Results for "tradition"
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Jhoti chitaଝୋଟି ଚିତା
White rice paste patterns drawn on walls and floors in Odisha for festivals
🇮🇳 India · Carpet or floor pattern
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Chowk poorana
Folk floor and wall art made with flour, clay and rice in northern India
🇮🇳 India · Carpet or floor pattern
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Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden中山公園
A traditional Chinese garden in Vancouver’s Chinatown
Vancouver, 🇨🇦 Canada · Flower garden
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Mandana painting
Traditional wall and floor art from Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh
🇮🇳 India and 1 more · Carpet or floor pattern
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Alpanaআলপনা
Bengali ritual floor art painted with rice flour on festive and religious occasions
🇮🇳 India and 1 more · Carpet or floor pattern
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Hanakotoba花言葉
The Japanese language of flowers and their meanings
🇯🇵 Japan · Custom
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Tokonoma床の間
A Japanese alcove for displaying scrolls and flower arrangements
🇯🇵 Japan · Arrangement
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Japanese garden日本庭園
A traditional garden style shaped by nature, philosophy and seasonal change
🇯🇵 Japan · Garden style
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Kolamகோலம்
South Indian geometric floor art made with rice flour or powder at home entrances
🇮🇳 India and 5 more · Carpet or floor pattern
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Boutonnière
A single flower worn on a suit or tuxedo lapel for formal occasions
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Worn flowers
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Corsage
A small bouquet worn on the dress or wrist for formal events
Garland or wreath
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Lei Day
Hawaii’s annual festival of leis, flowers and island traditions on May 1
🇺🇸 United States · Custom, May
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Banmi Shofu-ryū晩美生風流
A modern school of Japanese Ikebana known for its use of driftwood
🇯🇵 Japan and 2 more · Arrangement
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Italian Renaissance garden
A formal garden style from Italy with terraces, fountains, and classical features
🇮🇹 Italy and 1 more · Garden style
Mistletoe
A parasitic evergreen plant with white or red berries, found on trees worldwide
🇦🇺 Australia and 3 more · Wildflower
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Rangoliरंगोली
Indian floor art made with coloured powders, rice, or petals for festivals and daily welcome
🇮🇳 India and 1 more · Carpet or floor pattern
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Sōgetsu草月流
A modern school of Japanese ikebana open to all materials and styles
🇯🇵 Japan · Arrangement
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Toran
A festive hanging of flowers and leaves for Hindu doorways and celebrations
🇮🇳 India · Garland or wreath
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Nageirebana抛入花
A free-form ikebana style using tall vases and no flower holders
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Phuang malaiพวงมาลัย
Thai floral garlands made for offerings, gifts, and ceremonies
🇹🇭 Thailand · Garland or wreath
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Penjing盆景
The Chinese art of shaping miniature trees and landscapes in trays
🇨🇳 China · Art or design
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Oshibana押し花
The craft of making pictures from pressed flowers and leaves
🇯🇵 Japan · Flower craft
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Rikka立花
A formal Japanese ikebana style with upright, symbolic floral arrangements
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History of flower arrangement
How arranging flowers became an art across cultures and centuries
🇪🇬 Egypt and 3 more · Arrangement
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Kanzashi簪
Traditional Japanese hair ornaments, often crafted as folded silk flowers
🇯🇵 Japan · Arrangement
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Wreath (attire)
A circular headpiece made of flowers, leaves, or branches for celebration or honour
🇬🇷 Greece · Worn flowers
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Varamalaवरमाला
A flower garland exchanged by bride and groom in Hindu weddings
🇮🇳 India · Garland or wreath
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Seika生花
A classical Japanese ikebana style with triangular lines and seasonal flowers
🇯🇵 Japan · Arrangement
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Mărțișor
Red and white string brooches worn for spring in Romania and Moldova
🇷🇴 Romania and 3 more · Custom, March
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Prado
A historic Montevideo neighbourhood with parks, mansions, and gardens
Montevideo, 🇺🇾 Uruguay · Flower garden
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Company styleकम्पनी कलम
Indian miniature paintings for colonial patrons, blending Mughal and Western styles
🇮🇳 India · Art or design
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Campo de' Fiori
A lively Roman square known for its daily market and history
Rome, 🇮🇹 Italy · Flower market
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Viktualienmarkt
Munich’s central open-air market with flowers, food and local stalls
Munich, 🇩🇪 Germany · Flower market
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Genzano di Roma
A hill town near Rome known for its June flower carpet festival
Genzano di Roma, 🇮🇹 Italy · Flower garden, June
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Kusudama薬玉
A Japanese paper sphere made from folded flowers or units, often hung as decoration
🇯🇵 Japan · Flower craft
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Pohela Boishakhপহেলা বৈশাখ
Bengali New Year marked by processions, fairs, and flower-adorned gatherings
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 more · Custom, April
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Shellcraft
Decorative art made by arranging and using seashells
🇦🇺 Australia and 1 more · Flower craft
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Advent wreathAdventskranz
A ring of evergreens and candles marking each week of Advent
🇩🇪 Germany and 2 more · Worn flowers, Nov to Dec
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Attarअत्तर, عطر
Traditional natural perfume oil distilled from flowers, herbs, and spices
🇮🇳 India and 2 more · Flower craft
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Ashtamangalaअष्टमङ्गल
A sacred set of eight auspicious symbols in Indian religions
🇮🇳 India and 1 more · Art or design
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rose oil
Essential oil distilled from rose petals, prized in perfume and tradition
🇧🇬 Bulgaria and 4 more · Flower craft
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Korean flower arrangement
