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| Resource providing tips and instructions on how to keep kosher. Includes consumer information, links to commercial services, material on kosher travel, recipes, and details of how to prepare for Passover. | |
| Brief descriptions of the Christmas traditions of different countries, including Vietnam, Guatemala, India, Japan and Russia. | ||
| Searchable dictionary aiming to provide possible cultural significance of various symbols, and suggest ways in which those symbols may have been used in context. An alphabetical listing of all entries is provided. | ||
| Searchable collection of information about ethnic foods and ingredients. Provides a calendar of holiday traditions practised by a range of religions including Hanukkah, Ramadan, Christmas, and Kwanzaa during the month of December. A monthly food quiz, and details of common religious food practices such as prohibitions and restrictions on various food groups are given. | ||
| Text based and pictorial examples of traditional textiles used and dress worn, around the world, browsable by country. Includes historical and modern day costumes, as well as those associated with specific events. | ||
| Selection of articles from the magazine 'Tocher', available as English and Gaelic texts, or in audio format. Material dates from 1949 onwards and depicts all aspects of 20th century Scottish Ethnology including customs, culture, songs, and tales. Images are also available. | ||
| Browsable and searchable directory of kosher restaurants worldwide. Details provided include price range, food type, a brief description, and user ratings. Also offers travel directions to each restaurant. | ||
| A collection of more than 2,500 Western signs, arranged into over 50 groups according to their graphic characteristics. Includes the symbols' histories, uses, and meanings. The signs range from ideograms carved in mammoth teeth by Cro Magnon men, to hobo signs and subway graffiti. | ||
| Presents articles on business etiquette and culture in prominent US trading partner countries. Covers topics such as entertaining, making appointments, addressing others, gift giving, public behaviour, business dress, and conversation. | ||
| Information about wedding customs in China. Includes history, ancient marriage customs, proposal, betrothal, the wedding, after the wedding, a comparison with western traditions and a bibliography. | ||
| Resources cover aspects of mythology and folklore that are connected to the likes of calendar customs, including information on the quarter days, and themes that are found in both Eastern and Western cultures, such as the fertility symbol of the Green Man and rites of passage. Information is also available by selecting specific geographical regions of the world, and in the form of reference and educational data for students and teachers. | ||
| A bibliography about food habits from around the world divided into regions and topics. Includes prehistoric food habits, cannibalism, eating attitudes, fasting, body image, festivals, feasting and taboos. | ||
| Resource dealing with the cultural appreciation of death and burial customs. Includes a listing of related terminology and a glossary of symbolic actions such as offerings to the dead, particular days that commemorate death, and Gods associated with dying. Additional information is provided by literary references to death. | ||
| Project investigating the funerary customs and beliefs of the ancient Egyptians, covering the provision for life in the 'next world' and the significance of shabtis. | ||
| A database of recipes which can be searched by country of origin. Includes vegetarian, diabetic, and gluten free recipes. | ||
| Information about weddings during medieval and Renaissance times. Includes traditions, ceremonies, handfastings, attire, flowers, headpieces, the feast, bibliographies and Viking traditions. | ||
| Electronic version of the journal of the same name, with full text articles available relating to many areas of ethnological research. Topics of interest include comparative religions, cosmology, traditional customs, ethnomusicology, and belief concepts from many countries around the world. | ||
| Information about the customs and history of the Mardi Gras parades held in New Orleans, USA. Includes history, images and parade schedule. | ||
| Comprehensive coverage of all things Orcadian, including historical information on the island, the language, genealogy, and further links to resources which include Icelandic sagas. Traditional customs and the folklore of Orkney are detailed, with images and texts relating to the annual festivals and sea tales. | ||
| Searchable collection of traditional Greek recipes with instructions on how to prepare appetisers, soups, sauces and dressings, main courses, desserts, and salads. | ||
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