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2,281 traditions so far, best known first. 12,321 more are on the list to be written. Filter by region, kind and meal.

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🇬🇪 GeorgiaRtveliრთველი A Georgian harvest festival marking the grape picking season with feasts and folk songs.Festival · Feasts and festival meals

🇦🇿 AzerbaijanNovruzNovruz Bayramı The Azerbaijani spring equinox festival of bonfires, sweets and sprouted wheatSeasonal · Feasts and festival meals

🇺🇿 Bukhara, UzbekistanNavruzNavroʻz The spring equinox festival celebrated across Uzbekistan with sumalak and family visits.Seasonal · Sweets given and shared 🇬🇪 GeorgiaBerikaobaბერიკაობა An improvised Georgian folk theatre and masquerade of fertility, satire and dramaPerformance · Feasts and festival meals

🇦🇲 Armenia and 1 moreTrndezտրնդեզ An Armenian fire feast forty days after Christmas, kept with bonfires and shared sweetsSpiritual · Feasts and festival meals

🇬🇪 Tbilisi, GeorgiaSupraსუფრა A Georgian feast led by a toastmaster, where toasts, wine and food carry the mealTable custom · Feasts and festival meals

🇰🇬 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

🇦🇲 Armenia and 5 moreFeast of the TransfigurationՊայծառակերպութիւն A Christian holy day marking the revelation of Christ's divine glory on Mount TaborSpiritual · 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.

Rtveli: Grigory Gagarin, Public domain, source
Novruz: Abutalub, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Navruz: dalbera, CC BY 2.0, source
Trndez: Armineaghayan, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Supra: Public domain Public domain false false This work is in the public dom, Public domain, source
Beshbarmak: NataAllice, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Feast of the Transfiguration: Unknown artist, Public domain, source

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