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144 traditions under B.

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🇧🇬 Bulgaria and 1 moreBaba MartaБаба Марта A Bulgarian day on 1 March, when red and white martenitsi are given and wornFestival 🇧🇬 Bulgaria and 4 moreBabindenБабинден A Bulgarian feast honoring midwives and new mothers with rituals of bathing, feasting, and blessing.Festival · Feasts and festival meals 🇺🇸 United States and 5 moreBaby shower A gift-giving party for a new or expected baby, kept in many countriesRite of passage 🇮🇹 Rome, ItalyBacchanalia An ancient Roman mystery festival dedicated to the god of wine and ecstasyFestival · Tea, coffee and drinking ceremonies 🇦🇫 Kabul, AfghanistanBacha poshباشا بوش / بچه‌ پوشی An Afghan custom of dressing and raising a daughter as a sonHome 🇺🇸 United States and 5 moreBachelor party A send-off for a groom-to-be, kept in the days and weeks before a weddingRite of passage 🇱🇦 Laos and 1 moreBaciບາສີ (Lao) A Lao rite that calls the soul home and ties a thread on the wrist for good luckSpiritual 🇮🇳 Lucknow, IndiaBada Mangal A Tuesday festival in Lucknow dedicated to Hanuman, known for communal feasts and interfaith participation.Festival · Feasts and festival meals 🇭🇷 CroatiaBadnjakBadnji dan A Christmas Eve oak log burned in the hearth across Croatia to welcome the holiday.Festival · Fasting and breaking the fast 🇧🇷 BrazilBaião A syncopated folk rhythm and partnered dance from northeastern BrazilPerformance 🇲🇽 Veracruz, Mexico and 3 moreBaile folklórico Staged folk dances of Mexico and Central America, with regional dress and mariachi musicPerformance 🇲🇾 Malacca, Malaysia and 5 moreBaju Melayuباجو ملايو The long-sleeved Malay man's shirt and trousers, formal national dress in Malaysia and BruneiDress 🇨🇦 Wallaceburg, CanadaBaldoon Mystery A ghost story from Wallaceburg, Ontario, about a cursed farm and a silver bulletFolklore 🇮🇳 Cuttack, IndiaBali Jatraବାଲିଯାତ୍ରା An Odia festival and vast open fair commemorating ancient voyages across the seaFestival 🇵🇭 PhilippinesBali-og Layered necklaces and fringed collars from the Visayas and MindanaoDress 🇱🇻 Riga, Latvia and 2 moreBaltic Pride An annual Baltic festival and human rights march rotating between Riga, Tallinn, and VilniusFestival 🇮🇳 Bhuj, India and 1 moreBandhani Tie-dye cloth from India, knotted by hand and dipped in dye to leave dot patternsCraft 🇮🇳 Amritsar, IndiaBandi Chhor Divasਬੰਦੀ ਛੋੜ ਦਿਵਸ A Sikh festival of liberation marking the release of Guru Hargobind and fifty-two princes from Mughal imprisonment.Festival 🇺🇦 Kyiv, UkraineBanduraБандура A Ukrainian plucked string instrument played to accompany epic songs and folk balladsPerformance 🇻🇳 Saigon, Vietnam and 5 moreBánh mì A Vietnamese baguette sandwich filled with meats, pickles, herbs, and condiments.Table custom · Breakfast 🇧🇬 Bulgaria and 3 moreBanitsaБаница A layered Bulgarian cheese pastry baked for morning meals and holiday fortunesTable custom · Breakfast 🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 1 moreBank holiday Official days of rest and financial closure across the British IslesCeremony 🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreBanned Books Week An annual autumn campaign celebrating the freedom to read and access challenged booksCeremony 🇧🇼 Gaborone, BotswanaBantu Film Festival An annual pan-African film festival held in Botswana celebrating continental cinemaFestival 🇺🇦 Ukraine and 1 moreBanushбануш A Carpathian cornmeal porridge cooked with sour cream and savoury toppingsTable custom 🇮🇱 Jerusalem, Israel and 5 moreBar and bat mitzvahבַּר מִצְוָה / בַּת מִצְוָה A Jewish rite of passage marking when youth reach adulthood and take responsibility for their own actions.Rite of passage · Feasts and festival meals 🇺🇬 Uganda and 4 moreBarkcloth Cloth beaten from tree bark across Africa, Asia and the PacificCraft 🇺🇸 New York, United StatesBark Mitzvah A lighthearted coming of age celebration held by dog owners for their petsFestival · Feasts and festival meals 🇦🇺 AustraliaBark painting Ochre pictures on flattened tree bark, an Aboriginal art