All traditions
2,291 traditions so far, best known first. 12,311 more are on the list to be written. Filter by region, kind and meal.
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🇯🇵 Tokyo, JapanTomimoto-bushi富本節
A subtle school of Japanese sung storytelling with shamisen, popular in the 1700sPerformance
🇯🇵 JapanRokudan no Shirabe六段の調
A six-part Japanese koto piece, one of the best known works of the sōkyoku repertoirePerformance
🇯🇵 JapanNōgaku能楽
A traditional Japanese theater form combining the lyric drama noh and the comic interludes kyōgen.Performance
🇰🇷 Seoul, South KoreaJultagi줄타기 (eoreum)
A traditional Korean tightrope performance that combines acrobatics with music and storytelling.Performance
🇰🇷 South KoreaMusok eumak무속 음악 (巫俗音樂)
Ritual music of Korean shamanism, sung and drummed to carry a shaman into trancePerformance
🇨🇳 Xi'an, ChinaXi'an guyue西安鼓乐
Ritual wind and percussion music from Xi'an, played sitting or walkingPerformance
🇨🇳 Hengyang, China and 1 moreShan'ge山歌
A family of Chinese folk ballads from the countryside, in many regional formsPerformance
🇰🇷 Jindo Island, South KoreaNamdo Field Songs남도 들노래
Farmers' choral work songs from South Jeolla, sung through the rice field yearPerformance
🇲🇳 MongoliaBiyelgeeБиелгээ
A traditional Mongolian dance of upper body movements rooted in nomadic lifePerformance
🇹🇼 TaiwanSimple Life Festival簡單生活節
A biennial cultural gathering in Taiwan featuring live music, markets and craftsFestival
🇯🇵 JapanJiuchi地打ち
The steady base beat that holds traditional Japanese music and taiko ensembles togetherPerformance
🇨🇳 ChinaEighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute胡笳十八拍
A Chinese song and poetry cycle telling the story and sorrow of Cai WenjiPerformance
🇯🇵 JapanNōgaku能楽
A traditional Japanese theater form combining the lyric drama noh and the comic interludes kyōgen.Performance
🇰🇷 Seoul, South KoreaJultagi줄타기 (eoreum)
A traditional Korean tightrope performance that combines acrobatics with music and storytelling.Performance
🇰🇷 South KoreaMusok eumak무속 음악 (巫俗音樂)
Ritual music of Korean shamanism, sung and drummed to carry a shaman into trancePerformance
🇨🇳 Xi'an, ChinaXi'an guyue西安鼓乐
Ritual wind and percussion music from Xi'an, played sitting or walkingPerformance
🇨🇳 Hengyang, China and 1 moreShan'ge山歌
A family of Chinese folk ballads from the countryside, in many regional formsPerformance
🇰🇷 Jindo Island, South KoreaNamdo Field Songs남도 들노래
Farmers' choral work songs from South Jeolla, sung through the rice field yearPerformance
🇲🇳 MongoliaBiyelgeeБиелгээ
A traditional Mongolian dance of upper body movements rooted in nomadic lifePerformance
🇹🇼 TaiwanSimple Life Festival簡單生活節
A biennial cultural gathering in Taiwan featuring live music, markets and craftsFestival
🇯🇵 JapanJiuchi地打ち
The steady base beat that holds traditional Japanese music and taiko ensembles togetherPerformance
🇨🇳 ChinaEighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute胡笳十八拍
A Chinese song and poetry cycle telling the story and sorrow of Cai WenjiPerformance
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Jultagi: Korea.net / Korean Culture and Information Service, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Xi'an guyue: Liuxingy, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Nōgaku: Daderot, CC0, source
- Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute: Copy painting in Ming era, Public domain, source
- Biyelgee: J bayarmagnai, CC0, source