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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🇬🇷 Athens, GreecePeplosπέπλος
A draped woolen tunic worn by women in ancient Greece, central to Athenian religious festivals.Dress
🇬🇷 GreeceHimationἱμάτιον
A wool or linen wrap worn across ancient Greece, later taken up in Rome and ByzantiumDress
🇬🇷 GreeceKausiaκαυσία
A flat hat of ancient Macedonia, worn by kings and later as sun cover in RomeDress
🇬🇧 United KingdomGuernsey
A traditional seamless wool sweater crafted for seafarers across the British IslesDress
🇷🇸 Belgrade, Serbia and 5 moreSerbian traditional clothingсрпска народна ношња (srpska narodna nošnja)
The regional folk attire of Serbs, featuring wool, linen, and leather, worn for celebrations and cultural identity.Dress
🇪🇸 Seville, SpainTraje de flamenca
The ruffled dress women wear to the fairs of AndalusiaDress
🇪🇸 Valencia, Spain and 1 moreZaragüellessarāwīl (Andalusi Arabic), saragüells (Valencian)
Wide, pleated breeches of Andalusian origin, worn as traditional dress in parts of Spain and Morocco.Dress
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Peplos: No machine-readable author provided. Harrieta171 assumed (based on cop, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Himation: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kausia: Marie-Lan Nguyen, Public domain, source
- Guernsey: LeGroweur, Public domain, source
- Serbian traditional clothing: Kolega2357, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Traje de flamenca: MariCruz México, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Zaragüelles: Isidoro Marín Garés, Public domain, source