regional tradition
Area's inherited customs
A regional tradition is a custom, practice, or cultural pattern associated with a particular geographic area and passed down through generations there.
The phrase emphasizes locality: Boiling crawfish is a regional tradition in Louisiana.
Regional traditions often involve food, festivals, crafts, or ceremonies that distinguish one area from another.
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- oral historyRecorded interviews about the past
- customHabitual group practice
- handed downPassed to successors
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
local · local dialect · ancestral · roots · old country · homeland · province · dialect · native tongue · festival · harvest festival · ceremony · craft · indigenous · native · village · village elder · community
cultural establishment
regional traditioncountercultural movement
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