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🇮🇳 Mathura, IndiaKrishna legends in Kathak The enactment of Krishna's sacred stories in Indian classical dancePerformance 🇦🇪 Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesSir Bu Nair Festival An annual maritime gathering celebrating seafaring and island conservation in SharjahFestival 🇨🇦 Toronto, CanadaRamadan in Canada A month of fasting, prayer and shared evening meals, kept by Muslims across CanadaSpiritual · Fasting and breaking the fast 🇮🇹 Pantelleria, ItalyVite ad alberello of Pantelleria A traditional low-bush vine training system kept on the Italian island of Pantelleria for thousands of years.Craft 🇮🇷 Iran and 1 moreArkhalig A traditional fitted jacket worn by men and women in the Caucasus and IranDress 🇪🇸 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 🇬🇧 Skye, United KingdomFairy FlagA' Bhratach Shìth A tattered silk square kept by Clan MacLeod on Skye, said to hold magical powers for the clan.Folklore 🇬🇧 United KingdomDruid's PrayerGweddi'r Derwydd A short Welsh prayer by Iolo Morganwg, said in ritual by druids todaySpiritual 🇳🇵 Kathmandu, NepalGunla Bajanगुंला बाजं Devotional music the Newars carry through the streets during the holy month of GunlaPerformance 🇽🇰 Prizren, KosovoDokuFest An annual summer gathering in Prizren dedicated to non-fiction cinema and short filmsFestival 🇨🇳 Nanjing, ChinaYunjin brocade雲錦 A traditional Chinese silk brocade woven with coloured silk, gold and silverCraft 🇮🇳 Hyderabad, IndiaClothing of Hyderabad Traditional attire of Hyderabad, shaped by South Asian and Islamic stylesDress 🇲🇳 Mongolia and 1 moreMongolian calligraphyМонгол уран бичлэг Artistic handwriting of the traditional Mongolian script, passed from mentor to studentCraft 🇺🇸 United StatesWamus A jacket worn in the United States, in fringed hide, cloth or Amish Sunday bestDress 🇯🇵 JapanMoai模合 (Mo-ai) A Japanese social support group that provides mutual aid and companionship to its members.Etiquette 🇮🇳 IndiaMekhela chador A two-piece Assamese dress, a pleated skirt and a draped cloth, woven in Assam silkDress 🇬🇧 United KingdomPrifarddY Prifardd A Welsh title for bards who win the chair or the crown at the National EisteddfodPerformance 🇨🇦 Edmonton, CanadaGrand North American Old Time Fiddle Championship An annual summer fiddle tournament and community gathering in Alberta, CanadaPerformance 🇬🇧 United KingdomHarvest Festival An autumn thanksgiving for the crops, kept in churches and schools across the UKSeasonal · Supper 🇨🇳 Taiyuan, ChinaGuan Li冠禮 The traditional Chinese coming-of-age capping ceremony for young menRite of passage 🇰🇪 Rusinga Island, KenyaRusinga Cultural Festival Two December days of Suba music, boat races and food on Rusinga Island in KenyaFestival 🇨🇳 China and 1 moreDahu褡护 (Dāhù) A cross-collar jacket worn in the Ming dynasty, blending Chinese and Mongol styles.Dress 🇮🇹 Gubbio, Italy and 1 moreSaint Ubaldo DayFesta dei Ceri A May procession in Gubbio where three teams carry tall wooden ceri to a hilltop basilicaSpiritual 🇧🇬 BulgariaTrifon ZarezanТрифон Зарезан A Bulgarian wine growers' feast that opens the pruning yearFestival 🇮🇳 IndiaVaramalaवरमाला The flower garland a bride and groom exchange at a Hindu wedding to accept each otherRite of passage 🇯🇵 JapanKomagaku高麗楽 Court music and dance from Japan's imperial tradition, played on bamboo flute and drumsPerformance 🇵🇭 PhilippinesHilot A Filipino healing practice of hands-on massage, harmony and the spiritFolklore 🇸🇿 EswatiniBuganu Festival A three-day festival in Eswatini where women brew buganu from marula fruitFestival · Tea, coffee and drinking ceremonies 🇳🇬 Uyo, NigeriaAkwa Ibom Christmas Carols Festival A large annual gathering of carol singers in Nigeria that holds a Guinness World Record for the largest assembly.Festival 🇨🇦 Toronto, CanadaCalling of an Engineerl'Engagement de l'ingénieur A private Canadian rite where engineers pledge ethical duty and receive an iron ringRite of passage 🇬🇪 GeorgiaTheodore's Saturday The first Saturday of Lent, kept with boiled wheat and visits to the gravesSpiritual · Sweets given and shared 🇮🇳 Lucknow, IndiaBada Mangal A Tuesday festival in Lucknow dedicated to Hanuman, known for communal feasts and interfaith participation.Festival · Feasts and festival meals 🇮🇱 Jerusalem, Israel and 2 morePassover sacrificeקרבן פסח The lamb offering eaten at the start of Passover, from the Exodus storySpiritual · Feasts and festival meals 🇰🇷 South KoreaSinawi시나위 An improvisational Korean musical style played for shamanic rituals.Performance 🇮🇳 India and 1 moreMahalakshmia jo Sagroمَھالڪشميءَ جو سڳڙو / महालक्ष्मीअ जो सॻड़ो A sixteen-day Hindu fast and prayer dedicated to the goddess of wealthSpiritual · Fasting and breaking the fast 🇬🇧 Oxford, United KingdomHymnus Eucharisticus The hymn sung at dawn from Magdalen Tower that opens Oxford's May MorningPerformance 🇬🇷 Sparta, GreeceChitonχιτών A draped tunic of wool or linen worn across ancient Greece and RomeDress 🇯🇵 Tokyo, JapanTomimoto-bushi富本節 A subtle school of Japanese sung storytelling with shamisen, popular in the 1700sPerformance 🇨🇦 Kelowna, CanadaOgopogoNx̌ax̌aitkʷ A lake serpent of British Columbia, known from Syilx stories and reported sightingsFolklore 🇪🇸 Córdoba, Spain and 5 moreFiesta de las Cruces A May festival where communities decorate crosses with flowers and crafts to celebrate faith and local heritage.Festival 🇭🇷 CroatiaBadnjakBadnji dan A Christmas Eve oak log burned in the hearth across Croatia to welcome the holiday.Festival · Fasting and breaking the fast 🇮🇹 Italy and 2 moreFeast of Saint Thomas Aquinas An annual Christian feast day honouring the medieval theologian Saint Thomas AquinasSpiritual 🇷🇺 Russia and 4 moreGymnastyorkaгимнастёрка A loose pullover smock that began as a peasant shirt and became a soldier's uniformDress 🇮🇹 Turin, Italy and 5 moreMary Help of ChristiansSancta Maria Auxilium Christianorum A Christian feast and devotion honouring Mary as a protector, observed on 24 MaySpiritual 🇬🇧 United KingdomGarland dance A nineteenth-century English dance tradition performed with flower-covered garlandsPerformance 🇨🇳 Luoyang, China and 1 moreYin and yang陰陽 Two opposite but complementary forces that Chinese thought sees in all thingsFolklore 🇫🇷 Paris, France and 4 moreChaperon A medieval hood that grew into western Europe's most complicated hatDress 🇳🇵 Nepal and 1 moreDaura-Suruwalदौरा सुरुवाल The traditional Nepali male attire of a wrap shirt, tapered trousers, and a coat.Dress
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