, marking the war's end in 1975
- [Idrija lace](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/idrija-lace), Slovenia: A bobbin tape lace from the Slovenian mining town of Idrija, still taught there today
- [Independence Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/independence-day-kazakhstan), Kazakhstan: A national holiday marking the end of Soviet rule and the birth of the modern state.
- [La soule](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/la-soule), France: A rough medieval ball game from Normandy and Picardy played between parishes on religious holidays.
- [Sa'ee](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sa-yee), Saudi Arabia: The ritual walk between the twin hills of Safa and Marwa during Islamic pilgrimage
- [Tasu'a](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tasu-a), Iraq: A Shia day of remembrance before Ashura, honouring Abbas and the fallen at Karbala
- [Fatherland Liberation War Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/day-of-victory-in-the-great-fatherland-liberation-war), North Korea: North Korea's July 27 holiday marking the 1953 armistice that stopped the Korean War
- [Monlam Prayer Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/monlam-prayer-festival), India: A Tibetan Buddhist festival of mass prayers, sacred dances and ritual offerings
- [Feast of the Sacred Heart](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/feast-of-the-sacred-heart), France: A Catholic holy day honoring Christ's love and mercy, observed in early summer
- [Fatimiyya](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/fatimiyya), Iran: A Shia period of mourning honoring the life and martyrdom of Lady Fatimah
- [Indonesian Independence Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/independence-day-indonesia), Indonesia: Indonesia's national day, marking the 1945 proclamation of independence
- [Megalesia](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/megalesia), Italy: An ancient Roman spring festival of theatrical plays, races and feasts for Cybele
- [Patronal festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/patronal-festival), Italy: A town's yearly feast for its patron saint, with processions, a fair and shared food
- [Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/feast-of-the-holy-name-of-jesus), United States: A Christian observance honoring the name of Jesus, celebrated on various dates across different traditions.
- [Zeved habat](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/zeved-habat), Israel: A Jewish naming ceremony for newborn girls, kept by Sephardi, Mizrahi and Ashkenazi communities.
- [Tauroctony](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tauroctony), Germany: The sacred bull-slaying imagery at the heart of the ancient Roman Mithraic mysteries
- [Guru Nanak Gurpurab](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/guru-nanak-gurpurab), India: The birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, kept with processions, hymns and a shared meal
- [Icelandic National Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/icelandic-national-day), Iceland: Iceland's national day, 17 June, marking the founding of the republic in 1944
- [Songkran](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/songkran), Thailand: The Thai solar New Year marked by temple rites, elder blessings and water throwing
- [Elevation](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/elevation-liturgy), Sweden: The ritual lifting of the bread and chalice during the Christian Eucharist
- [Rosalia](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/rosalia), Italy: An ancient Roman festival of decorating graves, statues, and standards with fresh flowers
- [Armed Forces Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/armed-forces-day), United States: A civic holiday honouring national military services, their history and active personnel
- [Feast of the Transfiguration](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/feast-of-the-transfiguration), Armenia: A Christian holy day marking the revelation of Christ's divine glory on Mount Tabor
- [House](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/house), Japan: A traditional children's make-believe game of acting out domestic family roles
- [Equirria](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/equirria), Italy: Two ancient Roman festivals of horse and chariot racing held in honor of Mars.
- [Kiddush Levanah](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kiddush-levana), Israel: A Jewish ritual service held after the new moon to bless God for the lunar cycle and seek protection.
- [Fukubukuro](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/fukubukuro), Japan: Surprise discount grab bags sold by Japanese retailers for the New Year
- [Incubation](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/incubation), Greece: The sacred practice of sleeping in holy shrines to seek divine healing and dreams
- [Tabuik](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tabuik), Indonesia: A Muharram mourning rite in Pariaman, Sumatra, ending with a bier carried into the sea
- [Sweden Finns' Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sweden-finns-day), Sweden: An annual day in Sweden for the Sweden Finns, their language and their history
- [Soviet Occupation Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/soviet-occupation-day-georgia), Georgia: Georgia's annual day of remembrance, held on 25 February for victims of Soviet rule
- [National Women's Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/national-women-s-day), South Africa: South Africa's public holiday on 9 August, remembering the women who marched in 1956
- [Feralia](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/feralia), Italy: An ancient Roman day of offerings to the dead, marking the close of Parentalia
- [International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/international-circus-festival-of-monte-carlo), Monaco: A January circus competition in Monaco, with Clown statuettes for the finest acts
- [National Unity Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/national-unity-day-india), India: An annual Indian observance honouring Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on 31 October
- [Saint Sylvester's Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/saint-sylvester-s-day), Germany: A Christian feast day and year-end celebration marked across Europe and beyond
- [Independence Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/independence-day-uzbekistan), Uzbekistan: A state holiday on 1 September marking Uzbekistan's break from the Soviet Union
- [Amphidromia](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/amphidromia), Greece: An ancient Athenian family ritual welcoming a newborn around the household hearth
- [Kandil](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kandil), Turkey: Five holy nights marked by illuminated minarets and prayers in Turkey and the Balkans
- [World Religion Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/world-religion-day), United States: An annual day in January dedicated to spiritual unity and harmony across all faiths.
- [Laylat al-Raghaib](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/laylat-al-raghaib), Turkey: An Islamic night of prayer and fasting at the beginning of the three sacred months
- [Guru-shishya tradition](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/guru-shishya-tradition), India: The lineage system passing spiritual and artistic knowledge from master to disciple
- [Little Candles Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/day-of-the-little-candles), Colombia: Candles and paper lanterns across Colombia on the night before the Immaculate Conception
- [Vechornytsi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/vechornytsi), Ukraine: Evening gatherings of Ukrainian youth, with songs, jokes, games and winter divination
- [Need-fire](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/need-fire), Germany: A ritual fire kindled by friction to ward off cattle plague, disease and harm
- [LGBTQ History Month](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/lgbtq-history-month), United States: An annual month of education and remembrance celebrating queer lives and civil rights
- [Defence Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/defence-day), Pakistan: Pakistan's national day for its soldiers, kept each 6 September with parades and tributes
- [Hat tip](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/hat-tip), Germany: A gesture of lifting or touching one's hat to show respect, greeting, or thanks
- [Day of the Foundation of the Republic](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/day-of-the-foundation-of-the-republic), North Korea: A national holiday in North Korea marking the founding of the state on September 9.
- [Pumsavana](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/pumsavana), India: A Hindu rite of passage held in the third or fourth month of pregnancy to celebrate fetal development.
- [Ad orientem](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ad-orientem), Syria: The Christian practice of facing eastward during personal prayer and communal liturgy
- [Kulig](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kulig), Poland: A traditional Polish winter sleigh ride party celebrated during the Carnival season
- [Egg decorating](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/egg-decorating), Ukraine: Decorating eggs with dye, wax and carving, kept at Easter, Nowruz and spring
- [National Flag of Canada Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/national-flag-of-canada-day), Canada: Canada's annual day for the maple leaf flag, kept on 15 February since 1996
- [Rumspringa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/rumspringa), United States: An adolescent period of courtship and social exploration in Amish communities.
- [Retrocession Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/retrocession-day), Taiwan: A public holiday on 25 October marking the end of Japanese rule in Taiwan in 1945
- [Hadra](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/hadra-sufism), Turkey: A collective Sufi ritual of chanted divine remembrance, sacred poetry and rhythmic movement
- [National Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/national-day-vietnam), Vietnam: Vietnam's national day, marking the 1945 independence declaration read in Hanoi
- [World Osteoporosis Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/world-osteoporosis-day), United Kingdom: A global observance on 20 October promoting bone health and fracture prevention
- [Remembrance Day of the Latvian Legionnaires](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/remembrance-day-of-the-latvian-legionnaires), Latvia: An annual observance in Latvia honoring soldiers from the Latvian Legion who fought during World War II.
- [Party Foundation Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/party-foundation-day), North Korea: A national holiday in North Korea that marks the founding of its ruling party in 1945.
- [Boat building](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/boat-building), Australia: The craft of constructing watercraft from timber, metal and modern composite materials
- [Independence Day of Bosnia and Herzegovina](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/independence-day-bosnia-and-herzegovina), Bosnia and Herzegovina: A public holiday on 1 March marking the 1992 vote for independence
- [Day of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/day-of-slavonic-alphabet-bulgarian-enlightenment-and-culture), Bulgaria: Bulgaria's public holiday for its alphabet, schools and culture, kept each 24 May
- [Gustavus Adolphus Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/gustavus-adolphus-day), Sweden: A Swedish flag day on 6 November, marked with a pastry topped with the king's likeness
- [World Festival of Black Arts](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/world-festival-of-black-arts), Senegal: A recurring month-long gathering of arts, music and writing from Africa and its diaspora
- [Kha b'Nisan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kha-b-nisan), Syria: A spring new year on 1 April, kept with parades, poems and dancing by Assyrians
- [Takanakuy](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/takanakuy), Peru: A December tradition in Peru where community members settle disputes through regulated fistfights and dance.
- [Internet Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/internet-day), Spain: An annual May observance dedicated to digital access, education and online community.
- [Lāčplēsis Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/lacplesis-day), Latvia: Latvia's remembrance day on 11 November for the soldiers who won independence in 1919
- [Esbat](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/esbat), Norway: A Wiccan coven gathering held each month, most often when the moon is full
- [Banned Books Week](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/banned-books-week), United States: An annual autumn campaign celebrating the freedom to read and access challenged books
- [Children's Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/children-s-day-india), India: An annual Indian celebration of children and their welfare held on 14 November
- [Ras'ken' Ozks](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ras-ken-ozks), Russia: A triennial gathering and ancestral prayer ritual of the Erzya people in Mordovia
- [Cashiering](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/cashiering), France: A ceremonial military dismissal that publicly strips an officer of rank and insignia
- [Isru Chag](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/isru-chag), Israel: A minor Jewish observance extending the joy and sanctity of major pilgrimage holidays
- [Bsisa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bsisa), Tunisia: A North African grain and oil ritual to unlock blessings for the year
- [Meditrinalia](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/meditrinalia), Italy: An ancient Roman festival on October 11 to bless the new wine harvest with libations.
