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All wedding traditions

674 traditions so far, best known first. 108 more are on the list to be written. Filter by region, kind and stage of the wedding.

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🇰🇭 Cambodia and 3 moreTugging rituals and games A rope-pulling game played across Southeast and East Asia to mark the farming season and build community bonds.Play · The weeks before

🇻🇳 Hội An, VietnamBài Chòi A sung card game played in huts during Vietnamese New Year festivalsPerformance · The weeks before

🇵🇭 Hungduan, PhilippinesPunnuk A post-harvest tug of war held in the Hapao River to ensure a plentiful rice harvest.Play · After the wedding

Photo credits on this page

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

Tugging rituals and games: Steve46814 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Bài Chòi: Lưu Ly ( thảo luận ), CC BY 3.0, source
Punnuk: Bernardguerrero, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

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