Please tell us what your favorite local custom is, so that we can get a better understanding of your region.
Hi Fazleh
In Venezuela one of the most ingrained traditions is the arepa at breakfast. It is a food based on corn flour, which can be added many things depending on the taste of the diner. The usual thing is to fill it with fresh white cheese.
I love the Southern Sotho custom where people wear a “thapo” when they mourn. This may be a piece of black cloth to a special mourning outfit that is worn every day in the mourning period.
Others recognise this and can comfort and care. Western culture just expects us to ‘soldier on’.
La meilleure coutume qui me plaît est la cosmogonie des groupes ethniques africains qui expliquent tous les processus de la vie (formations géologiques, écologiques, etc.) et de l'humanité.
In my region - southern part of Upper Silesia it was boy who was walking with wishes early in the morning on the first day of the new year.
On orthodox Christmas Eve, the 6th of January, Ukrainian families come together when the first star rises to have a festive dinner of 12 lenten dishes the first of which is kutya made of cooked weat, popper seeds, honey, walnuts and raisins. You may cook and eat kutya only 3 times a year: at Christmas 6-9 January , the 'old new year' 13-14 January and Epiphany 18-19 January.
To help the less fortunate in the very cold months here in the Adirondacks Mountains "Mitten Trees" will be organized by churches and other organizations.
Newly knitted mittens (and scarves, etc.) or used ones will be brought to a location where a tree can be decorated with the donations before being distributed to those who need them.
I'm Egyptian
I live in Shorouk City
But my favorite areas are the Dakhla oases.
En la península ibérica se sule hacer un "reset personal" después la comida del mediodia.Es un descanso integral profundo, de 20-25 minutos muy reparador a todos los niveles.Se asocia con la palabra siesta.
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