- [Sindhi Cultural Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sindhi-cultural-day), Pakistan: An annual December celebration of Sindhi heritage, music, and traditional attire
- [Day of Republika Srpska](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/day-of-republika-srpska), Bosnia and Herzegovina: An annual civic holiday observed across Republika Srpska on 9 January
- [Sparagmos](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sparagmos), Greece: An ancient Greek Dionysian sacrificial rite of tearing an offering apart
- [July Morning](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/july-morning), Bulgaria: A Bulgarian summer gathering where crowds watch the first sunrise of July with music and song.
- [Republic Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/republic-day-east-germany), Germany: The former national holiday marking the founding of East Germany each October
- [Navigium Isidis](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/navigium-isidis), Italy: An ancient Roman ship procession honouring Isis and the opening of sea travel
- [Nirjala Ekadashi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/nirjala-ekadashi), India: A rigorous, waterless Hindu fast observed in early summer to honour the god Vishnu.
- [Delphic Games of the modern era](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/delphic-games-of-the-modern-era), Germany: Global competitions and exhibitions across the arts, modelled on ancient Greek games
- [Meteņi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/meteni), Latvia: A Latvian pre-Lenten festival marking the turn of time and welcoming spring.
- [Salting the earth](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/salting-the-earth), Portugal: An ancient ritual of scattering salt over ruined ground to curse its future use
- [Hyacinthia](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/hyacinthia), Greece: A three-day ancient Spartan festival marking the death and rebirth of Hyacinthus
- [Turoń](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/turon), Poland: A shaggy horned beast led from house to house by carol singers at carnival time
- [First Day of Summer](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/first-day-of-summer-iceland), Iceland: Iceland's holiday on the first Thursday after 18 April, opening the old calendar's summer
- [Min Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/min-festival), Egypt: An ancient Egyptian royal rite for the god Min, staged by the king to renew his rule
- [Freedom Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/freedom-day-malta), Malta: Malta's national holiday on 31 March, marking the 1979 British military departure
- [Amburbium](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/amburbium), Italy: A Roman rite to cleanse the city walls through a sacred procession and animal offerings.
- [Volturnalia](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/volturnalia), Italy: An ancient Roman festival honouring the water deity Volturnus and his daughter Juturna
- [Hermetic Qabalah](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/hermetic-qabalah), Egypt: A Western esoteric tradition blending Kabbalah, astrology, tarot and classical myth
- [Afan Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/afan-festival), Nigeria: A New Year's Day festival of hunting and dances among the Oegworok people
- [Biikebrennen](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/biikebrennen), Germany: Fires lit at sunset on 21 February to send winter away in North Frisia
- [Vidyarambham](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/vidyarambham), India: A Hindu rite of passage introducing young children to reading, writing and the arts
- [Flag Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/flag-day-argentina), Argentina: Argentina's national day for its flag, kept on 20 June in memory of Manuel Belgrano
- [Simchat Beit HaShoeivah](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/simchat-beit-hashoeivah), Israel: Nightly music and dancing during the intermediate days of the festival of Sukkot
- [Monkey Buffet Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/monkey-buffet-festival), Thailand: A yearly feast of fruit and vegetables set out for Lopburi's macaques
- [Romanian Language Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/romanian-language-day), Romania: A single day, 31 August, given to the Romanian language in three countries
- [Rabindra Jayanti](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/rabindra-jayanti), India: An annual Bengali festival celebrating Rabindranath Tagore with music, drama and verse
- [Jur Sital](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/jur-sital), India: The first day of the Maithil year, kept with a rice meal, gifts and water blessings
- [Hogbetsotso festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/hogbetsotso-festival), Ghana: An Anlo Ewe festival in Anloga recalling an escape from Notsie
- [Aboakyer festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/aboakyer-festival), Ghana: A deer hunt kept by the people of Winneba, Ghana, on the first Saturday in May
- [Lai Haraoba](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/lai-haraoba), India: A ritual dance and music festival kept by the Meitei people to please their deities.
- [Statehood Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/statehood-day-montenegro), Montenegro: Montenegro's national holiday on 13 July, for 1878 recognition and the 1941 revolt
- [Lebanese Independence Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/lebanese-independence-day), Lebanon: Lebanon's national day, marking the end of French mandate rule in 1943
- [Pooram](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/pooram), India: An annual Kerala temple festival with percussion orchestras, elephants and fireworks
- [Seachtain na Gaeilge](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/seachtain-na-gaeilge), Ireland: Seventeen days of Irish-language events, from 1 March to St Patrick's Day
- [Akhiri Chahar Shambah](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/akhiri-chahar-shambah), India: A day of bathing, prayer and charity on the last Wednesday of Safar
- [Independence Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/independence-day-nigeria), Nigeria: Nigeria's national day, marking the end of British rule on 1 October 1960
- [Manasik](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/manasik), Saudi Arabia: The complete set of Islamic pilgrimage rites performed in and around Mecca.
- [Ichapekene Piesta](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ichapekene-piesta), Bolivia: A four-day festival of dance, feathers and procession in San Ignacio de Moxos, Bolivia
- [Vigil of the Princes](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/vigil-of-the-princes), United Kingdom: A ceremony where British royals stand guard over a relative's coffin during state funerals.
- [Removal of footwear indoors](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/removal-of-footwear-indoors), India: The widespread custom of leaving outdoor shoes at the door for cleanliness and respect
- [Bengali Hindu wedding](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bengali-hindu-wedding), India: A Bengali Hindu wedding ceremony spanning days of turmeric rites, sacred vows, and welcoming rituals.
- [Daphnephoria](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/daphnephoria), Greece: A nine-year festival in ancient Thebes featuring a laurel-bearer procession for Apollo.
- [Agrionia](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/agrionia), Greece: An ancient Greek nocturnal festival dedicated to Dionysus Agrionius
- [Gentse Feesten](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/gentse-feesten), Belgium: Ten days of free music, theatre and street performance across central Ghent every July
- [Hip hip hooray](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/hip-hip-hooray), United Kingdom: A traditional celebratory cheer of call and response to honour someone
- [Chalandamarz](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/chalandamarz), Switzerland: A bell-ringing march on the first of March that sends winter out of the Grisons valleys
- [Divalia](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/divalia), Italy: A Roman festival held on December 21 to honor the goddess Angerona.
- [Krakelingen and Tonnekensbrand](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/krakelingen-and-tonnekensbrand), Belgium: A bread throw and a hilltop bonfire that close the winter in Geraardsbergen
- [Medjugorje International Youth Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/medjugorje-international-youth-festival), Bosnia and Herzegovina: A six-day August gathering of Catholic youth in Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- [Mowing on Kupres](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mowing-on-kupres), Bosnia and Herzegovina: A July scythe-mowing contest on the Strljanica meadow at Kupres, kept since 1687
- [Lusona](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/lusona), Angola: Sand drawings from Angola and Zambia that carry proverbs, fables and animals
- [Dodola and Perperuna](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/paparuda), Albania: A rainmaking ritual kept across Southeast Europe, where children dressed in greenery lead processions to call for summer
- [Skyclad ritual](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/skyclad-neopaganism), United Kingdom: A practice of performing Wiccan and Pagan rites without clothing to express truth and spiritual freedom.
- [Marco Polo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/marco-polo), United States: A swimming pool tag game where one blindfolded player uses sound to find others
- [Aberri Eguna](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/aberri-eguna), Spain: An annual Basque nationalist gathering held on Easter Sunday to celebrate national identity and culture.
- [Actia](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/actia), Greece: A festival of music, sport, and naval displays kept in ancient times to honor a Roman emperor's victory.
- [Dionysia](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/great-dionysia), Greece: Ancient Athenian festivals of theatre, processions and sacrifices in honour of the god Dionysus.
- [First haircut](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/first-haircut), India: A rite of passage marking a child's first shave or trim across many cultures and faiths.
- [Secular coming-of-age ceremony](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/secular-coming-of-age-ceremony), Germany: A non-religious rite of passage for adolescents in Europe and North America, marking the transition to adulthood through
- [Versus populum](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/versus-populum), Germany: A liturgical stance where the priest celebrates Mass facing the congregation from the opposite side of the altar.
- [Ritu Kala Samskaram](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ritu-kala-samskaram), India: A South Indian Hindu coming-of-age ceremony for girls after their first period.
- [Capra](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/capra-goat-dance), Romania: A New Year's ritual in Romania where a masked dancer visits homes to bring luck and predict the weather.
- [Polaznik](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/polaznik), Poland: The first visitor to cross the threshold at Christmas, read as a sign of the year to come
- [Perchten](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/pre-christian-alpine-traditions), Austria: Masked midwinter walks in the Alps, with carved wooden masks and sheepskin
- [Phi Ta Khon](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/phi-ta-khon), Thailand: A three-day festival in Dan Sai, north-east Thailand, of ghost masks and merit-making
- [Holy Week in Guatemala](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/holy-week-processions-in-guatemala), Guatemala: Street processions of floats, purple-robed penitents and sawdust carpets in Guatemala
- [Moroccan kaftan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/moroccan-kaftan), Morocco: A floor-length tunic worn by Moroccan women for weddings and celebrations, featuring heavy embroidery and rich textiles.
