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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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🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico and 2 moreDay of the DeadDía de Muertos A Mexican remembrance of deceased family and friends with altars, marigolds and feastsFestival · Sweets given and shared

🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreSaint Patrick's Day in the United States An annual celebration of Irish heritage across America with parades, feasts and green dyeFestival · Dinner

🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreIslamic marriageنِكَاح The sacred contract, agreement and wedding celebration forming an Islamic marriageRite of passage · Feasts and festival meals

🇺🇸 United States and 4 moreHoʻoponopono A Hawaiian family ritual of prayer, confession and forgiveness that sets wrongs rightSpiritual · Feasts and festival meals

🇲🇽 Mexico and 8 moreLas Posadas A nine-night Christmas pageant remembering Mary and Joseph seeking shelterSpiritual · Feasts and festival meals

🇺🇸 New York, United States and 1 moreFeast of San GennaroFesta di San Gennaro A patronal festival of parades, street food and prayer honouring Saint JanuariusFestival · Tea-time and snacking customs

🇺🇸 United StatesMakahiki A four-month Hawaiian new year season of peace, harvest gifts, feasts and gamesSeasonal · Feasts and festival meals 🇨🇦 Toronto, CanadaRamadan in Canada A month of fasting, prayer and shared evening meals, kept by Muslims across CanadaSpiritual · Fasting and breaking the fast 🇺🇸 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

Photo credits on this page

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

Las Posadas: Yavidaxiu, CC BY 3.0, source
Hoʻoponopono: Makana Chai, Public domain, source
Saint Patrick's Day in the United States: White House/Chuck Kennedy, Public domain, source
Islamic marriage: عامر شاہین, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Feast of San Gennaro: MusikAnimal, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Day of the Dead: RubeHM, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Makahiki: Unknown author, Public domain, source

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