form of northern AustraliaCraft 🇮🇪 Dublin, IrelandBarmbrackbairín breac A sweet Irish fruit loaf with charms baked in, eaten at Halloween and on New Year's EveTable custom · Tea-time and snacking customs 🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreBarn raising A communal tradition where neighbours assemble to erect a farm barn in a few daysCraft · Lunch 🇮🇩 Ubud, IndonesiaBarongᬩᬭᭀᬂ A sacred Balinese masked dance drama depicting the eternal struggle of good and evilPerformance 🇵🇭 PhilippinesBarong tagalog The Philippine national shirt for men: embroidered, worn loose and never tucked inDress 🇨🇴 Barranquilla, ColombiaBarranquilla CarnivalCarnaval de Barranquilla A four-day street festival of music, masquerade and dance in coastal ColombiaFestival 🇵🇰 Lahore, Pakistan and 1 moreBasant A Punjabi spring festival marked by rooftop kite flying, yellow clothing and fairsFestival · Sweets given and shared 🇺🇸 Boise, United States and 3 moreBasque festivalEuskal jaiak Gatherings of dance, sport and food that keep Basque culture alive far from homeFestival 🇪🇸 Spain and 1 moreBasque rural sportsHerri kirolak Stone lifting, wood chopping and oxen tests, born of Basque farm and fishing workGame 🇫🇷 Paris, France and 5 moreBastille DayFête nationale française France's national day marking the storming of the Bastille and the unity of the people on 14 July.Ceremony 🇮🇳 IndiaBathukammaబతుకమ్మ A nine-day floral festival celebrated by women across Telangana and Andhra PradeshFestival 🇮🇩 Indonesia and 5 moreBatikꦧꦛꦶꦏ꧀ (bathik) A Javanese wax-resist way of patterning cloth, and the textiles made that wayCraft 🇧🇾 BelarusBatlejkaБатле́йка A two-level puppet booth from Belarus, playing Nativity and folk scenes at ChristmasPerformance 🇵🇭 Cebu, PhilippinesBatok Indigenous Filipino tattooing, once worn as dress, rank and a rite of passageCraft 🇧🇩 Dhaka, Bangladesh and 1 moreBaul traditionবাউল A Bengali devotional minstrel path uniting mystic poetry, music and dancePerformance 🇮🇩 IndonesiaBau Nyale An annual night-time gathering on Lombok to collect spawning sea worms from the shoreFestival 🇸🇦 Mecca, Saudi Arabia and 2 moreBay'ahبَيْعَة An Islamic oath of allegiance pledged to a ruler or spiritual guideCeremony 🇨🇳 Tianjin, China and 1 moreBa-zha八蜡 An old Chinese harvest rite of eight offerings, later a guardian against locustsSpiritual 🇬🇧 United KingdomBean-nighe A Scottish spirit of the streams who washes shrouds to foretell deathFolklore 🇨🇦 Canada and 1 moreBeatification A Catholic rite conferring the title Blessed and allowing local public venerationSpiritual 🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 5 moreBeating Retreat A military ceremony of music and drill held at sunset to mark the end of a day or a festival.Ceremony 🇪🇬 Thebes, EgyptBeautiful Festival of the Valleyhb nfr n jnt An ancient Egyptian festival honouring the dead with river processions across ThebesSpiritual 🇷🇺 Russia and 5 moreBeheading of John the Baptist A Christian holy day of strict fasting that marks the death of John the BaptistSpiritual · Fasting and breaking the fast 🇱🇧 Beirut, LebanonBeirut International Women Film Festival An annual cinema festival in Beirut celebrating films made by and about womenPerformance 🇱🇧 Beirut, LebanonBeirut Prideفخر بيروت An annual LGBTQIA+ march and festival in Lebanon advocating for decriminalization and visibility.Festival 🇩🇲 Dominica and 4 moreBéléBèlè A Caribbean drum, call-and-response song, and courtship dance traditionPerformance 🇮🇪 Uisneach, Ireland and 1 moreBeltaneBealtaine A Gaelic first-of-summer festival of bonfires, May flowers and feasting on 1 MaySeasonal 🇮🇳 India and 1 moreBengali Hindu weddingবাঙালি হিন্দু বিবাহ A Bengali Hindu wedding ceremony spanning days of turmeric rites, sacred vows, and welcoming rituals.Rite of passage · Feasts and festival meals 🇯🇵 Japan and 1 moreBento弁当 A single-portion packed meal in a lidded box, carried to school, work or on a trainTable custom · Lunch 🇩🇿 Algeria and 3 moreBerber calendarⵜⴰⵙⵡⴰⵙⵜ ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ (taswast tamaziɣt) An agricultural timekeeping system