- [Harambee](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/harambee), Kenya: Kenya's tradition of community self-help, where people gather to raise funds together
- [Camel Heda'a](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/camel-heda-a), Saudi Arabia: Camel herders' calls that speak to the herd, kept across the Arabian Peninsula
- [Breeching](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/breeching-boys), United Kingdom: A rite of passage when a young boy first wore trousers instead of a dress.
- [Jeti ata](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/jeti-ata), Kazakhstan: A Kazakh custom requiring knowledge of seven direct ancestors to ensure healthy marriages and tribal identity.
- [Fairy-locks](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/fairy-lock), United Kingdom: A folk belief that fairies and spirits tangle the hair of sleeping children and animals.
- [Pushpanjali](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/pushpanjali), India: A Hindu ritual of offering flowers with cupped hands, used in worship and as an opening dance.
- [Samping](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/samping), Malaysia: A traditional Malay waist cloth worn over festive attire in Southeast Asia
- [Podłaźniczka](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/pod-azniczka), Poland: A decorated evergreen branch hung over the Christmas Eve table in Poland and Slovakia
- [Foundation deposit](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/foundation-deposit), Egypt: A ritual burial of objects under building foundations to ensure structural stability and divine protection.
- [Bundling](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bundling), United States: A traditional courtship practice where a couple shares a bed under supervision to ensure compatibility and accountabilit
- [Minka](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/minka-communal-work), Peru: Shared unpaid work for community projects and for families who need many hands
- [Dajiao](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dajiao), China: An annual Taoist ritual and festival seeking peace and safety for the community
- [Mischief Night](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/devil-s-night), United Kingdom: An informal autumn evening of neighbourhood tricks, practical jokes and street pranks
- [Räucherkerze](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/raucherkerze), Germany: A scented incense cone burned in German and Czech homes during the Christmas season to fill rooms with fragrance.
- [Caloian](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/caloian), Romania: A Romanian rainmaking and fertility ritual centered on the creation, funeral, and rebirth of a clay effigy.
- [Telling the bees](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/telling-the-bees), United Kingdom: A Western European custom of informing honeybees about major household events like deaths and weddings.
- [Antam Sanskar](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/antam-sanskar), India: The final rites of passage in Sikhism, involving prayer, cremation, and the dispersal of ashes.
- [Rowzeh-khani](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/rowzeh-khani), Iran: A Shia Muslim ritual of reciting mourning narratives about the Battle of Karbala.
- [Tikkun HaKlali](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tikkun-haklali), Israel: A set of ten Psalms recited for repentance and spiritual healing within the Breslover Hasidic tradition.
- [Mystery of Crowning](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mystery-of-crowning), Syria: A ritual where crowns are placed on the heads of the bride and groom during marriage in Eastern Christian churches.
- [Mayian](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mayian), India: A pre-wedding cleansing ritual in Punjabi traditions, using turmeric paste to prepare the couple for marriage.
- [Dough offering](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dough-offering), Israel: A Jewish ritual where a portion of bread dough is set aside for a priest.
- [Flyting](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/flyting), United Kingdom: A ritual contest of poetic insults exchanged between two parties in verse.
- [Luksong baka](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/luksong-baka), Philippines: A traditional Filipino jumping game where players leap over a kneeling partner without touching them.
- [Mesoamerican bloodletting](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bloodletting-in-mesoamerica), Mexico: A ritual practice of self-cutting used by ancient Maya and other Mesoamerican elites to communicate with the divine.
- [Lazarice](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/lazarice), Serbia: A spring procession of girls in flower wreaths, singing door to door before Palm Sunday
- [Hollekreisch](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/hollekreisch), Germany: An Ashkenazi birth ritual where children name a newborn with a secular name.
- [Statue rubbing](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/statue-rubbing), United States: A global custom of touching public statues to seek luck, love, or a return to the city.
- [Chinelos](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/chinelos), Mexico: Masked dancers from Morelos who spoof colonial manners at Carnival
- [Abhiṣeka](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/empowerment-vajrayana), India: A Vajrayana Buddhist ritual of consecration where a guru transmits spiritual authority to a student.
- [Naam Karan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/naam-karan), India: A Sikh naming ceremony held at a Gurdwara to bless the child and choose their name.
- [Jatjatin Dance](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/jatjatin-dance), Nepal: A Mithila folk dance performed by couples to seek rain and express the sorrow of parting.
- [Qizhuang](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/qizhuang), China: The traditional attire of the Manchu people, characterized by riding coats, trousers, and horse-hoof cuffs.
- [Sanfutie](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sanfutie), China: A seasonal Chinese medicine practice applying herbal patches during peak summer heat
- [Old time fiddle](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/old-time-fiddle), United States: An American string band style played for dancing, kept alive through local contests and family teaching.
- [Breton costume](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/breton-costume), France: The traditional folk dress and lace headdresses worn for festivals across Brittany
- [Eve of Passover on Shabbat](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/eve-of-passover-on-shabbat), Israel: Special Jewish calendar customs when the eve of Passover coincides with the Sabbath
- [Indian wedding invitation](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/indian-wedding-invitations), India: Decorative ceremonial cards sent to announce marriages and invite guests across India
- [Kynodesme](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kynodesme), Greece: A cord ancient Greek athletes tied around the foreskin to stay modest in public.
- [Fiesta de las Cruces](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/fiesta-de-las-cruces), Spain: A May festival where communities decorate crosses with flowers and crafts to celebrate faith and local heritage.
- [The Knight's Ghost](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/the-knight-s-ghost), United Kingdom: A traditional folk ballad of grief, captive soldiers and a midnight spectral visitation
- [Hui-style architecture](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/hui-style-architecture), China: A traditional Chinese building style of white walls, dark tiles and horse-head gables
- [Sir Bu Nair Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sir-bu-nair-festival), United Arab Emirates: An annual maritime gathering celebrating seafaring and island conservation in Sharjah
- [Baldoon Mystery](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/baldoon-mystery), Canada: A ghost story from Wallaceburg, Ontario, about a cursed farm and a silver bullet
- [Busan Sunrise Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/busan-sunrise-festival), South Korea: A bell rung in Busan on 31 December, then the year's first sunrise at the beach
- [Bogwera and bojale](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bogwera-and-bojale), Botswana: Tswana coming-of-age initiation for boys and girls, held over several months
- [Confession in Judaism](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/confession-judaism), Yemen: Admitting sin before God, in daily prayer, on Yom Kippur and at the end of life
- [Sankeng](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sankeng-slang), China: Chinese slang for three dress styles young fans wear, and the money they take
- [Champa Chandan Vrata](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/champa-chandan-vrata), India: A month-long vow kept by unmarried Bengali girls, asking for a husband like Shiva
- [Luanda International Jazz Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/luanda-international-jazz-festival), Angola: An annual jazz gathering staged in the capital of Angola
- [Doha Cultural Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/doha-cultural-festival), Qatar: An annual sixteen-day arts and heritage festival held in Qatar's capital
- [Linton Worm](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/worm-of-linton), United Kingdom: A Borders dragon killed with a burning spear, told in Roxburghshire since the 12th century
- [Bantu Film Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bantu-film-festival), Botswana: An annual pan-African film festival held in Botswana celebrating continental cinema
- [Bride-show](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bride-show), Russia: A court custom in which emperors and tsars chose a wife from young women brought before them
- [Tangomagia](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tangomagia), Netherlands: An annual Amsterdam tango festival held in the last days of December
- [Symbolic stars](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/symbolic-stars), China: Helpful and harmful influences read from the Chinese calendar's stems and branches
- [Tefillat Tal](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tefillat-tal), Israel: A Jewish prayer for dew, recited on the opening morning of Passover
- [Dashama Vrata](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dashama-vrata), India: A ten-day Hindu vow kept at home with a clay shrine, mostly by women in Gujarat and Diu
- [Fairy ring](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/fairy-ring), Ireland: A natural ring of mushrooms formed by fungal growth, surrounded by folklore across Europe and beyond.
- [Unspoken Water](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/unspoken-water), United Kingdom: A Scottish healing custom in which water was fetched in silence and given to the sick
- [Sølje](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/s-lje), Norway: A silver brooch from Norway, worn with the bunad or on its own
- [Tapis](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tapis-philippine-clothing), Philippines: A hand-woven wrap skirt from the Philippines, fastened at the waist with a sash
- [Cossack songs of the Dnipropetrovsk Region](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/cossack-songs-of-the-dnipropetrovsk-region), Ukraine: Folk songs made by Cossacks, still sung in villages of the Dnipropetrovsk region
- [Musok eumak](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/musok-eumak), South Korea: Ritual music of Korean shamanism, sung and drummed to carry a shaman into trance
- [Pre-Cana](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/marriage-preparation-in-the-catholic-church), United States: Meetings and courses Catholic couples take before a wedding, often called Pre-Cana
- [Flabiol](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/flabiol), Spain: A Catalan woodwind flute played alongside a small drum in folk dances
- [Zangfu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/liver-chinese-medicine), China: A Chinese medicine view of organs as networks of qi, blood and five phases
- [Huadian](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/huadian-make-up), China: A forehead ornament of Chinese women, painted or fixed on, still worn with hanfu
- [Fouta](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/fouta-towel), Algeria: A thin patterned cotton or linen cloth, worn as a wrap at the baths and as dress
- [Xi'an guyue](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/xi-an-guyue), China: Ritual wind and percussion music from Xi'an, played sitting or walking
- [Katha](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/katha-storytelling-format), India: A traditional Indian practice of religious storytelling and scriptural commentary, kept across Hindu and Sikh communitie
- [Tui na](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tui-na), China: A traditional Chinese hands-on therapy using pushing, grasping, and acupressure points
- [Av pak](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/av-pak), Cambodia: A Cambodian women's shirt in silk or cotton, embroidered or laced, for festivals
- [Parliamentary snuff box](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/parliamentary-snuff-box), United Kingdom: A wooden box of free snuff kept at the door of the House of Commons
- [Jordan Short Film Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/jordan-short-film-festival), Jordan: Amman's annual gathering for independent short cinema from Jordan and across the world
- [Sheikh Zayed Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sheikh-zayed-festival), United Arab Emirates: An annual cultural and heritage festival held in Al Wathba, Abu Dhabi
- [Harikatha](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/harikatha), India: A South Indian art of telling sacred stories with song, speech and rhythm
- [Maahefun](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/maahefun), Maldives: A Maldivian gathering for the last meal before the Ramadan fast begins
- [Dies lustricus](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dies-lustricus), Italy: An ancient Roman naming ceremony where a newborn was purified and given their first name.
