# EveryParampara

> Every tradition in the world, from every country and city. A free guide to 2159 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)