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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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🇺🇸 United States and 5 moreStatue rubbing A global custom of touching public statues to seek luck, love, or a return to the city.Festival

🇲🇽 Tlayacapan, MexicoChinelos Masked dancers from Morelos who spoof colonial manners at CarnivalPerformance

🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreNude wedding A marriage ceremony where the couple and guests gather without clothingRite of passage

🇺🇸 Oklahoma City, United StatesRed Earth Festival A June gathering in Oklahoma for Native American art, dance and marketsFestival 🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreYom HaHatzalahיום ההצלה A Sat Hasidic holiday marking the rescue of Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum from the Holocaust on the 21st of Kislev.Festival · Feasts and festival meals

🇺🇸 Buffalo, United States and 1 moreTurkey trot A holiday footrace, often run in turkey costume and usually for charityFestival 🇨🇦 Edmonton, CanadaGrand North American Old Time Fiddle Championship An annual summer fiddle tournament and community gathering in Alberta, CanadaPerformance

🇺🇸 Manhattan, United StatesJews and Thanksgiving An American national holiday kept by most US Jews, and debated by their rabbisFestival · Dinner 🇺🇸 New York, United StatesBark Mitzvah A lighthearted coming of age celebration held by dog owners for their petsFestival · Feasts and festival meals 🇨🇦 Canada and 1 moreStag and doe A Canadian fundraising party for an engaged couple, featuring games, food, and raffles to help pay for the wedding.Festival · Dinner

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Jews and Thanksgiving: Executive Committee of Congregation Shearith Israel., Public domain, source
Chinelos: AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Statue rubbing: Matthias Rosenkranz, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Nude wedding: Peter Paul Rubens, Public domain, source
Turkey trot: "A. A. Brack, S. A. Texas" ("S. A." = San Antonio?)., Public domain, source
Red Earth Festival: Red Earth Festival, CC BY 2.0, source

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