- [Divja](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/divja), India: A Goan ritual where women carry oil lamps in a temple procession to fulfill vows.
- [Jõgevatreff](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/jogevatreff), Estonia: An annual international motorcycle festival held in Kuremaa, Estonia
- [Octobering](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/octobering), Russia: A short-lived Soviet naming rite that put the Red Star in place of the baptismal cross
- [Prague Sounds](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/prague-sounds), Czechia: An annual music festival in Prague presenting jazz, classical and electronic artists
- [Traje de flamenca](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/traje-de-flamenca), Spain: The ruffled dress women wear to the fairs of Andalusia
- [Stirrup cup](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/stirrup-cup), United Kingdom: A farewell drink served to guests as they depart, often while mounting a horse.
- [Three Sundays of Commemoration](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/three-sundays-of-commemoration), Syria: A Maronite Christian observance held on the three Sundays before Lent to remember the departed.
- [Saber arch](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/saber-arch), United States: A wedding custom where sabers form an arch for the couple to walk through.
- [Za križen](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/za-krizen), Croatia: A night procession on Hvar island where six villages walk simultaneously to honor the cross.
- [Harana](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/harana-serenade), Philippines: A Filipino serenade where a suitor sings beneath his beloved's window at night
- [Life release](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/life-release), China: A Buddhist practice of freeing captive animals to spare their lives and gain merit
- [Inabel weaving](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/inabel), Philippines: A handwoven cotton textile tradition of the Ilocano people in Northern Luzon, Philippines.
- [Ji Li](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ji-li), China: The traditional Chinese coming-of-age hairpin ceremony for young women
- [Quaker wedding](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/quaker-wedding), United Kingdom: A silent marriage ceremony in a Quaker meeting, with no priest and no set order
- [Menora](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/menora), Thailand: A traditional Thai dance drama from the south, featuring acrobatics and sacred rituals.
- [Serbian traditional clothing](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/serbian-traditional-clothing), Serbia: The regional folk attire of Serbs, featuring wool, linen, and leather, worn for celebrations and cultural identity.
- [Attukal Pongala](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/attukal-pongala), India: A ten-day Hindu festival in Kerala where millions of women cook rice offerings in earthen pots for the goddess.
- [Badnjak](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/badnjak-croatian), Croatia: A Christmas Eve oak log burned in the hearth across Croatia to welcome the holiday.
- [Vietnamese zodiac](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/vietnamese-zodiac), Vietnam: A twelve-year cycle of animal years, kept in Vietnam on the lunar calendar
- [Kwagh-Hir](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kwagh-hir), Nigeria: A Tiv puppet theatre and masquerade performance from central Nigeria that uses masks and marionettes to tell moral stori
- [Corpse road](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/corpse-road), United Kingdom: Historical paths used to carry the dead to parish burial grounds across Britain and Ireland.
- [Atherstone Ball Game](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/atherstone-ball-game), United Kingdom: An annual medieval football match played in Atherstone on Shrove Tuesday to honour a 12th-century victory.
- [Karadaiyan Nonbu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/karadaiyan-nonbu), India: A Tamil Hindu festival where women fast and pray for the long life of their husbands.
- [Tairyō-bata](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tairyo-bata), Japan: Traditional Japanese flags flown by fishing boats to celebrate a bountiful catch
- [Cotswold Olimpick Games](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/cotswold-olimpick-games), United Kingdom: Races, wrestling and shin-kicking on a Cotswold hillside, held since about 1612
- [Savika](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/savika), Madagascar: Traditional Betsileo zebu wrestling and courtship rite in Madagascar
- [Teeth blackening](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/teeth-blackening), Japan: A custom of dyeing teeth black to mark adulthood and beauty in parts of Asia and Oceania.
- [Weddings in India](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/wedding-industry-in-india), India: Marriage rites and festive gatherings celebrated across the diverse communities of India.
- [Seal carving](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/seal-carving), China: The Chinese craft of engraving characters and personal emblems into stone stamping seals
- [Auxiliary armour (Japan)](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/auxiliary-armour-japan), Japan: Extra guards that filled the gaps left by the six main pieces of a Japanese armour set
- [Shieling](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/shieling), United Kingdom: Seasonal summer pasture living and traditional dairying in the Scottish hills
- [Bean-nighe](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bean-nighe), United Kingdom: A Scottish spirit of the streams who washes shrouds to foretell death
- [Sohbet meetings](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/traditional-sohbet-meetings), Turkey: Men's gatherings of talk, music and food, kept in towns across Turkey
- [Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/spartakiad-of-the-peoples-of-the-ussr), Russia: A massive multi-sport festival that brought together Soviet republics every four years
- [Dupatta](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dupatta), India: A traditional South Asian scarf worn across the shoulders, chest, and head
- [Tablion](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tablion), Greece: An embroidered panel on the ceremonial mantle of Byzantine courtiers.
- [Zangfu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/zangfu), China: A traditional Chinese model of internal organs as paired networks of energy and function
- [Susa weddings](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/susa-weddings), Iran: A mass royal wedding held in 324 BCE to unite Macedonian and Persian nobility
- [Kingdomtide](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kingdomtide), United States: An autumn liturgical season focusing on Christ's reign in heaven and on earth
- [Chiton](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/chiton-garment), Greece: A draped tunic of wool or linen worn across ancient Greece and Rome
- [Shrimp fishing on horseback in Oostduinkerke](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/shrimp-fishing-on-horse-back-in-oostduinkerke), Belgium: Fishers ride draft horses into the sea at Oostduinkerke to net brown shrimp
- [Indian Christian Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/indian-christian-day), India: An annual Indian day of remembrance for the arrival of Christianity in 52 AD and the life of Jesus Christ.
- [Tatzelwurm](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tatzelwurm), Switzerland: A cat-faced dragon of Alpine lore, said to hiss, poison the air and guard old tunnels
- [Scheibenschlagen](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/scheibenschlagen), Switzerland: A Central European custom where glowing wooden disks are flung from hillsides into valleys at dusk.
- [Tweeza](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tweeza), Morocco: A North African tradition of communal voluntary work, mutual aid and shared harvests
- [NatFilm Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/natfilm-festival), Denmark: An annual Danish cinema gathering held around Easter from 1990 to 2008
- [Feast of Saint Thomas Aquinas](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/feast-of-saint-thomas-aquinas), Italy: An annual Christian feast day honouring the medieval theologian Saint Thomas Aquinas
- [Selkie](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/selkie), United Kingdom: The seal shapeshifters of Scottish and northern island folklore
- [Bada Mangal](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bada-mangal), India: A Tuesday festival in Lucknow dedicated to Hanuman, known for communal feasts and interfaith participation.
- [Vadhu Pravesha](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/vadhu-pravesha), India: A Hindu ceremony welcoming a bride into her new husband's home
- [Venice New Year's Concert](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/venice-new-year-s-concert), Italy: A New Year's Day concert of orchestra and opera at Venice's Teatro La Fenice
- [Ak-kalpak](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ak-kalpak), Kyrgyzstan: A traditional Kyrgyz four-sided white wool felt hat worn by men across generations
- [Marches of Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/marches-of-entre-sambre-et-meuse), Belgium: Folk processions with armed escorts in Belgian villages, kept from May to October
- [Yashmak](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/yashmak), Turkey: A traditional face and head veil worn in Turkey, Egypt and Turkmenistan
- [Biyelgee](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/biyelgee), Mongolia: A traditional Mongolian dance of upper body movements rooted in nomadic life
- [Kanga](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kanga-garment), Tanzania: A colourful printed cotton wrap bearing proverbs, worn across East Africa
- [Purim costume](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/purim-costume), Israel: The Jewish custom of wearing masks and disguises during the festival of Purim
- [Daura-Suruwal](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/daura-suruwal), Nepal: The traditional Nepali male attire of a wrap shirt, tapered trousers, and a coat.
- [Chilote poncho](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/chilote-poncho), Chile: A thick, striped wool poncho crafted in the cold and rainy Chiloé Archipelago
- [Blessing of the Throats](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/blessing-of-the-throats), Armenia: A Christian prayer rite touching throats with crossed candles for protection from illness
- [Chinese clothing](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/chinese-clothing), China: Robes, gowns, and suits shaped across dynasties, ranks, and daily life in China
- [Ba-zha](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ba-zha), China: An old Chinese harvest rite of eight offerings, later a guardian against locusts
- [National Beer Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/national-beer-festival), Argentina: An annual Bavarian-style folk and beer gathering in Villa General Belgrano, Argentina.
