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Sagardotegi

Quite many Basque people often go to the sagardotegi. Sagardotegi is the building where the apple ci... Read full article

Aborigines

As to the Australian Bureau of statistics there are 517.000 (2006) Aborigines, which is 2,6% of Aust... Read full article

Dragon and Lion dances

Many Chinese festivities like Chinese New Year traditionally include Dragon and Lion dances. In the ... Read full article

Po cha

Po cha (pocha, bocha, cha süma) or butter tea is the most typical Tibetan drink. It is also drank b... Read full article

Redheads

Red hair (ginger hair) has its colour because of the pigment called pheomelanin. Between 1 and 2% of... Read full article

Verdiales

Verdiales is one form of the traditional Spanish flamenco music. It is typical for Los Verdiales reg... Read full article

Carnivals

Carnival is a festival held 40 days before Easter. It reaches each peak in the party organized befor... Read full article

Strange wedding traditions

Wedding traditions differ from culture to culture, nation to nation. Some of traditions are actually... Read full article

Lebanese traditions

Lebanon (in Arabic Lubnān) is a republic in Western Asia. Lebanon is located on the shore of Medite... Read full article

Chuseok

Chuseok or Hangawi is one of the most famous Korean harvest festivals. It is held on the on the 15th... Read full article

Death anniversary

Death anniversary or as it is sometimes called death day is a tradition existing in several Asian co... Read full article

Korean New Year

People in Korea traditionally celebrate Seollal (Seolnal) or the lunar new year. Seollal celebration... Read full article

European harvest festivals

Harvest festivals are annual events held by people of certain region in the time of harvest. Read full article

Japanese table manners

Japanese traditionally eat sitting on cushion placed on tatami floor. They seat around low tables. I... Read full article

Saint Anthony of Padua

Anthony of Padua (1195-1231) is one of the most popular Catholic saints. He was the Portuguese pries... Read full article

African wedding traditions

Africa, with its many nations and tribes, is very rich in different wedding traditions. An old Afric... Read full article

San Fermin

The Festival of San Fermin (Fiesta de San Fermin) is best known for its „el encierro“ or runnin... Read full article

Christmas in Asia

Christianity is predominant religion in only two Asian countries - the Philippines and East Timor. ... Read full article

Boryeong Mud Festival

The Boryeong Mud Festival (in Korean Boryeong meod chukje) has been organized in Boryeong, South Kor... Read full article

Carnival of Binche

Binche is a Walloon town in the Belgian province of Hainaut. Binche is famous for its carnival held ... Read full article