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2,247 traditions so far, best known first. 12,401 more are on the list to be written. Filter by region, kind and meal.

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🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden and 4 moreSaint Lucy's Day A December festival of light and song held across Scandinavia and Italy to honour a Christian martyr.Festival · Breakfast

🇮🇳 India and 1 moreNaraka Chaturdashi The dawn festival of oil baths, ancestor lamps, and harvest foods during DiwaliFestival · Breakfast

🇮🇩 Indonesia and 4 moreLebaranHari Raya Lebaran Indonesia's festive season of homecoming, seeking forgiveness and shared feastsFestival · Breakfast

🇵🇱 PolandEaster in Poland A spring holiday of family breakfasts, blessed baskets, decorated eggs, and water games.Festival · Breakfast

🇹🇭 Bangkok, ThailandThai funeral Buddhist rites in Thailand featuring water blessings, temple chanting and cremation.Rite of passage · Breakfast

🇬🇷 Greece and 1 moreKoulourakiaΚουλουράκια Sweet butter pastries baked for Greek Easter and shaped into rings and braidsTable custom · Sweets given and shared

🇮🇱 IsraelKiddushקידוש A blessing over wine or grape juice that marks Shabbat and festivals as holySpiritual · Tea, coffee and drinking ceremonies

🇧🇩 Dhaka, Bangladesh and 5 moreSuhurسحور The pre-dawn meal Muslims eat before a day of fasting in RamadanTable custom · Breakfast

🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 1 moreMothering Sunday A mid-Lent Christian observance and family celebration of mothers and mother churchesSeasonal · Breakfast

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Saint Lucy's Day: Fredrik Magnusson, CC BY 2.0, source
Lebaran: Nurudin Jauhari, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Thai funeral: Government of Thailand, CC BY 2.0, source
Easter in Poland: Silar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Naraka Chaturdashi: India (Delhi Agra area), Public domain, source
Mothering Sunday: Jonathunder, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Koulourakia: foodistablog, CC BY 2.0, source
Kiddush: Dimitri, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Suhur: Hussein Alazaat, CC BY 2.0, source

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