- [Palestine Festival of Literature](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/palestine-festival-of-literature), Palestine: An annual touring literary gathering staging free bilingual readings across Palestine
- [Sitta min Shawwal](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sitta-min-shawwal), Niger: A voluntary six-day Islamic fast observed during the month following Ramadan
- [Traditional games of Korea](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/traditional-games-of-korea), South Korea: Korean games kept through the seasons, from New Year board games to winter kites
- [Prathamastami](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/prathamastami), India: An Odia ritual blessing the firstborn child for long life and good fortune
- [Clothing of Hyderabad](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/clothing-of-hyderabad-india), India: Traditional attire of Hyderabad, shaped by South Asian and Islamic styles
- [Shabbaton](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/shabbaton), Israel: A Jewish communal retreat or educational program centered on Shabbat
- [Ngerorod](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ngerorod), Indonesia: A Balinese Hindu way of marrying, where a couple wed by their own choice
- [Week of Prayer for Christian Unity](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/week-of-prayer-for-christian-unity), France: An eight-day international period of shared prayer for reconciliation among churches
- [Feast of Saint Isidore the Laborer](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/feast-of-saint-isidore-the-laborer), Spain: A May festival honoring the patron saint of farmers, marked by processions and harvest gratitude in Spain and former col
- [Sebiba](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sebiba), Algeria: A Tuareg festival and dance in the Algerian Sahara marking the Islamic New Year and Ashura.
- [Cabañuelas](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/cabanuelas), Spain: A traditional weather forecasting method using the first thirty-one days of January to predict the rest of the year.
- [Punjabi wedding traditions](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/punjabi-wedding-traditions), India: The multi-day marriage customs and rituals of Hindu and Sikh Punjabi families
- [Pashtun clothing](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/pashtun-clothing), Afghanistan: Loose linen clothes worn by Pashtun men and women in Afghanistan and Pakhtunkhwa
- [Yunjin brocade](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/yunjin), China: A traditional Chinese silk brocade woven with coloured silk, gold and silver
- [Bali-og](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bali-og), Philippines: Layered necklaces and fringed collars from the Visayas and Mindanao
- [Delia](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/delia-q2436707), Poland: A fur-trimmed outer coat worn by nobility in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- [Flower girl](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/flower-girl), United States: A young child walking before the bride, scattering blossoms along the wedding aisle
- [Kunstenfestivaldesarts](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kunstenfestivaldesarts), Belgium: An annual May arts festival in Brussels, with theatre, dance, film and visual art
- [Saaremaa Opera Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/saaremaa-opera-festival), Estonia: An annual opera festival in Kuressaare, Estonia, featuring international performances.
- [Blutritt](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/blutritt), Germany: An equestrian pilgrimage across southern Germany honoring a relic of the Holy Blood
- [Profession of Faith](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/profession-of-faith), Israel: A public declaration of religious belief across Jewish, Christian and Islamic traditions
- [Sack Man](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sack-man), Spain: A widespread folklore figure who carries a sack to take away disobedient children
- [Urs-e-Razavi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/urs-e-razavi), India: A three-day annual Sufi gathering honouring the legacy of Imam Ahmad Raza Khan
- [Thursday of the Dead](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/thursday-of-the-dead), Palestine: A spring day of cemetery visits, prayer, and shared yellow breads across the Levant
- [Chupalla](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/chupalla), Chile: The straw hat of the Chilean horseman, worn for the cueca and the rodeo
- [Dhaka topi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dhaka-topi), Nepal: A patterned cotton cap worn across Nepal as part of the national dress
- [Queen Charlotte's Ball](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/queen-charlotte-s-ball), United Kingdom: A historic coming-of-age gala where young women curtsey to an ornate birthday cake
- [Sahasra Purna Chandrodayam](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sahasra-purna-chandrodayam), India: A Hindu rite marking a person's thousandth full moon, celebrated around age eighty-one.
- [Sacred groves of India](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sacred-groves-of-india), India: Communal forest sanctuaries across India where religious belief protects biodiversity and local resources.
- [Jiuntia](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/jiuntia), India: An autumn festival of western Odisha, kept in two forms by mothers and by sisters
- [Guernsey](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/guernsey), United Kingdom: A traditional seamless wool sweater crafted for seafarers across the British Isles
- [Eidiyah](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/eidiyah), Iran: The holiday custom of presenting cash and gifts to children and relatives
- [Madhushravani](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/madhushravani), India: A fifteen-day Mithila festival of fasting, worship and song for newly married brides
- [Lohepfhe](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/lohepfhe), India: A handwoven black shawl with red and green bands, worn by Angami and Chakhesang Naga men as a marker of identity.
- [Patadyong](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/patadyong), Philippines: A traditional Philippine wrap skirt and versatile woven cloth from the Visayas
- [Agera](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/agera), India: Mumbai's East Indian Catholics give thanks for the harvest on the first Sunday of October
- [Baltic Pride](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/baltic-pride), Latvia: An annual Baltic festival and human rights march rotating between Riga, Tallinn, and Vilnius
- [Tartuff](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tartuff), Estonia: An open-air romance film festival held in the town hall square of Tartu, Estonia
- [Xifu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/chinese-opera-costume), China: The stage dress of Chinese opera, its colour and pattern telling rank, sex and character
- [Asrlar Sadosi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/asrlar-sadosi-festival-of-traditional-culture), Uzbekistan: An annual outdoor festival celebrating Uzbek folk arts, sports, crafts, and heritage
- [Boobrie](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/boobrie), United Kingdom: A shapeshifting beast of Scotland's western sea lochs, said to take livestock
- [Hoshana Rabbah](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/hoshana-rabbah), Israel: The seventh and final day of Sukkot, marked by seven synagogue processions and night-long study.
- [Witches of Benevento](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/witches-of-benevento), Italy: A southern Italian tradition of walnut-tree gatherings and protective folk charms
- [Kate Dalrymple](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kate-dalrymple), United Kingdom: A traditional Scottish reel and comic Scots song about a muirland spinster
- [Jiuchi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/jiuchi), Japan: The steady base beat that holds traditional Japanese music and taiko ensembles together
- [O'zapft is!](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/o-zapft-is), Germany: The civic barrel-tapping ceremony that officially launches Munich's Oktoberfest
- [Wooden toys of Hrvatsko Zagorje](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/wooden-toys-of-hrvatsko-zagorje), Croatia: Hand-carved wooden toys from the Zagorje hills of Croatia, painted bright by the families who make them
- [Malam Tujuh Likur](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/malam-tujuh-likur), Malaysia: The Malay custom of lighting oil lamps during the closing nights of Ramadan.
- [Manaki Brothers Film Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/manaki-brothers-film-festival), North Macedonia: An annual international festival in Bitola honouring the craft of cinematography
- [Tooth ablation](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tooth-ablation), South Africa: A global custom of deliberately removing healthy teeth for social, ritual, or aesthetic reasons.
- [Fairy Flag](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/fairy-flag), United Kingdom: A tattered silk square kept by Clan MacLeod on Skye, said to hold magical powers for the clan.
- [Peineta](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/peineta-comb), Spain: A curved decorative comb worn by women beneath a lace mantilla in the Hispanic world
- [Shagorana](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/shagorana), Bangladesh: A ceremonial wedding feast platter presented to the groom in Bangladesh
- [Druid's Prayer](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/druid-s-prayer), United Kingdom: A short Welsh prayer by Iolo Morganwg, said in ritual by druids today
- [Leil Selichot](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/selichot), Israel: A night of penitential prayers and poems recited before the Jewish New Year to seek forgiveness.
- [Gunla Bajan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/gunla-bajan), Nepal: Devotional music the Newars carry through the streets during the holy month of Gunla
- [Aldersgate Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/aldersgate-day), Singapore: A Methodist observance on 24 May marking the spiritual turning point of John Wesley.
- [Wooing Play](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/wooing-play), United Kingdom: A folk performance of farm labourers in the East Midlands, featuring a sieve horse.
- [Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tel-aviv-international-student-film-festival), Israel: A week-long gathering in June where student filmmakers from around the world screen their work, attend workshops, and me
- [Aravah](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/aravah-sukkot), Israel: The ritual waving and beating of willow branches during the festival of Sukkot
- [Nadiri](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/nadiri), India: A sleeveless coat made for Mughal Emperor Jahangir and the courtiers he chose
- [Nanguan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/nanguan-music), China: An introspective chamber music tradition from southern Fujian and Taiwan.
- [Chinese patchwork](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/chinese-patchwork), China: A needlework craft joining fabric scraps into protective clothing, quilts and folk art
- [Grand North American Old Time Fiddle Championship](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/grand-north-american-old-time-fiddle-championship), Canada: An annual summer fiddle tournament and community gathering in Alberta, Canada
- [Paris Carnival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/paris-carnival), France: An annual street celebration and costume procession across Paris
- [Luanchari](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/luanchari), India: A traditional one-piece flared garment worn by Gaddi women in Himachal Pradesh
- [Theodore's Saturday](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/theodore-s-saturday), Georgia: The first Saturday of Lent, kept with boiled wheat and visits to the graves
- [Zapis](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/zapis), Serbia: A consecrated village tree marked with a cross, venerated in Serbian folk tradition
- [Rozhok](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/rozhok), Russia: A traditional Russian wooden trumpet played solo and in pastoral horn ensembles
- [Passover sacrifice](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/passover-sacrifice), Israel: The lamb offering eaten at the start of Passover, from the Exodus story
- [Nōgaku](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/nogaku), Japan: A traditional Japanese theater form combining the lyric drama noh and the comic interludes kyōgen.
- [Traditional Newar clothing](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/newar-traditional-clothing), Nepal: The customary handwoven dress and ceremonial garments of Nepal's Newar people
- [Garland dance](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/garland-dance), United Kingdom: A nineteenth-century English dance tradition performed with flower-covered garlands
- [Survakane](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/survakane), Bulgaria: A Bulgarian New Year ritual where children tap family members with decorated branches to wish them health and prosperity
- [Feast of Saint Rosalia](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/feast-of-saint-rosalia), Italy: An annual July festival in Palermo honouring the patron saint who ended the plague.