used by the Amazigh people of North Africa to mark seasons and farming cycles.Seasonal · Dinner 🇹🇳 Tunis, Tunisia and 2 moreBerber carpet Hand-woven wool rugs crafted by Amazigh communities across North AfricaCraft 🇬🇪 GeorgiaBerikaobaბერიკაობა An improvised Georgian folk theatre and masquerade of fertility, satire and dramaPerformance · Feasts and festival meals 🇧🇲 Hamilton, BermudaBermuda Day A public holiday in Bermuda marking the start of summer activities with a parade and road race.Festival 🇧🇲 BermudaBermuda kite Flying bright geometric kites on Good Friday across Bermuda to mark EasterCraft 🇪🇸 Spain and 1 moreBertsolaritza Improvised songs sung in Basque, rhymed on the spot at contests and gatheringsPerformance 🇦🇱 Albania and 2 moreBesaBesë A pledge of honour that an Albanian gives once and must never breakEtiquette 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan and 4 moreBeshbarmakбешбармак Boiled meat and noodles, eaten by hand from one platter, with a set cut for each guestTable custom · Feasts and festival meals 🇮🇳 Goa, India and 2 moreBhai Doojभाई दूज A Hindu festival of sibling bonds marked by forehead markings, feasts and blessingsFestival · Feasts and festival meals 🇮🇳 India and 3 moreBhajanभजनम् (bhajanam) Devotional songs of South Asia, sung alone or together with drums and cymbalsPerformance 🇮🇳 Jammu, IndiaBhangra A Punjabi harvest dance, first kept by farmers and now performed worldwidePerformance 🇮🇳 IndiaBharatanatyam A South Indian temple dance of set poses, hand gestures and rhythm, now danced on stagePerformance 🇮🇳 Guwahati, IndiaBihuবিহু (Assamese) Three annual festivals in Assam marking the new year, crop cycles and harvest with dance, music and feasts.Festival · Feasts and festival meals 🇮🇳 Guwahati, IndiaBihu dance A folk dance from Assam that celebrates spring, fertility and the new year with energetic movement and music.Performance 🇩🇪 Germany and 1 moreBiikebrennenBiikebrånen Fires lit at sunset on 21 February to send winter away in North FrisiaFestival 🇮🇳 India and 5 moreBindi A dot worn between the eyebrows, red for marriage and devotion, worn daily by many womenDress 🇵🇭 PhilippinesBinirayan Festival An annual December cultural festival in Antique celebrating Panay's Malay settlementFestival 🇿🇼 ZimbabweBira ceremony An all-night Shona ritual in Zimbabwe where music and dance summon ancestral spirits for guidance.Spiritual 🇲🇽 Tijuana, Mexico and 1 moreBirria A rich, seasoned meat stew from western Mexico, cooked for gatherings and holidaysTable custom · Feasts and festival meals 🇳🇵 Bhaktapur, NepalBiska Jatra𑐧𑐶𑐳𑑂𑐎𑐵𑑅 𑐖𑐵𑐟𑑂𑐬𑐵 An annual solar new year festival in Nepal with chariot pulls and tall wooden poles.Festival 🇲🇳 MongoliaBiyelgeeБиелгээ A traditional Mongolian dance of upper body movements rooted in nomadic lifePerformance 🇨🇴 Pasto, ColombiaBlacks and Whites' CarnivalCarnaval de Negros y Blancos A week of street games, parades and music held every January in Pasto, ColombiaFestival 🇷🇺 RussiaBlack wedding A traditional Jewish crisis wedding held in a cemetery to ward off diseaseSpiritual 🇦🇲 Armenia and 4 moreBlessing of the Throats A Christian prayer rite touching throats with crossed candles for protection from illnessSpiritual 🇳🇱 Noordwijk, Netherlands and 1 moreBloemencorso Annual parades of flower-covered floats and boats in the Netherlands and BelgiumFestival 🇳🇱 NetherlandsBloemencorso Bollenstreek An annual mid-April parade of flower-covered floats across the Dutch bulb regionFestival 🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland and 5 moreBloomsdayLá Bloom A celebration of James Joyce and his novel Ulysses, observed on 16 June in Dublin and worldwide.Festival · Breakfast 🇦🇹 Bludenz, AustriaBludenzer Tage zeitgemäßer Musik An international festival of contemporary classical music held annually in BludenzPerformance 🇲🇳 MongoliaBlue Pearl Ice FestivalХөх Cувд Mөсний Баяр Mongolia's yearly winter ice festival of skating races, ice shooting and horse racesFestival 🇩🇪 Weingarten, Germany and 1 moreBlutritt An equestrian pilgrimage across southern Germany honoring a relic of the Holy BloodSpiritual 