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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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🇧🇴 San Ignacio de Moxos, BoliviaIchapekene Piesta A four-day festival of dance, feathers and procession in San Ignacio de Moxos, BoliviaFestival

🇬🇹 Antigua Guatemala, GuatemalaHoly Week in GuatemalaSemana Santa Street processions of floats, purple-robed penitents and sawdust carpets in GuatemalaSpiritual

🇵🇪 Peru and 5 moreMinka Shared unpaid work for community projects and for families who need many handsCeremony

🇦🇷 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 🇰🇳 Charlestown, Saint Kitts and NevisCulturama An annual summer carnival celebrating Nevisian heritage and returning islandersFestival 🇧🇧 Oistins, BarbadosOistins Fish Festival An annual Easter celebration in Oistins, Barbados, honoring the local fishing community with food and folk games.Festival · Dinner

🇵🇾 Ypacaraí, Paraguay and 5 moreFestival of the Lake YpacaraíFestival del Lago Ypacaraí A Paraguayan folk festival celebrating national music, dance and poetry at the shores of Lake Ypacaraí.Festival 🇸🇷 Suriname and 1 moreSuriPop A biennial songwriting festival and gala performance held in SurinamePerformance 🇰🇳 Basseterre, Saint Kitts and NevisLa festival de Capisterre A September community festival uniting four villages in the Capisterre region of Saint Kitts and Nevis.Festival

🇨🇱 ChileChupalla The straw hat of the Chilean horseman, worn for the cueca and the rodeoDress

🇨🇱 Tarapacá, ChileFestival of San Lorenzo An annual festival of religious dance and pilgrimage honoring Saint Lawrence in TarapacáSpiritual 🇻🇪 El Callao, VenezuelaCalypso de El Callao Calypso sung at carnival in El Callao, Venezuela, with yearly king and queen contestsFestival

🇨🇴 ColombiaFestival of Industry, Trade and Culture An eight-day celebration in Itagüí, Colombia, for local music, art, dance and tradeFestival

🇨🇺 Cuba and 5 moreLetra del Año Annual prophecies and guidance proclaimed by babalawo priests for the coming yearSpiritual

🇦🇷 Villa General Belgrano, ArgentinaNational Beer Festival An annual Bavarian-style folk and beer gathering in Villa General Belgrano, Argentina.Festival · Tea, coffee and drinking ceremonies 🇨🇱 ChileFiesta de La Tirana A week-long pilgrimage and dance festival in northern Chile honoring the Virgin of Mount Carmel.Festival 🇧🇿 BelizeSeptember Celebrations Belize's two national holidays, eleven days apart, marked by parades and CarnivalCeremony 🇯🇲 Kingston, JamaicaJamaica Independence Festival An August festival of music, pageantry and parades marking Jamaican freedomCeremony 🇪🇨 Quito, EcuadorFiestas de Quito A week of parades, music and street parties marking the founding of QuitoFestival 🇨🇱 ChileChilote ponchoPoncho chilote A thick, striped wool poncho crafted in the cold and rainy Chiloé ArchipelagoDress 🇻🇪 Caracas, VenezuelaCaracas Pride An annual pride march in Venezuela calling for equal rights for LGBTQ communitiesCeremony

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

Egungun: Ìṣẹ̀ṣeAssembly, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Minka: Tobias Deml, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Festival of Industry, Trade and Culture: Jameseventzx, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Holy Week in Guatemala: derivative work: Sir James ( talk ) VolcanAguaPascuas.jpg :Infrogmatio, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Chupalla: Flavio Bastos Amiel, CC BY 2.0, source
Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema: Foto de Roblespepe, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Festival of the Lake Ypacaraí: Level4, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Festival of San Lorenzo: Freddy Alexander Bugueño Tolmo, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
National Beer Festival: Jmmuguerza, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Ichapekene Piesta: Viaje al corazón de Bolivia, CC BY 2.0, source

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