- [Nude wedding](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/nude-wedding), United States: A marriage ceremony where the couple and guests gather without clothing
- [Church parade](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/church-parade), United Kingdom: A formal military procession held to attend a religious service
- [Mahalakshmia jo Sagro](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mahalakshmia-jo-sagro), India: A sixteen-day Hindu fast and prayer dedicated to the goddess of wealth
- [Traditional Chinese wedding dress](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/traditional-chinese-wedding-dress), China: The ceremonial bridal garments worn in Han Chinese marriage ceremonies
- [Scottish folk music](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/scottish-folk-music), United Kingdom: Traditional ballads, fiddle tunes and bagpipe melodies from Scotland and its diaspora
- [Indian wedding clothes](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/indian-wedding-clothes), India: Traditional attire worn by couples and guests during Indian wedding ceremonies across various regions.
- [Icelandic weddings](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/icelandic-weddings), Iceland: A blend of church rites and long feasts, where guests sit by family lines and gifts are saved for the morning.
- [Lethal Lesbian](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/lethal-lesbian), Israel: An annual film festival in Tel Aviv dedicated to cinema by and about lesbian women.
- [Gymnastyorka](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/gymnastyorka), Russia: A loose pullover smock that began as a peasant shirt and became a soldier's uniform
- [Ramanattam](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ramanattam), India: A Kerala dance drama staging the life of Rama across eight days
- [Riga Salsa Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/riga-salsa-festival), Latvia: An annual salsa dance festival in Riga, Latvia, featuring workshops and live performances.
- [Five Grains](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/five-grains), China: A sacred grouping of staple crops honoured as the bedrock of East Asian civilization
- [Kamifūsen](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kamifusen), Japan: Japanese paper balloons enjoyed as self-inflating toys, gifts and festival lanterns
- [Kasaya](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kasaya), India: The traditional patchwork robes worn by ordained Buddhist monastics
- [Zangfu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/urinary-bladder-chinese-medicine), China: The traditional Chinese medical model of interconnected organ networks and vital energy
- [Name days in the Czech Republic](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/name-days-in-the-czech-republic), Czechia: A daily custom where people celebrate on the calendar date assigned to their given name.
- [Tsiknopempti](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tsiknopempti), Greece: A Greek Carnival feast of grilled meats held on the second to last Thursday before Lent.
- [Arkhalig](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/arkhalig), Iran: A traditional fitted jacket worn by men and women in the Caucasus and Iran
- [Black wedding](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/black-wedding), Russia: A traditional Jewish crisis wedding held in a cemetery to ward off disease
- [Lincolnshire Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/lincolnshire-day), United Kingdom: An annual county day on 1 October honouring the history and culture of Lincolnshire
- [Pongala](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/pongala), India: A harvest offering of sweet rice porridge prepared by millions of women in South India
- [Old Tup](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/old-tup), United Kingdom: A midwinter folk drama with a ram disguise from the English East Midlands
- [Yin and yang](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/yin-and-yang), China: Two opposite but complementary forces that Chinese thought sees in all things
- [Peplos](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/peplos), Greece: A draped woolen tunic worn by women in ancient Greece, central to Athenian religious festivals.
- [Khāne-takānī](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/khane-takani), Iran: A spring cleaning ritual in Iran that prepares homes for the Norouz new year.
- [Nuckelavee](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/nuckelavee), United Kingdom: A horse-like sea demon of Orkney folklore, blamed for drought, plague and sick livestock.
- [Acheik](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/acheik), Myanmar: A Burmese silk weave of waves and stripes, made with up to 200 shuttles
- [Podruga](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/podruga), Kosovo: A Balkan custom in which a childless wife agreed to a second wife joining the household
- [The Water of Life](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/the-water-of-life-spanish-fairy-tale), Spain: A Catalan folk tale of a quest for magic water, a fragrant branch and a talking bird
- [Assipattle and the Stoor Worm](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/assipattle-and-the-stoor-worm), United Kingdom: An Orcadian dragon-slayer tale of a fireside daydreamer who defeats a giant sea monster
- [Jack o' Lent](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/jack-o-lent), United Kingdom: An English Lenten custom of abusing and burning a straw figure
- [Bravio delle botti](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bravio-delle-botti), Italy: An annual uphill wine barrel race between the eight historic districts of Montepulciano
- [Iceland Noir](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/iceland-noir), Iceland: An annual November literature and storytelling festival held in central Reykjavík
- [Reynard the Fox](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/reynard-the-fox), France: A medieval European beast fable cycle starring a cunning trickster fox
- [Harare International Festival of the Arts](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/harare-international-festival-of-the-arts), Zimbabwe: An annual week-long celebration of music, dance, theatre and art in Harare, Zimbabwe
- [Merlinka Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/merlinka-festival), Serbia: An annual queer film festival held across Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro
- [Shimunenga](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/shimunenga), Zambia: An annual Zambian celebration of cattle displays, dances, and ancestral memory
- [Tumbuka dances and festivals](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/traditional-dances-and-festivals-of-the-tumbuka-people), Malawi: Dances for healing and celebration, and the yearly festivals that keep them
- [Festival of Industry, Trade and Culture](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/festival-of-industry-trade-and-culture-itagui), Colombia: An eight-day celebration in Itagüí, Colombia, for local music, art, dance and trade
- [Morija Arts & Cultural Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/morija-arts-and-cultural-festival), Lesotho: Lesotho's yearly festival of music, dance, drama and poetry, with schools competing
- [Calypso de El Callao](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/calypso-de-el-callao), Venezuela: Calypso sung at carnival in El Callao, Venezuela, with yearly king and queen contests
- [Blue Pearl Ice Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/blue-pearl-ice-festival), Mongolia: Mongolia's yearly winter ice festival of skating races, ice shooting and horse races
- [Fiestas de Quito](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/fiestas-de-quito), Ecuador: A week of parades, music and street parties marking the founding of Quito
- [Lhabab Duchen](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/lhabab-duchen), Bhutan: A Buddhist festival for the day the Buddha returned to earth from a god's realm
- [Singapore International Festival of Arts](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/singapore-international-festival-of-arts), Singapore: A month of theatre, dance, music and visual art in Singapore each mid-year
- [CinEast](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/cineast), Luxembourg: An October film festival in Luxembourg showing new cinema from Central and Eastern Europe
- [Festival of the Lake Ypacaraí](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/festival-of-the-lake), Paraguay: A Paraguayan folk festival celebrating national music, dance and poetry at the shores of Lake Ypacaraí.
- [Flower Festival in Uzbekistan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/flower-festival-in-uzbekistan), Uzbekistan: An annual spring celebration of floriculture and floral art held across several cities in Uzbekistan.
- [Lake Turkana Cultural Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tobong-u-lore), Kenya: A spring gathering in northern Kenya celebrating indigenous cultures and promoting peace among lake communities.
- [Limassol Carnival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/limassol-carnival-festival), Cyprus: A ten-day spring festival in Limassol featuring parades, costumes, satire and foam fights before Lent.
- [Garid](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/garid), Mongolia: A top wrestling title in Mongolia, named for Genghis Khan's eagle and the mythical bird Garuda.
- [Traditional Day of Offering](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/traditional-day-of-offering), Bhutan: A Bhutanese New Year marked by offerings to Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal and family feasts.
- [Carnival of Awussu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/carnival-of-awussu), Tunisia: An annual seaside midsummer parade in Sousse with floats, brass bands and folk troupes
- [Christmas in Iceland](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/christmas-in-iceland), Iceland: A winter festival of mountain folklore, family feasts and thirteen mischievous visitors
- [Atar-oh](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/atar-oh), Myanmar: A terracotta vessel prepared for the Myanmar New Year to welcome celestial blessings and purify the home.
- [La festival de Capisterre](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/la-festival-de-capisterre), Saint Kitts and Nevis: A September community festival uniting four villages in the Capisterre region of Saint Kitts and Nevis.
- [Mulhako wa Alhomwe](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mulhako-wa-alhomwe), Malawi: An annual gathering in Malawi where the Lhomwe people celebrate their language, dance and heritage.