🇦🇺 AustraliaBoat building The craft of constructing watercraft from timber, metal and modern composite materialsCraft 🇯🇵 Japan and 3 moreBodhi Day成道会 A Buddhist observance marking the enlightenment of Gautama Buddha under the Bodhi TreeSpiritual 🇲🇻 MaldivesBoduberuބޮޑުބެރު A Maldivian drumming and dance tradition performed by groups of common citizens.Performance 🇲🇱 San, Mali and 1 moreBògòlanfinibɔgɔlanfini A handmade Malian cotton textile dyed with iron-rich mud, worn for protection and identity.Dress 🇧🇼 BotswanaBogwera and bojale Tswana coming-of-age initiation for boys and girls, held over several monthsRite of passage 🇮🇳 Guwahati, IndiaBohag Bihu A multi-day Assamese New Year festival of cattle rites, music, gifts and feastsSeasonal · Feasts and festival meals 🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom and 6 moreBoishakhi Melaবৈশাখী মেলা A Bengali New Year fair in London each May, with a parade, music and food stallsFestival 🇰🇭 Phnom Penh, Cambodia and 3 moreBokatorល្បុក្កតោ (lbŏkkâtaô) Cambodia's battlefield martial art of strikes, locks and weapons, now a ring sportGame 🇵🇷 San Juan, Puerto Rico and 1 moreBomba A Puerto Rican music and dance tradition where the drummer follows the dancer in a rhythmic dialogue.Performance 🇮🇳 IndiaBommalattam A shadow puppetry tradition from Tamil Nadu using carved dolls and oil lamps to tell stories.Performance 🇮🇳 Hyderabad, India and 3 moreBonalu An annual festival of thanksgiving to Goddess Mahakali across Telangana, IndiaFestival · Feasts and festival meals 🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 4 moreBonfire Night Yearly nights of bonfires and fireworks, kept in Britain, Ireland and beyondFestival 🇪🇸 Alicante, SpainBonfires of Saint John in AlicanteFogueres de Sant Joan A midsummer festival of towering satirical monuments, music and fire in AlicanteFestival 🇰🇭 Phnom Penh, Cambodia and 1 moreBon Om Toukបុណ្យអុំទូក A three-day Cambodian festival of dragon boat races, floating lanterns and moon offeringsFestival · Tea-time and snacking customs 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan and 1 moreBonsai盆栽 A Japanese craft of keeping small trees in shallow pots, shaped for contemplationCraft 🇬🇧 United KingdomBoobrie A shapeshifting beast of Scotland's western sea lochs, said to take livestockFolklore 🇰🇷 Boryeong, South KoreaBoryeong Mud Festival보령머드축제 A summer festival of mud baths, slides and music on the coast of South KoreaFestival 🇪🇸 Santiago de Compostela, SpainBotafumeiro A giant swinging censer of brass and silver that fills the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral with incense during solemn fSpiritual 🇱🇦 Vientiane, LaosBoun Suang Hueaບຸນຊ່ວງເຮືອ A Lao festival of riverboat races and floating offerings at the close of Buddhist LentFestival 🇯🇵 JapanBowing in Japanお辞儀 The Japanese bow, used to greet, thank, apologise and show respectEtiquette 🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 5 moreBoxing Day A public holiday on 26 December in Commonwealth nations for gifts and shopping.Festival 🇦🇺 Melbourne, AustraliaBoxing Day Test Cricket's annual Test match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, starting each 26 DecemberGame 🇮🇹 Montepulciano, ItalyBravio delle botti An annual uphill wine barrel race between the eight historic districts of MontepulcianoGame 🇷🇺 Russia and 5 moreBread and saltхлеб-соль Bread and salt offered to a guest: a welcome kept from Russia to AlbaniaEtiquette 🇺🇸 Columbia, United States and 1 moreBreastfeeding in public The custom of nursing an infant openly in shared and public spacesHome 🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 1 moreBreeching A rite of passage when a young boy first wore trousers instead of a dress.Rite of passage 🇫🇷 FranceBreton costume The traditional folk dress and lace headdresses worn for festivals across BrittanyDress 🇺🇸 United States and 4 moreBridal shower A gift-giving party for a bride before her wedding, best known in North AmericaRite of passage 🇷🇺 Russia and 1 moreBride-showсмотр невест A court custom in which emperors and tsars chose a wife from young