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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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🇪🇬 Egypt and 6 moreMawlidمولد (Mawlid) An annual festival marking the birth of the Prophet Muhammad, marked by poetry, processions and feasts.Festival · Feasts and festival meals

🇲🇦 Morocco and 4 moreMimounaמִימוּנָה A Maghrebi Jewish celebration marking the end of Passover with sweets and open doorsFestival · Dinner

🇩🇿 AlgeriaMawlid in Algeriaيوم المولد النبوي The Prophet Muhammad's birthday celebration in Algeria with family feasts and prayersFestival · Feasts and festival meals

🇩🇿 Tiaret, Algeria and 1 moreMawsimموسم An annual regional festival and pilgrimage across Northwest AfricaSpiritual · Feasts and festival meals

🇪🇬 Egypt and 5 moreLibation The ceremonial gift of drink given to deities, ancestors, and the earthSpiritual · Tea, coffee and drinking ceremonies

🇪🇬 EgyptOpening of the mouth ceremony An ancient Egyptian rite to awaken a spirit's senses for the afterlifeRite of passage · Feasts and festival meals 🇩🇿 AlgeriaWezeeaوزيعة A communal meat-sharing custom fostering rural solidarity across AlgeriaSpiritual · Feasts and festival meals

🇲🇦 Morocco and 2 moreTweezaتويزة A North African tradition of communal voluntary work, mutual aid and shared harvestsCeremony · Dinner

🇩🇿 Tlemcen, AlgeriaAshura in Algeriaيوم عاشوراء A day of fasting, almsgiving, evening feasting and regional folk masquerades.Festival · Fasting and breaking the fast

Photo credits on this page

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

Mawlid: Firdaus Latif, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Mawsim: Beghdadi Walid, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Ashura in Algeria: Jan Janssonius, Public domain, source
Libation: Arkady Zarubin ( Аркадий Зарубин ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Opening of the mouth ceremony: Hunefer, Public domain, source
Mimouna: U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Tweeza: Demeester, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Mawlid in Algeria: Hammiche Hakim, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

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