- [FESTIMA](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/festima), Burkina Faso: A biennial West African festival in Burkina Faso celebrating traditional mask dances
- [Rencontres du Film Court Madagasikara](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/rencontres-du-film-court-madagasikara), Madagascar: Madagascar's annual short film festival, held in Antananarivo with free screenings
- [Márkomeannu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/markomeannu), Norway: A Sámi music and cultural festival held in northern Norway
- [Ngenpa Gudzom](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ngenpa-gudzom), Bhutan: A Bhutanese day of pause and games during an inauspicious astrological period
- [Olufuko](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/olufuko-festival), Namibia: A seven-day Aawambo initiation rite and festival held annually in Outapi, Namibia
- [Binirayan Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/binirayan-festival), Philippines: An annual December cultural festival in Antique celebrating Panay's Malay settlement
- [Simple Life Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/simple-life-festival), Taiwan: A biennial cultural gathering in Taiwan featuring live music, markets and crafts
- [Lithuania Independence Restoration Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/lithuania-independence-restoration-day), Lithuania: A Lithuanian national holiday on 11 March celebrating the 1990 return of sovereign rule
- [Sunčane Skale](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/suncane-skale), Montenegro: A three-day summer pop music festival and song competition in Montenegro
- [Kulonga](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kulonga-ceremony), Zambia: An annual harvest festival of thanksgiving celebrated by Tumbuka communities
- [Ekisaakaate](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ekisaakaate), Uganda: A Buganda youth retreat teaching traditional manners, crafts and life skills
- [Filseta](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/filseta), Ethiopia: A fifteen-day fast and feast honouring the Dormition and Assumption of Mary
- [Nyang Nyang Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/nyang-nyang-festival), Cameroon: A four-month Bamileke harvest festival and initiation rite in western Cameroon
- [Festival of San Lorenzo](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/festival-of-san-lorenzo), Chile: An annual festival of religious dance and pilgrimage honoring Saint Lawrence in Tarapacá
- [SuriPop](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/suripop), Suriname: A biennial songwriting festival and gala performance held in Suriname
- [Kola San Jon](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kola-san-jon), Cape Verde: A Cabo Verdean street festival of dance, drumming, and devotion to Saint John
- [Reykjavík Pride](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/reykjavik-pride), Iceland: An annual festival and parade celebrating LGBT+ rights and visibility in Iceland
- [Oktav](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/oktav), Luxembourg: A two-week annual Marian pilgrimage and festival in Luxembourg City
- [L-Għanja tal-Poplu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/l-g-anja-tal-poplu), Malta: An annual Maltese music festival celebrating original songs in Maltese
- [Kuru Dance and Music Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kuru-dance-and-music-festival), Botswana: A gathering of San communities in Botswana to share songs, stories and sacred dances
- [Imbalu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/imbalu), Uganda: The biennial rite of passage into adulthood observed by the Bamasaaba of Uganda
- [Manifesta](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/manifesta), Netherlands: A roving European contemporary art festival held in a new host city every two years
- [Beirut Pride](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/beirut-pride), Lebanon: An annual LGBTQIA+ march and festival in Lebanon advocating for decriminalization and visibility.
- [Ekisaakaate](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ekisaakaate-kya-nnabagereka), Uganda: A royal Buganda cultural retreat teaching heritage, crafts, and manners to the young
- [Kocsonya Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/meat-jelly-festival), Hungary: An annual winter food and culture festival held in Miskolc, Hungary
- [Ashura in Algeria](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ashura-in-algeria), Algeria: A day of fasting, almsgiving, evening feasting and regional folk masquerades.
- [Name days in Slovakia](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/name-days-in-slovakia), Slovakia: The Slovak tradition of celebrating personal name days alongside birthdays
- [Pezinok Grape Harvest Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/pezinok-grape-harvest-festival), Slovakia: An annual autumn harvest and wine festival filling the streets of Pezinok, Slovakia
- [Autostrada Biennale](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/autostrada-biennale), Kosovo: A biennial contemporary art festival and cultural exhibition in Prizren, Kosovo
- [Beirut International Women Film Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/beirut-international-women-film-festival), Lebanon: An annual cinema festival in Beirut celebrating films made by and about women
- [Işlic](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/islic), Armenia: A tall felt cap worn by Danubian boyars to show their rank and public office
- [Caracas Pride](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/caracas-pride), Venezuela: An annual pride march in Venezuela calling for equal rights for LGBTQ communities
- [Byblos International Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/byblos-international-festival), Lebanon: An annual summer music and arts festival held in the historic port town of Byblos, Lebanon.
- [Zengani](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/zengani), Zambia: An annual October gathering of Tumbuka and Ngoni communities in eastern Zambia to celebrate unity through traditional da
- [Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/riga-international-short-film-festival-2annas), Latvia: An annual autumn film competition and screening event held in Riga, Latvia
- [DAM Festival Pristina](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dam-festival-pristina), Kosovo: An annual gathering in Pristina showcasing emerging classical and contemporary musicians
- [Repentance Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/repentance-day), Papua New Guinea: An annual public holiday of prayer and national reflection across Papua New Guinea
- [Feast of Saint George](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/feast-of-saint-george-palestine), Palestine: An annual gathering of Palestinian Christians and Muslims honouring Saint George
- [Fichee-Chambalaalla](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/fichee-chambalaalla), Ethiopia: A moveable new year festival of the Sidama people in Ethiopia.
- [Gonapamhanya festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/gonapamuhanya-festival), Malawi: An annual gathering of the Tumbuka people honouring their first paramount chief
- [Vinkhakanimba](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/vinkhakanimba), Zambia: An annual gathering and dance celebration of the Tumbuka people in northeastern Zambia
- [Medumba Arts and Culture Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/medumba-arts-and-culture-festival), Cameroon: A two-week biennial festival in Cameroon celebrating Medumba heritage and language.
- [Konjic woodcarving](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/konjic-woodcarving), Bosnia and Herzegovina: A traditional hand-carving craft shaping furniture and home ornaments in Konjic
- [Boun Suang Huea](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/boun-suang-huea), Laos: A Lao festival of riverboat races and floating offerings at the close of Buddhist Lent
- [Choli](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/choli), India: A cropped, fitted bodice worn with saris and ghagras across South Asia
- [Dithubaruba Cultural Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dithubaruba-cultural-festival), Botswana: An annual gathering in Botswana that celebrates the customs, music, and history of the Bakwena people.
- [Oistins Fish Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/oistins-fish-festival), Barbados: An annual Easter celebration in Oistins, Barbados, honoring the local fishing community with food and folk games.
- [Mużika Mużika](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/muzika-muzika), Malta: A national song competition in Malta that selects artists for the Eurovision contest and celebrates Maltese music.
- [Isle of MTV](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/isle-of-mtv), Malta: A major free summer open-air pop and electronic music gathering held in Malta
- [DokuFest](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dokufest), Kosovo: An annual summer gathering in Prizren dedicated to non-fiction cinema and short films
- [Culturama](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/culturama), Saint Kitts and Nevis: An annual summer carnival celebrating Nevisian heritage and returning islanders
- [Abu Dhabi Science Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/abu-dhabi-science-festival), United Arab Emirates: An annual science festival in the United Arab Emirates with hands-on workshops and shows
- [Wine Festival of Cyprus](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/wine-festival-of-cyprus), Cyprus: An annual autumn celebration of winemaking, folklore and food in Limassol, Cyprus
- [Flaka e Janarit](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/flaka-e-janarit), Kosovo: A winter arts festival in Kosovo honoring national martyrs through music, drama and verse
- [Shalom Aleichem](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/shalom-aleichem-liturgy), Israel: A traditional song sung on Friday night to welcome Sabbath angels into the home
- [International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/international-festival-of-ancient-greek-drama-cyprus), Cyprus: An annual summer gathering in Cyprus staging classical Greek plays in historic open arenas
- [Gatherings of Poetesses in Vushtrri](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/gatherings-of-poetesses-in-vushtrri), Kosovo: An annual literary festival celebrating female poets in Vushtrri, Kosovo
- [Oran lands](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/oran-lands), India: Sacred groves and community-conserved pastures in Rajasthan dedicated to local deities.
- [Qurain Cultural Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/qurain-cultural-festival), Kuwait: An annual arts festival in Kuwait that showcases theatre, literature and visual art.
- [Seven Sleepers' Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/seven-sleepers-day), Germany: A German feast day on June 27 where the weather predicts the next seven weeks of summer.
- [Fiesta de La Tirana](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/fiesta-de-la-tirana), Chile: A week-long pilgrimage and dance festival in northern Chile honoring the Virgin of Mount Carmel.
- [Harvest Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/harvest-festival-united-kingdom), United Kingdom: An autumn thanksgiving for the crops, kept in churches and schools across the UK
- [Copenhagen Distortion](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/copenhagen-distortion), Denmark: A week of street parties, club nights and a rave in Copenhagen celebrating new dance music.
- [Patuka](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/patuka), Nepal: A traditional Nepalese cloth sash worn for core support, carrying items and festivities
- [Nyansapo Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/nyansapo-festival), France: A French festival celebrating Black feminism and empowering diasporic women.
- [Racial Justice Sunday](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/racial-justice-sunday), United Kingdom: A day of prayer and action for racial justice observed by British Christian churches in February.
- [Namdo Field Songs](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/namdo-field-songs), South Korea: Farmers' choral work songs from South Jeolla, sung through the rice field year
- [Cây nêu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/cay-neu), Vietnam: A bamboo pole raised in Vietnam to mark the New Year and protect homes from bad spirits.
- [Muslin](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/muslin), Bangladesh: A fine handwoven cotton from Bengal, once famed worldwide and woven again today
- [Feast of the Madonna di Pietraquaria](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/madonna-di-pietraquaria), Italy: A three-day spring festival in Avezzano marked by neighborhood bonfires, a street fair, and a mountain-to-city processio
- [Wezeea](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/wezeea), Algeria: A communal meat-sharing custom fostering rural solidarity across Algeria
- [Royal Shrovetide Football](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/royal-shrovetide-football), United Kingdom: A medieval mob football game played in Ashbourne on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday.
- [Omar Koshan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/omar-koshan), Iran: A yearly carnival in Iran where social roles reverse to honor Fatima al-Zahra and remember historical figures.
- [Bark Mitzvah](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bark-mitzvah), United States: A lighthearted coming of age celebration held by dog owners for their pets
- [National Culture Week of Burkina Faso](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/national-culture-week-of-burkina-faso), Burkina Faso: A week of free shows and contests in Bobo-Dioulasso, held every two years
- [Gifaataa](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/gifaataa), Ethiopia: The annual New Year celebration of the Wolayta people in southern Ethiopia
- [Welsh dance](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/welsh-dance), United Kingdom: Traditional dances of Wales, known for their athletic steps and revival after a period of decline.
- [Lithuanian cross crafting](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/lithuanian-cross-crafting), Lithuania: A Lithuanian folk art of carving wooden crosses that blend Christian faith with ancient Baltic symbols.
- [Al Sadu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/al-sadu), Kuwait: A traditional Bedouin weaving craft from the Arabian Peninsula, known for geometric patterns and wool textiles.