women brought before themCeremony 🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 5 moreBridesmaid The companions and attendants who support a bride during a weddingRite of passage 🇮🇪 Galway, Ireland and 1 moreBrigid's crossCros Bhríde A cross of woven rushes or straw, made for Saint Brigid's Day on the first of FebruaryCraft 🇹🇳 Tunisia and 1 moreBsisaبسيسة A North African grain and oil ritual to unlock blessings for the yearTable custom · Tea, coffee and drinking ceremonies 🇮🇳 India and 6 moreBuddha's Birthday佛诞 (Fódàn) A festival marking the birth of Siddhartha Gautama, observed across Asia with temple rituals and community gatherings.Festival 🇨🇳 China and 3 moreBuddhist initiation受戒 A public ceremony where a lay follower takes refuge in the Triple Gem and accepts moral precepts.Spiritual 🇳🇴 Bergen, NorwayBuekorps Youth marching groups of Bergen's neighbourhoods, with drums, banners and a May paradeCeremony 🇦🇷 Buenos Aires, ArgentinaBuenos Aires International Festival of Independent CinemaBuenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente An annual independent film festival bringing screenings and workshops to Buenos AiresFestival 🇱🇺 Luxembourg and 3 moreBuergbrennen A bonfire festival marking the end of winter on the first Sunday of Lent in LuxembourgSeasonal 🇸🇿 EswatiniBuganu Festival A three-day festival in Eswatini where women brew buganu from marula fruitFestival · Tea, coffee and drinking ceremonies 🇪🇹 Ethiopia and 1 moreBuheቡሄ An Orthodox feast day celebrated with neighborhood torches, songs, and gifts of breadSpiritual · Feasts and festival meals 🇲🇦 MoroccoBujloodبوجلود A masked carnival of animal skins held in Morocco just after Eid al-AdhaFestival 🇵🇭 PhilippinesBuklog A thanksgiving ritual of the Subanen people in the Philippines, honoring spirits through offerings and dance.Spiritual 🇪🇸 Ronda, Spain and 5 moreBullfightingCorrida de toros A ritual contest between a bullfighter and a bull, kept in Spain and Latin AmericaGame 🇳🇴 NorwayBunad Norway's festive dress, tied to a home district and worn from weddings to 17 MayDress 🇺🇸 New York, United States and 5 moreBundling A traditional courtship practice where a couple shares a bed under supervision to ensure compatibility and accountabilitRite of passage 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan and 1 moreBunraku文楽 Osaka's puppet theatre, with chanters, shamisen players and puppeteers in plain sightPerformance 🇸🇴 SomaliaBuraanbur A traditional Somali poetic form composed by women, recited with drums and dance at weddings and gatherings.Performance 🇰🇪 Kenya and 5 moreBurial Placing the dead in the ground or a structure to honor them and guide their journey.Rite of passage 🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 1 moreBurns supperBurns Nicht A Scottish celebratory meal of haggis, poetry and toasts in honour of Robert BurnsFestival · Dinner 🇦🇫 Kabul, Afghanistan and 1 moreBurqa A garment covering the body and face, worn by some Muslim womenDress 🇰🇷 Busan, South KoreaBusan Sunrise Festival부산해맞이축제 A bell rung in Busan on 31 December, then the year's first sunrise at the beachSeasonal 🇦🇺 AustraliaBush ballad Verse and song that tell stories of life in the Australian bushPerformance 🇦🇺 AustraliaBush dance An Australian social dance style, usually with a live bush bandPerformance 🇭🇺 Mohács, HungaryBusójárás A six-day winter carnival of carved wooden masks, folk music, and parades in MohácsFestival 🇨🇳 China and 3 moreButter lampདཀར་མེ (Tibetan) A lit candle made from clarified yak butter, kept in Tibetan Buddhist temples to aid meditation and symbolize enlightenmSpiritual 🇨🇳 Lhasa, China and 5 moreButter teaབོད་ཇ་ A salted tea churned with yak butter, served to guests across the HimalayaTable custom · Tea, coffee and drinking ceremonies 🇨🇦 Canada and 5 moreBuy Nothing Day An annual 24-hour pause on shopping to protest consumerism and overconsumptionCeremony 🇱🇧 Byblos, LebanonByblos International Festival An annual summer music and arts festival held in the historic port town of Byblos, Lebanon.Festival

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