Category: Good Luck

The Easter Egg

Published April 4, 2007 in British, CULTURES, CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS, Celtic, Christian, Egyptian, Estonian, European, Fertility, Finnish, German, Good Luck, Greek, HOLIDAYS, Indian, Iranian, LEGENDS, Latin American, Latvian, New Year Celebrations, Origin Legends, Persian, Polynesian, Roman, Spring | Comments [1]
Easter celebrations are filled with many traditions, but nothing has come to symbolize the Easter holiday as much as the colored or painted Easter egg. Many children spend their Easter Sunday hunting for Easter eggs, rolling them, or running races while carrying their eggs in spoons. Across Eastern and Western cultures, eggs have long symbolized [...] Read More »

Culture News March 21 ‘07

Published March 21, 2007 in American, British, Business, CULTURES, CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS, Chinese, Good Luck, Indian, LEGENDS, Muslim, NOTES | Comments [0]
Veils banned in English schools English schools win the right to ban Muslim veils Hispanic digital culture US Hispanic youths embrace the web, increasing the digital generation gap within the Hispanic immigrant community Chinese culture explained: sneezes and the color red Jordan’s Chinese colleague explains the meaning of sneezes in Chinese culture to an Indian colleague and Renmenbi [...] Read More »

Norooz: the Persian New Year

Published March 20, 2007 in Afghani, Albanian, Azerbaijani, CULTURES, CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS, Fertility, Georgian, Good Luck, Iranian, Iraqi, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, LEGENDS, New Year Celebrations, Pakistani, Persian, Spring, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, Uzbeki | Comments [2]
The Persian New Year holiday, alternately spelled Norouz, Nowruz, Nevruz, Newruz, or Navruz, coincides with the rebirth of nature on the first day of spring. It is celebrated by some communities on March 21st, or on the exact day of the vernal equinox, which occurs on March 20th, 21st or 22nd. Traditions include spring cleaning, [...] Read More »

Snake Day: the Day the Earth Opens

Published March 14, 2007 in Animals, CULTURES, CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS, Good Luck, HOLIDAYS, Irish, LEGENDS, Romanian, Spring | Comments [1]
In Romanian folklore, March 17 is Snake Day, the day on which the ground opens, and animals that burrow in the ground emerge at the end of winter. It is a day on which people traditionally clean their fruit trees and their households. Storks return to build their nests, fish begin to swim, [...] Read More »

Martisor: Celebrate Spring

Published February 28, 2007 in Albanian, CULTURES, CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS, Fertility, Good Luck, HOLIDAYS, Macedonian, New Year Celebrations, Romanian, Spring | Comments [1]
The first of March is Martisor, a celebration of Spring in Romania, with some similar traditions in Macedonia and Albania, too. On Martisor, people exchange small amulets made of red and white string braided together – often given by men to women. The amulets symbolize the coming spring, joy and good luck in [...] Read More »

Good Luck in the New Year from Germany

Published December 30, 2006 in CULTURES, CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS, German, Good Luck, New Year Celebrations | Comments [2]
There are a lot of different good luck charms to help in the New Year. Here are some that are widely available as chocolate or marzipan figures in Germany. Let us know if there are other good luck symbols in your culture! Four-leaved clovers Lucky pigs – a symbol of fertility for the Germanic tribes The lady bug, [...] Read More »