Tradition of the day: earlier days
One tradition is picked every day. These are the ones that came before.
9 October 2026MelastiA Balinese Hindu purification ritual held at the sea before Nyepi to cleanse sacred objects and people.
8 October 2026ShagaiTraditional ankle bone games and fortune-telling played across Central Asia.
7 October 2026Dog sleddingAn Arctic tradition of navigating snow and ice behind working dog teams
6 October 2026UžgavėnėsA Lithuanian winter-ending festival of masks, mock battles and pancakes
5 October 2026PolonaiseA traditional Polish partner dance in triple metre, kept as a national custom and UNESCO heritage.
4 October 2026Good FridayA solemn Christian holy day commemorating the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ.Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Good Friday: Bellina 09, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Shagai: User:Yaan, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Užgavėnės: Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, GFDL, source
- Melasti: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Polonaise: Korneli Szlegel, Public domain, source
- Dog sledding: chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0, source