Tradition

Heikki Lunta even has his own song.

The local Epiphany celebration of Grado, Italy, is inspired by a mysterious band of 16th-century pirates.

Or maybe it was the cigars that gave us this New Year's Eve staple.

These masked dancers are part of traditional celebrations in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Ivory Coast.

A curated collection of images shows why this natural phenomenon has fascinated and inspired humans for millennia.

Long before your living room's seasonal centerpiece, cultures around the world marked the darkest time of year with palms, pines, and other greenery.

This is how you do the holidays in the desert.

Las patinatas—"the skating"—dates back to the 1950s.

Dive into the origins of a Swedish holiday tradition that evolved from sinister pagan lore to a celebration of light, warmth, and music.

At Milwaukee’s Krampusnacht, we go in search of the essence of Santa’s unholy enforcer.

In Mooloolaba, Australia, Saint Nick wears sunglasses.

“I see the collection as a tool for uncovering what is already there."

Keeping a unique Ethiopian musical tradition alive in the nation’s capital, in the face of breakneck urban development.

At least a half dozen communities in North America have claimed the title. 

For millennia, women adorned their daughters, and sometimes sons, with symbols of belonging and protection. Then the practice vanished—until now.