Arranging Korean flowers and branches in simple ceramic vessels
Arrangement
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Enfleurage
A traditional French method for capturing flower fragrance in fat
🇫🇷 France · Flower craft
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Well dressing
Decorating wells with flower petal pictures in rural England
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Carpet or floor pattern
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Essential oil
Fragrant plant oils used for scent, flavour, and traditional remedies
🇵🇪 Peru · Flower craft
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Saga Goryū嵯峨御流
A Japanese school of ikebana rooted in Buddhist tradition
🇯🇵 Japan and 1 more · Arrangement
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Kannauj
Historic city in Uttar Pradesh known for traditional attar and flower perfumes
Kannauj, 🇮🇳 India · Flower market
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Hanami花見
The Japanese tradition of gathering to enjoy cherry blossoms in spring
🇯🇵 Japan and 7 more · Custom, Jan to May
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May Day Festival
A spring festival with flowers, greenery, maypoles and bonfires on the first of May
🇮🇪 Ireland and 5 more · Custom, May
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Kadomatsu門松
Paired bamboo and pine displays for the Japanese New Year
🇯🇵 Japan · Arrangement, Jan to Dec
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Gosekku五節句
Five seasonal festivals once held at the Japanese imperial court
🇯🇵 Japan · Custom
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Bonsai盆栽
The Japanese art of shaping miniature trees in shallow pots
🇯🇵 Japan and 7 more · Art or design
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MidsummerMidsommar
Europe’s summer solstice festival with bonfires, flowers and outdoor gatherings
🇸🇪 Sweden and 5 more · Custom, June
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Hanafuda花札
Japanese playing cards with flower designs used for traditional games
🇯🇵 Japan and 1 more · Art or design
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Flower bulb cultivation in the Netherlands
The Dutch tradition of growing bulbs for fields of spring flowers
Carpet or floor pattern, April
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Korean garden
A natural garden style shaped by rocks, ponds, and harmony with the land
🇰🇷 South Korea and 5 more · Garden style
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Jardín Etnobotánico de Oaxaca
A living collection of Oaxacan plants beside Santo Domingo in Oaxaca City
Oaxaca City, 🇲🇽 Mexico · Botanical garden
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Moribana盛り花
A Japanese ikebana style using shallow containers and natural shapes
🇯🇵 Japan · Arrangement
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Medicinal Botanical Garden of Lima
A garden in Lima dedicated to over 600 kinds of medicinal plants
Lima, 🇵🇪 Peru · Botanical garden
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Pujaपूजा
The Hindu ritual of offering flowers, light, and food in worship
🇮🇳 India and 2 more · Offering or rite
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Sōgetsu: Paul Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Nageirebana: GustavoReinoso7777, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bonsai: Ragesoss, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tokonoma: 663highland, CC BY 2.5, source
- Hanami: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Varamala: Sumita Roy Dutta, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Rangoli: SreeramKalyan, CC0, source
- Pohela Boishakh: Abidhasan00, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ashtamangala: Redtigerxyz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Well dressing: User:WhaleyTim, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- May Day Festival: Bryan Ledgard, CC BY 2.0, source
- Midsummer: Kora27, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Korean garden: DinkY2K at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mistletoe: George Chernilevsky, CC BY 4.0, source
- Genzano di Roma: Ferdinando Chiodo, CC BY 2.5, source
- Kusudama: Angie, CC BY 2.0, source
- Shellcraft: Verne Equinox, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Attar: Kerina yin, CC0, source
- rose oil: Itineranttrader, Public domain, source
- Essential oil: JJ Georges, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kannauj: Nature lusty vikash, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Gosekku: Kakizaki Hakyo, Public domain, source
- Jardín Etnobotánico de Oaxaca: El Ágora, Public domain, source
- Medicinal Botanical Garden of Lima: Esly Espinoza, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Prado: No machine-readable author provided. Nmoli~commonswiki assumed (based, Public domain, source
- Company style: thesandiegomuseumofartcollection, Public domain, source
- Campo de' Fiori: Carlat82, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Viktualienmarkt: User:Mattes, Public domain, source
- Flower bulb cultivation in the Netherlands: Original uploader was GerardM at nl.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Rikka: Gryffindor, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Moribana: Gryffindor, CC0, source
- Seika: Gryffindor, CC0, source
- Kadomatsu: Nesnad, CC BY 4.0, source
- Saga Goryū: coniferconifer, CC BY 2.0, source
- Italian Renaissance garden: sonietta, CC BY 2.0, source
- Banmi Shofu-ryū: GustavoReinoso7777, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hanakotoba: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kanzashi: Anonymous ( Japan ) Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Oshibana: Pmlydon, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Penjing: Peggy Greb, USDA, Public domain, source
- Hanafuda: Marcus Richert, CC BY 2.0, source
- History of flower arrangement: Otto Scholderer, Public domain, source
- Advent wreath: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY 4.0, source
- Corsage: StretchyBill, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Boutonnière: David Ring, CC0, source
- Wreath (attire): Pavlo Boyko, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Lei Day: Janine, CC BY 2.0, source
- Phuang malai: Deror Avi, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Toran: Wmpearl, Public domain, source
- Japanese garden: 663highland, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kolam: mckaysavage, CC BY 2.0, source
- Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden: No machine-readable author provided. Bobanny assumed (based on copyrig, Public domain, source
- Alpana: Tripan123, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Mandana painting: Anchal.agarwal91, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Jhoti chita: ଜଗଦୀଶ ଉତ୍ତରକବାଟ, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chowk poorana: Gurlal Maan, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Puja: Sakkhar21, CC BY-SA 4.0, source