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2,291 traditions so far, best known first. 12,321 more are on the list to be written. Filter by region, kind and meal.

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🇨🇱 ChileCurantokurantu A traditional earth oven feast of seafood, meat, and potatoes from Chiloé, ChileTable custom · Feasts and festival meals 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia and 1 moreJounen Kwéyòl A day of Creole food, music and dress in Saint Lucia and Dominica, kept each OctoberFestival · Feasts and festival meals

🇦🇷 Argentina and 4 moreAsado A slow fire, a grill and a shared table: how people gather to cook and eat meatTable custom · Feasts and festival meals

🇪🇨 Quito, EcuadorFanesca Ecuador's Holy Week soup of grains, beans and salt cod, made for Good FridayTable custom · Lunch

🇵🇾 Paraguay and 3 moreTereré Paraguay's cold yerba mate drink, passed around in one cup with a metal strawTable custom · Tea, coffee and drinking ceremonies 🇧🇧 BarbadosCrop Over A Barbadian harvest festival marking the end of the sugar cane season with music and parades.Festival 🇭🇹 Port-au-Prince, HaitiIndependence Day A national celebration of liberation, freedom, and unity observed every New Year's Day.Ceremony

🇦🇷 Mendoza, ArgentinaFiesta Nacional de la Vendimia Argentina's national grape harvest festival, celebrated each year in MendozaSeasonal

🇯🇲 JamaicaItal A Rastafari way of eating: food from the earth, kept to raise livityTable custom 🇧🇧 Oistins, BarbadosOistins Fish Festival An annual Easter celebration in Oistins, Barbados, honoring the local fishing community with food and folk games.Festival · Dinner 🇰🇳 Charlestown, Saint Kitts and NevisCulturama An annual summer carnival celebrating Nevisian heritage and returning islandersFestival

🇦🇷 Villa General Belgrano, ArgentinaNational Beer Festival An annual Bavarian-style folk and beer gathering in Villa General Belgrano, Argentina.Festival · Tea, coffee and drinking ceremonies

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

Curanto: Lin linao, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Asado: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
Fanesca: Agencia de Noticias ANDES, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Tereré: Genialnico, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Ital: Chrysaora, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Fiesta Nacional de la Vendimia: Javinaselli, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
National Beer Festival: Jmmuguerza, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

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