Chinese calligraphy is the ancient art of artistic handwriting in China. Each period had their own styles of writing, so chinese calligraphy has evolved countless times over the centuries: seal, clerical, semi-cursive, cursive, and regular scripts, just to name a few.

Garba and Raas is a traditional Gujarati folk dance that we still do on special holidays like Navratri.

All of the seniors at BLS chant during their last lunch "It's all over, you're still here!" and then continue to chant that as they leave the school at the end of their last day.

A Greek Orthodox tradition where one boils and dyes eggs red. The red color symbolizes Christ's blood and the cracking symbolizes His resurrection and emergence from the tomb. In order to play the game, one taps the tips of one of the red eggs against a family or friend's egg end to see which egg is stronger. This goes on until you run out of eggs. While cracking the eggs the first person says, "Christos Anesti" (Christ has risen!). And the response to this (during the game or not) is "Alithos Anesti" (Indeed he has risen!). Some families make use of the broken eggs to eat with salt and vinegar or make a small appetizer tray.

On May 18th every year Haitians all over the world celebrate our culture specifically with pride in our flag. (submitted by Meggan Jeannot)

Pasando el Huevo (or La Limpia de Huevo) is a ritual rooted in Brujeria, a mixture of Indigenous spirituality across Latin America (namely Southern Colombia), and western European ideas of religion and healing. It involves rubbing an egg along parts of your body that is afflicted with an illness, and then blowing on the egg three times. After you do so the negative energy in your body will be trapped in the egg, and you crack it into a clear glass of water. Then you can place it on a windowsill and the sunlight will burn away the bad energy in the egg. If the yoke breaks then there was a large amount of bad energy that the egg removed, but if the yoke has a small circle near its center that looks like an eye, then you've been cursed with Mal de Ojo and need to see un Brujo to get it removed.

A container typically made from papier-mâché, decorated with streamers and filled with candy. It is used at holidays or parties for children to break with a stick and gather the candy when it falls as a celebration in Mexican culture.

Dunkin' Donuts is a global coffee and baked goods chain founded in Massachusetts in 1950. Dunkin' Donuts offers iced coffee throughout the year. Drinking a Dunkin's iced coffee in winter is part of many Bostonians' commutes to work, as well as a beverage enjoyed while shoveling snow or taking part in outdoor activities. Drinking a "Dunkin's iced" is also associated with Boston's fast pace of life, Bostonian's toughness and resilience, and patriotism as an alternate to tea.

Fried and salted plantain eaten in the Caribbean, especially in Puerto Rico. It's often paired with a mixture of mayonnaise and ketchup.

Every New Year's Eve, Danes across the nation and the world tune into the King or Queen's speech at 6pm Danish Time. Later, as the clock strikes midnight, Danes jump into the New Year by jumping from a chair, couch, table, or other raised surface. Finally, the Danish capital, Copenhagen, is lit up by fireworks. Legal for just New Year's Eve and Day, hundreds of thousands of fireworks are set off by all sorts of people in the city and across the country. The sheer abundance of fireworks makes the city flash like it was being bombed, and people are encouraged to wear safety glasses when going out that night.

Beef Wellington is a classic British dish with a beef tenderloin coated in pâté, wrapped in bacon, and then encased in puff pastry before being baked until golden brown.

A nutty, fruity bread baked during the wintertime by many German families. The preparation process is labor-intensive, including hand-shaping and several weeks of aging for flavor development.