All traditions
2,350 traditions so far, best known first. 12,186 more are on the list to be written. Filter by region, kind and meal.
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🇪🇸 SpainGragerגראַגער (grager)
A noisemaker used by Jewish communities to drown out the name of Haman during Purim readings.Festival
🇮🇸 IcelandIcelandic weddings
A blend of church rites and long feasts, where guests sit by family lines and gifts are saved for the morning.Rite of passage · Dinner
🇪🇸 SpainThe Water of LifeL'aigua de vida
A Catalan folk tale of a quest for magic water, a fragrant branch and a talking birdPerformance
🇪🇸 Spain and 5 moreCabañuelasLas cabañuelas
A traditional weather forecasting method using the first thirty-one days of January to predict the rest of the year.Folklore
🇮🇹 Italy and 2 moreFeast of Saint Thomas Aquinas
An annual Christian feast day honouring the medieval theologian Saint Thomas AquinasSpiritual
🇷🇸 Belgrade, Serbia and 5 moreSerbian traditional clothingсрпска народна ношња (srpska narodna nošnja)
The regional folk attire of Serbs, featuring wool, linen, and leather, worn for celebrations and cultural identity.Dress
🇩🇪 Überlingen, GermanyÜberlinger HänseleHänsele
A masked carnival figure kept by male citizens in Überlingen, Germany, during Fasnet and summer processions.Festival
🇱🇹 LithuaniaLithuanian cross craftingLietuvos kryždirbystė
A Lithuanian folk art of carving wooden crosses that blend Christian faith with ancient Baltic symbols.Craft
🇮🇹 L'Aquila, ItalyCelestinian PardonPerdonanza Celestiniana
A yearly Catholic jubilee in L'Aquila, Italy, and a pardon first granted in 1294Spiritual
🇷🇺 Moscow, RussiaRegalia of the Russian tsars
The crowns, thrones and jewels Russian rulers used to take power, shown in MoscowCeremony
🇺🇦 Dnipro, UkraineCossack songsКозацькі пісні Дніпропетровщини
Folk songs made by Cossacks, still sung by choirs in the Dnipropetrovsk regionPerformance
🇫🇷 Paris, France and 4 moreChaperon
A medieval hood that grew into western Europe's most complicated hatDress
🇬🇷 Greece and 1 moreCrepidaκρηπίς
An open, strapped leather shoe of ancient Greece, worn by peasants, soldiers and actorsDress
🇭🇷 Šibenik, CroatiaŠibenik capšibenska kapa
A red or dark orange embroidered cap from Šibenik, a sign of the cityDress
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Grager: https://www.flickr.com/people/69061470@N05, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- The Water of Life: Internet Archive Book Images, CC0, source
- Feast of Saint Thomas Aquinas: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Serbian traditional clothing: Kolega2357, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Überlinger Hänsele: Photo: Andreas Praefcke, CC BY 4.0, source
- Lithuanian cross crafting: Vilensija, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Celestinian Pardon: Verdenex84, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Regalia of the Russian tsars: Ramón, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Cossack songs: Kuban kkx, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Chaperon: After Rogier van der Weyden, Public domain, source
- Crepida: Marie-Lan Nguyen, CC BY 2.5, source
- Šibenik cap: Roberta F., CC BY-SA 3.0, source