Traditions beginning with X
5 traditions under X.
🇬🇷 GreeceXeniaξενία (xenia)
An ancient Greek code of hospitality and guest-friendship rooted in reciprocity and divine duty.Etiquette
🇦🇱 Albania and 3 moreXhubleta
A rippling bell-shaped skirt made by Albanian women of the northern highlandsDress
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreXiangqi象棋
A two-player game of armies and cannons, played on the points of a nine-by-ten boardGame
🇨🇳 Xi'an, ChinaXi'an guyue西安鼓乐
Ritual wind and percussion music from Xi'an, played sitting or walkingPerformance
🇨🇳 ChinaXifu戏服
The stage dress of Chinese opera, its colour and pattern telling rank, sex and characterDress
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Xenia: Workshop of Peter Paul Rubens, Public domain, source
- Xiangqi: Francesc Fort, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Xi'an guyue: Liuxingy, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Xifu: Walter Lim, CC BY 2.0, source
- Xhubleta: Albinfo, CC BY-SA 4.0, source