- [Überlinger Hänsele](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/der-uberlinger-hansele), Germany: A masked carnival figure kept by male citizens in Überlingen, Germany, during Fasnet and summer processions.
- [M'laya](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/m-laya), Algeria: A black full-body veil worn by women in Constantine, Algeria, as a sign of modesty.
- [Krishna legends in Kathak](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/krishna-legends-in-kathak), India: The enactment of Krishna's sacred stories in Indian classical dance
- [Colombo Pride](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/colombo-pride), Sri Lanka: An annual LGBTQ+ pride parade and festival held in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- [Algiers International Comics Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/algiers-international-comics-festival), Algeria: An October comics festival in Algiers, with awards for work from Africa
- [Vite ad alberello of Pantelleria](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/vite-ad-alberello), Italy: A traditional low-bush vine training system kept on the Italian island of Pantelleria for thousands of years.
- [Festival Kanzunetta Indipendenza](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/festival-kanzunetta-indipendenza), Malta: An annual music contest in Malta celebrating native songwriting around Independence Day
- [September Celebrations](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/september-celebrations), Belize: Belize's two national holidays, eleven days apart, marked by parades and Carnival
- [Moai](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/moai-social-support-groups), Japan: A Japanese social support group that provides mutual aid and companionship to its members.
- [Another Story Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/another-story-festival), North Macedonia: An annual literary festival in Skopje celebrating short fiction, activism, and diverse voices.
- [Guan Li](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/guan-li), China: The traditional Chinese coming-of-age capping ceremony for young men
- [Rusinga Cultural Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/rusinga-cultural-festival), Kenya: Two December days of Suba music, boat races and food on Rusinga Island in Kenya
- [Dahu](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dahu-q107143786), China: A cross-collar jacket worn in the Ming dynasty, blending Chinese and Mongol styles.
- [Grade-taking](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/grade-taking), Vanuatu: A social system in northern Vanuatu where men and women gain status through ceremonial pig sacrifices.
- [Buganu Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/buganu-festival), Eswatini: A three-day festival in Eswatini where women brew buganu from marula fruit
- [Sinawi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/sinawi), South Korea: An improvisational Korean musical style played for shamanic rituals.
- [Tomimoto-bushi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/tomimoto-bushi), Japan: A subtle school of Japanese sung storytelling with shamisen, popular in the 1700s
- [Agra Hadig](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/agra-hadig), Armenia: An Armenian ceremony for a baby's first tooth, featuring symbolic items and wheat.
- [National costume of Indonesia](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/national-costume-of-indonesia), Indonesia: The formal attire worn by Indonesians to represent the nation's diverse cultural heritage.
- [Aliya la'regel](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/aliya-la-regel), Israel: A Jewish commandment to appear at the Temple in Jerusalem during three annual festivals.
- [Zaragüelles](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/zaraguelles), Spain: Wide, pleated breeches of Andalusian origin, worn as traditional dress in parts of Spain and Morocco.
- [Yorkshire Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/yorkshire-day), United Kingdom: A yearly civic observance on 1 August to honour the historic county of Yorkshire and its people.
- [Grager](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/grager), Spain: A noisemaker used by Jewish communities to drown out the name of Haman during Purim readings.
- [Buddhist initiation](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/buddhist-initiation), China: A public ceremony where a lay follower takes refuge in the Triple Gem and accepts moral precepts.
- [Kumi Odori](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/kumi-odori), Japan: A narrative dance from Okinawa that blends East Asian styles to tell stories of Confucian virtue.
- [Pranama](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/pranama), India: A traditional Indian gesture of reverent bowing, prostration, and touching the feet
- [Our Lady of Trapani procession (Tunis)](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/our-lady-of-trapani-procession-tunis), Tunisia: A Catholic festival in La Goulette honoring the Virgin Mary, once shared by Christians and Muslims.
- [Veerabhadra](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/veerabhadra), India: A ritual dance of a fierce figure performed in Goa during the Shigmo festival and on Chaitra Poornima.
- [Jultagi](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/jultagi), South Korea: A traditional Korean tightrope performance that combines acrobatics with music and storytelling.
- [Padusan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/padusan), Indonesia: A Javanese purification bath kept by the Abangan community before Ramadan begins.
- [Mass of the Lord's Supper](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mass-of-the-lord-s-supper), Philippines: An evening liturgy marking the start of the Easter Triduum and recalling Jesus' final meal with his followers.
- [Jasličkári](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/jaslickari), Slovakia: A Slovak Christmas custom of young men acting out the Nativity from house to house
- [Chinese academic dress](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/chinese-academic-dress), China: Formal attire for scholars and officials in China, ranging from imperial robes to modern degree gowns.
- [Ember days](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/ember-days), Ireland: A quarterly Western Christian rhythm of fasting, prayer and seasonal thanksgiving
- [Swiss traditional costume](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/swiss-traditional-costumes), Switzerland: Distinct regional festive dress worn across the cantons of Switzerland
- [Yom HaHatzalah](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/21-kislev), United States: A Sat Hasidic holiday marking the rescue of Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum from the Holocaust on the 21st of Kislev.
- [Đurđevdan](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/george-s-day-in-spring), Serbia: A spring festival and feast of Saint George kept across the Balkans and Eastern Europe
- [Russian superstitions](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/superstitions-of-russians), Russia: Everyday omens, etiquette rules, and household rituals observed across Russia
- [Podvorotnichok](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/podvorotnichok), Russia: A detachable white fabric strip sewn inside military uniform collars for hygiene
- [Qimen Dunjia](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/qimen-dunjia), China: A classical Chinese divination system that maps time, space, and strategy
- [Melaya leff](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/melaya-leff), Egypt: A traditional wrapped Egyptian mantle once worn for modesty and now famous on stage
- [Mary Help of Christians](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/mary-help-of-christians), Italy: A Christian feast and devotion honouring Mary as a protector, observed on 24 May
- [Dhundh](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/dhundh), India: A Hindu ritual in Rajasthan where infants are symbolically married to Holika on Holi to ward off mischief.
- [Al-Balad Music Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/al-balad-music-festival), Jordan: A multi-day summer music festival held in the historic open-air theatres of Amman
- [Bludenzer Tage zeitgemäßer Musik](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bludenzer-tage-zeitgema-er-musik), Austria: An international festival of contemporary classical music held annually in Bludenz
- [Day of Salvation and Liberation](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/day-of-salvation-and-liberation), Israel: A Jewish holiday on the 26th of Iyar to thank God for saving Jews from Nazi annihilation.
- [Gele](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/gele-headdress), Nigeria: A voluminous sculpted headwrap worn by Yoruba women for gatherings and daily life
- [Chinese herbology](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/chinese-herbology), China: The traditional Chinese system of preparing and prescribing herbal and natural remedies
- [Bommalattam](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bommalattam), India: A shadow puppetry tradition from Tamil Nadu using carved dolls and oil lamps to tell stories.
- [Respite Sanctuary](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/respite-sanctuary), France: A historical Catholic custom of seeking brief revival to baptise stillborn infants
- [Shabbat meals](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/shabbat-meals), Iraq: Three ritual meals eaten across the Jewish Sabbath from Friday sunset to Saturday night
- [Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/buenos-aires-international-festival-of-independent-cinema), Argentina: An annual independent film festival bringing screenings and workshops to Buenos Aires
- [Letra del Año](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/letra-del-ano), Cuba: Annual prophecies and guidance proclaimed by babalawo priests for the coming year
- [Red Thread of Fate](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/red-thread-of-fate), China: An East Asian belief in an invisible cord binding two people destined for marriage
- [Oyez](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/oyez), United Kingdom: A traditional ceremonial call chanted to open court sessions and civic assemblies
- [Zemirot](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/zemirot), Israel: Jewish table hymns sung during the three meals of Shabbat and holidays
- [Buklog](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/buklog), Philippines: A thanksgiving ritual of the Subanen people in the Philippines, honoring spirits through offerings and dance.
- [Khrui](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/khrui), Thailand: A sheer ceremonial robe worn by Thai royalty and now as academic dress at universities.
- [Akwa Ibom Christmas Carols Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/akwa-ibom-christmas-carols-festival), Nigeria: A large annual gathering of carol singers in Nigeria that holds a Guinness World Record for the largest assembly.
- [Calling of an Engineer](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/calling-of-an-engineer), Canada: A private Canadian rite where engineers pledge ethical duty and receive an iron ring
- [Jalsa Salana](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/jalsa-salana), United Kingdom: A three-day annual assembly for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, featuring lectures, prayers and communal meals.
- [Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/eighteen-songs-of-a-nomad-flute), China: A Chinese song and poetry cycle telling the story and sorrow of Cai Wenji
- [Stag and doe](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/stag-and-doe), Canada: A Canadian fundraising party for an engaged couple, featuring games, food, and raffles to help pay for the wedding.
- [Chiprovtsi kilim](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/chiprovtsi-kilim), Bulgaria: Handmade flatwoven rugs with identical sides, crafted in a Bulgarian town since the 17th century.
- [Bridesmaid](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/bridesmaid), United Kingdom: The companions and attendants who support a bride during a wedding
- [Chura](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/chura-bangles), India: A set of bridal bangles worn across South Asia at weddings and in early marriage
- [Unity candle](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/unity-candle), United States: A modern wedding ritual where two flames join to ignite a single central candle
- [Jamaica Independence Festival](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/jamaica-independence-festival), Jamaica: An August festival of music, pageantry and parades marking Jamaican freedom
- [Saint Knut's Day](https://everyparampara.cpn.cleartrust.cc/t/saint-knut-s-day), Sweden: A Nordic holiday marking the twentieth and final day of Christmas each January